Flashes from the Dark de Levy, Ferdinand - 1941

"Flashes from the Dark" by Ferdinand Levy. With Sketch of the Author by Louis Le Brocquy. Dublin: Printed at the Sign of the Three Candles, 1941. [Of this first edition 162 copies are numbered and signed by the Author. Nos. 1 to 12 are on Hand-Made Paper. This copy is No. 16]. Hardcover, black cloth, gilt lettering with a dancing woman on the front, gilt title on the spine, top edge red (stain on endpapers from dust jacket, corners bent, title on spine faded, owner's name in pencil, cloth on back cover is loose). d.w. (worn, some chipping, bottom of spine is torn (see photo), foxed on inside and soiled on back. The dust jacket is largely intact, except for the conditions noted). The design of the book and the dust jacket are exactly the same, the book having the dancing woman in gilt, on the dust jacket it is printed in red.
Very good condition (Dust jacket- Good condition). Size: 7 3/4"(19.5cm) x 5 1/4"(13cm).

This is an unusual book and rare to find. The poems were written by an African-American studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. The poems represent his perspective of Ireland. Provenance can be provided.