51. [de Vere, Aubrey] Cronin, Patrick J.

Aubrey de Vere, The Bard of Curragh Chase. A Portrait of His Life and Writings.

Askeaton, Askeaton Civic Trust, 1997. 15 cm x 21 cm. 232 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

52. Flanagan, Thomas.

The Year of the French.

London, Macmillan London Limited, 1979. 16 cm x 24 cm. 516 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small paper defect. Out of print.

53. McDonnell, Hector (Illustrator).

The Night Before Larry was Stretched [with signed etching]. With an introduction by Terence de Vere White.

Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1984. 20.5 cm x 13 cm. IX, 96 pages. Original Hardcover in original slipcase. Number 48 out of a limited edition of 500 copies / Excellent, close to new condition. Includes orignial, signed etching.

54. Wilde, Oscar.

The Duchess of Padua – A Play.

Second Edition. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. VI, [3], 183 pages. Original Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and ornament to spine and cover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

55. [Gogarty, Oliver St. John] Ussher, Arland.

The Face and Mind of Ireland.

Third Impression. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1950. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 142 pages. Modern Hardcover binding (grey cloth with black lettering on spine andnew endpapers). Excellent condition. This book comes from the library of Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty and was signed and inscribed to him by Arland Ussher on the halftitle in May 1950. A very nice association copy.

56. Kilroy, Thomas.

The Big Chapel.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1971. 20.6cm x 13.6cm. 254 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Thomas Kilroy to John O’Meara on the endpaper. Edge stained ! Some minor staining to the dustjacket as well. Very Rare and wonderful collectable !

57. Smithson, Annie M.P.

Her Irish Heritage [″With the Printed Dedication: Dedicated to the Men who died Easter 1916”].

First Edition of her first book. Dublin, The Talbot Press, [no year (1917)]. Octavo. 270 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth-binding with decroative Celtic-Knot-Design. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the best preserved version of this work we have ever seen. With a gift-inscription from the year 1934 (not from Smithson).

58. Binchy, Maeve.

Firefly Summer. [SIGNED / Inscribed by Maeve Binchy].

First Edition. London, Century Hutchinson Ltd, 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 572 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

59. [Moore, George] Gerber, Helmut E.

George Moore On Parnassus – Letters (1900-1933) to Secretaries, Publishers, Printers, Agents, Literati, Friends, and Acquaintances. Edited, with notes and critical-biographical commentary.

Newark, University of Delaware Press, 1988. Octavo (16 cm wide x 23.5 cm). 896 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket in poor condition. The Volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

60. Craig, Maurice.

Poems – Selected and Edited by Andrew Carpenter. With an Introductory Essay by Lucy Collins.

Signed / Limited Edition No.4/50. Dublin, Liberties Press, 2011. Octavo. 73 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and a small paper-fault to endpaper/pastedown.