61. [John Minihan Collection] – [Heaney, Seamus] Minihan, John.

First Day Cover of the commemorative stamp for Seamus Heaney. Signed by irish photographer John Minihan, whose portrait of Heaney was used for the stamp. The first day cover is illustrated with a quote from Heaney’s “Bogland”: “We have no prairies – To slice a big sun at evening – Everywhere the eye concedes to – Encroaching horizon…”

Dublin, Anpost, 2014. 19 cm x 13 cm. 1 page. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. Signed and dated by John Minihan on August 28th, 2014.

62. Griffin, Gerald.

Talis Qualis; or Tales of the Jury Room.

First Edition, published posthumously. Dublin, James Duffy & Sons, no year [c. 1842]. 8°. Frontispiece and titlepage are original steel engravings, followed by 463 pages. Original publisher’s binding. Green cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Beautifully tooled boards with irish harp embossed on frontcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper (W. Collins).

63. [Joyce, James] Behan, Dominic.

Finnegan’s Wake. – The Songs of James Joyce – Performed by Dominic Behan.

London, Collector Records, 1958. 8°. 2 pages. Original Softcover Sleeve. The Sleeve: Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Record itself: Near Mint Condition ! Very Rare original Reading / Performance by Dominic Behan. Recorded in London with Robin Hall on the Guitar.

64. O’Brien, Edna.

House of Splendid Isolation.

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994. 16cm x 24cm. 216 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. Beautifully signed and inscribed during a promotional booktour by author Edna O’Brien during a visit to the english booktown Hay-on-Wye in the year 1994.

65. Dorman, Sean.

Valley of Graneen – Sketches of Donegal. [Rare signed / inscribed edition]. With Illustrations by Elizabeth Rivers.

Second Impression of the first Edition. London, Peter Davies, 1944. Small Octavo. 170 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. Some signs of foxing. Signed and inscribed by Sean Dorman: “To Elizabeth, of the glorious contralto with love from Sean”.

66. Carbery, Mary.

The Farm by Lough Gur – The Story of Mary Fogarty (Sissy O’Brien). With an Introduction by Shane Leslie and Decorations by Elizabeth Corsellis.

New Impression of the First Edition. London / New York / Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co., 1942. Large Octavo. XIX, 282 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

67. O’Rahilly, Cecile.

Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster. [Together with: Táin bó Cúalnge – Recension I]. Edited by Cecile O’Rahilly.

Two Volumes. Dublin, School of Celtic Studies / Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1984 – 2003. Large Octavo. Main Text: LV, 356 pages. / Recension-Volume: XXIV, 312 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

68. Banville, John.

The Book of Evidence.

New York, Charles Scribner’s, 1989. Octavo. 219 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Signed by John Banville.

69. Yeats, W.B.

Drømmerier over barneår og ungdom. [First Danish Edition of “Reveries over Childhood and Youth”]. Oversat af Valdemar Rørdam.

København/Kristiania, Haase/Cammermeyer, 1924. Octavo. 180 pages. Original softcover / Publisher’s printed wrappers. The very fragile wrappers in unusually, very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of former owner William Borberg on titlepage. Rare !

70. Sheehan, [Canon] Rev. P.A.

Collection of three publications by Canon Sheehan: 1. “Miriam Lucas” (New Impression – 2nd edition from 1924) / 2.″The Queen’s Fillet” (New Impression – 2nd edition from 1919) / 3. “Luke Delmege” (New Impression – 2nd edition from 1924).

26th edition. New York / Toronto / Bombay / Calcutta / Glasgow, Longmans, Green and Co., 1919-1924. Octavo. 470, 376, 580 pages. Original Publisher’s Hardcover. All three Volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.