1. Beckett, Samuel.

A Dream of Fair to Middling Women. Edited by Eoin O’Brien and Edith Fournier. Foreword by Eoin O’Brien.

Dublin, The Black Cat Press, 1992. 8°. XVII, 241 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent collector’s condition with only very minor signs of wear.

2. [Joyce, James] McHugh, Roland.

Annotations to Finnegans Wake.

London / Henley, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. Large Octavo. XII, 628 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Private giftinscription on endpaper.

3. Rohan, Dorine.

Barriers Within.

Dublin ; Cork, Mercier Press, 1974. 19cm. 113 pages. Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in Protective Mylar. Excellent condition first edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author.

4. Joyce, James.

Chamber Music.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1971. Octavo. 44 pages. Original, illustrated softcover. Perforation to first four pages. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

5. Cary, Joyce.

Cock Jarvis. Edited by A.G. Bishop.

London, Joseph, 1974. 21 cm. xvii, 267 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

6. 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.

7. [John Minihan Collection] – O’Connor, Ulick.

Executions.

First edition. Dingle, Brandon Books, 1992. 15 x 23 cm. 183 pages. Hardcover (Original cloth with dustjacket). Very good condition. From the collection of photographer John Minihan. Inscribed by Ulick O’Connor to John Minihan on the front free endpaper. Few clean markings inside.

8. [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.

9. 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.

10. [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.

11. Cahalan, James M.

Great Hatred, Little Room. The Irish Historical Novel [with a chapter: The Realistic Visions of Seán Ó Faoláin and Francis MacManus].

Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 1983. 16 x 24 cm. 240 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

12. 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).

13. Leonard, Hugh.

Home Before Night.

London, André Deutsch Limited, 1979. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 202 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some brown spots on edges. Clean inside with solid binding.

14. Kiely, Benedict.

Honey Seems Bitter.

London, Methuen and Co Ltd., 1954. 13 cm x 19 cm. 194 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket, designed by Geoffrey Ireland, in protective Mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Inscribed / Signed by Benedict Kiely during his time as visiting Professor in Eugene, Oregon in 1965 on the titlepage: “For Bill Smith – One against 1000. DR the Solomon Martini – Ben Kiely – Sept. 1965”.

15. 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.

16. Allen, Alfred.

Interrogations – Selected Poems. Introduction by Sean Lucy.

Cork, Tower Books, 1975. 15 cm x 22.2 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Very minor foxing on edges. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

17. [Joyce, James] Bowker, Gordon.

James Joyce – A Biography.

London, PHOENIX, 2012. Octavo. 608 pages with fiftyone (51) photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

18. [Joyce, James] Ellmann, Richard. / Litz, A.Walton / Whittier-Ferguson, John.

James Joyce – Poems and Shorter Writings – Including ‘Epiphanies’, ‘Giacomo Joyce’ and ‘A Portrait of the Artist’. Edited by Richard Ellmann, A Walton Litz and John Whittier-Ferguson.

London, FAber & Faber Limited, 1991. Octavo. XIV, 300 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

19. [Joyce, James] Ellmann, Richard.

James Joyce. New and Revised Edition [The First Revision of the 1959 Classic].

Oxford / New York / Toronto / Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1983. Octavo. XVIII, 887 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

20. [Joyce, James] Gilbert, Stuart.

James Joyce’s Ulysses. A Study.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin Books, 1969. Octavo. 364 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some signs of foxing to the edges. [Peregrine books, 13].

21. [Jordan, John] McFadden, Hugh.

John Jordan – Collected Stories. Edited by Hugh McFadden. With an Introduction by Benedict Kiely.

Dublin, Poolbeg, 1991. Octavo. VII, 377 pages. Original Softcover. Some signs of foxing / Binding a little worn. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A Rare Book !!

22. Sheridan, John D.

Joking Apart. Illustrated by Paul Noonan.

Dublin, The Talbot Press Ltd., 1964. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 202 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

23. McDonagh, Philip.

Memories of an Ionian Diplomat.

Delhi, Ravi Dayal Publisher, 2004. 22 cm x 14 cm. IX, 99 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Association copy: Inscribed / Signed by the author Philip McDonagh to fellow irish poet, Adam Wyeth: “Adam, with best wishes, Philip McDonagh, 25th August, 2006”.

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

My new Curate – A Story Gathered from the Stray Leaves of an Old Diary.

26th edition. Boston / London / Glasgow, Marlier Publishing Company, 1925. Octavo. X, 480 pages including 18 illustrations (including frontispiece). Original Publisher’s Hardcover. Titlepage loosened – otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Doherty, Francis.

Samuel Beckett.

