The Poets of Ireland. A Biographical Dictionary with Bibliographical Particulars. London: Published by the Author, 1892-3. Pp, 265, (with three Appendices to rear). Original green buckram, margins ruled in blind, title in gilt to upper cover and spine. Patterned endpapers. A nice bright copy.

English born biographer, journalist and author David James O ‘Donoghue was a founder-member of the Irish Literary Society in London and vice president of the National Literary Society, Dublin.

A revised edition of ‘The Poets of Ireland’ was published in 1912.