51. West, Anthony C.

The Ferret Fancier. A Novel.

Dublin/London/Old Greenwich, Conn., O’Brien press/Allison and Busby/Devin-Adair, 1983. 21 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Classic Irish fiction Bd. 5].

52. Ellman, Richard.

The Use of Decadence: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce. Originally delivered at Bennington College as Lecture Six in the Ben Belitt Lectureship series.

Bennington, VT, Bennington College, 1984. 8°. 25 Pages. Stapled Wrappers (softcover). Excellent condition. “The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in memory of William Troy”.

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. Wall, Mervyn.

The Complete Fursey – Two Novels: I. “Unfortunate Fursey” and II. “Return of Fursey”.

First Edition of the Sampler. Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1985. Octavo. 234 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some mild foxing only.

55. Kelly, Eamon.

In My Father’s Time. A Night of Storytelling with Eamon Kelly.

Eighth Printing. Dublin, Mercier Press, 1987. 11 cm x 18 cm. 104 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his markings and annotations in the text. Previous owner’s name on the front pastedown.

56. 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.

57. [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.

58. Healy, John.

Nineteen Acres.

Galway, Kenny’s Bookshop, 1988. 20.1cm x 14cm. viii, 141 pages. Frontispiece photograph: Mary O’Donnell. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

59. Williams, N. & Breen, Chr.

When Summer’s In The Meadow.

First edition. New York, Soho Press, 1989. 14 cm x 22 cm. 224 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

60. Donleavy, J.P.

A Singular Country.

Peterborough, Ryan Publishing, 1989. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 198 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing and smudging to endpapers.