Poems of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood.

Published by Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1916

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Enlarged edition, published two months after the first, the editor's copy, with his typical inscription: "Edward J. O'Brien, March 17, 1922 [?]. Secretum meum mihi [My secret is my own]." It features poems by Thomas MacDonagh, Patrick Pearse, Joseph Plunkett and Sir Roger Casement, who were leaders of the Irish Volunteers and played key roles in the Easter Rising. Many of the poems in the volume were composed in Irish, whilst others are traditional Irish poems that the poets translated into English. The volume is introduced by one if its editors, Padraic Colum (1881-1972), who was a leader of the Irish Literary Revival. He emphasizes the non-militant contributions that the poets made to the Irish republican movement, particularly in the fields of literature and education. Colum had founded the short-lived Irish Review journal with Macdonaugh and others and had worked at Pearse's bilingual school. The other editor, Edward J. O'Brien (1890-1941), whose copy this is, was an influential anthologist known for his annual collections titled the Best American Short Stories. Ernest Hemingway's first publication, titled "My Old Man", appeared in the 1923 edition. The first edition of the Poems was published in July 1916, following the British reprisals for the Easter Rising which saw MacDonacgh, Pearse and Plunkett put to death. This edition followed in September and included further poems by each of the four poets. In the interim between editions, Casement, too, was executed. Octavo. Green boards, lettered in green on spine and front cover. With front cover of dust jacket tipped in. Former library notes to front free endpaper. Spine a little toned, a touch of wear to ends and corners, occasional small pencil notes to margins: a very good copy.…

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Title
Poems of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood.
Author
EASTER RISING.
Publisher
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1916
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1st Edition

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