The Last Galway Hooker. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1961. First Edition, Limited Issue. Quarter vellum light green cloth boards. Title stamped in gilt to spine, image of Hooker in full sail to upper boards. A nice clean copy.

Limited Edition of 200 Copies, Signed by the Poet.

A poem inspired by Murphy’s experience of buying and restoring the last Galway-built Hooker named the ‘Ave Maria,’ which was used to ferry tourists to Inishbofin, off the Galway coast.