London, Hutchinson University Library, 1971. 8°. 156 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan. Includes an interesting newspaper-clipping on Beckett: “Celebrating Beckett”.

26. [Joyce, James] Ellmann, Richard.

Selected Letters of James Joyce. Edited by Richard Ellmann.

London, Faber & Faber, 1975. Octavo. 440 pages. Original Softcover. Some foxing and signs ot a faded dampstain to endpaper and pastedown. Interior excellent and otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. MacMahon, Bryan.

The End of the World and other stories.

Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1977. 12cm x 18.5cm. 156 pages. Original softcover. Text itself in good condition, some signs of external wear.

31. Leland, Mary.

The Lie of the Land: Journeys through Literary Cork.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1999. 21,2 cm x 13,7 cm. VII, 264 pages. Whit maps and illustrations Original Illustrated softcover. Very Good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

32. [Joyce, James] Eco, Umberto.

The Middle Ages of James Joyce – The Aesthetics of Chaosmos. Translated from the Italian by Ellen Esrock.

[London]. Hutchinson Radius, 1989. Octavo. VIII, 96 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

33. Stuart, Francis.

The Pillar of Cloud.

First Edition. London, Victor Gollancz, 1948. Small Octavo. 232 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare and even rarer in the original dustjacket. Tiny Bookseller-stamp to endpaper.

34. [Longley, Michael] – Minihan, John (*1946 –)

The Poet Michael Longley, photographed by John Minihan at the Listowel Writers-Week, County Kerry, 2018.

Original / Vintage black and white photograph on archival paper. Ireland, 2018. 35.5 cm wide x 38 cm high. From the library of John Minihan, with his blindstamped initials and copyright – stamp on the back. Signed and titled by John Minihan below the photograph and on the back.

35. Joyce, James.

The Restored Finnegans Wake. Edited and with a Preface and Afterword by Danis Rose and John O’Hanlon. Note by Seamus Deane. Appendices by Hans Walter Gabler and David Greetham.

[London], Penguin Classics / Pearson, 2012. Octavo. X, 523 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

36. O’Sullivan, Seumas.

The Rose and Bottle and Other Essays.

First edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1946. 14 x 22cm. (8), 126 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some signs of wear to dustjacket, foxing to endpapers, otherwise very good condition.

37. Beckett, Samuel / Auster, Paul.

The Selected Works of Samuel Beckett. With an Introduction by Paul Auster.

First Edition of this publication. New York, Grove Press, 2010. Octavo (14 cm x 21 cm). Volume I: VIII, 478 pages / Volume II: 521 pages / Volume III: 505 pages / Volume IV: 569 pages. Original Softcover in original slipcase. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear. Cover photographs of Samuel Beckett by John Haynes. [Paul Auster, Series Editor.]

38. [Joyce, James] Freund, Gisèle.

Three Days with Joyce – Photographs by Gisèle Freund. Preface by Richard Ellmann.

New York, Persea Books, 1985. Octavo. 70 pages with the famous photographs of Joyce by Gisèle Freund. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

39. O’Casey, Sean.

Three Volumes of Sean O’Casey’s famous Autobiography: I. I Knock at the Door – Swift Glances Back at Things That Made Me (Rare Second Edition, Printed in the year of the First Edition, 1939) / III. Drums under the Windows (First Edition 1945) / VI. Sunset and Evening Star (First Edition, 1954).

Three Volumes (of Six). London, MacMillan & Co., 1939 – 1954. Octavo (15 cm x 22 cm). Volume I (″I Knock at the Door”): includes a fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “Mrs.Susan Casside in a Gala Dress”, VII, 268, [3] pages / Volume III (″Drums under My Window”): includes a Frontispiece-Photograph of “The Rev.E.M.Griffin”, 339, [2] pages / Volume VI (″Sunset and Evening Star”: includes a very fine Frontispiece-Photograph of “The O’Casey’s” [Niall O’Casey, Breon O’Casey, Sean O’Casey, Shivawn [Shivaun] O’Casey, Eileen O’Casey], VII, 311, [1] pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjackets. All three Volumes in their original state with the original dustjackets frayed but still very good. Volume I and III with two excellent Bookplates / Giftnote to dustjacket of Volume I; Giftnote to endpaper of Volume VI. Exlibris to pastedown “The Vernons” with artwork from artist H. Cutler” .

40. Cain, Séamas.

trid an gcoill.

Dublin, The Red Jasper, 2008. 8°. 120 pages. Illustrated softcover. First Edition. Excellent, as new condition, with only very minor signs of wear.

41. Joyce, James.

Ulysses [A Reader’s Edition]. Edited by Danis Rose.

Completely revised edition. London, PICADOR, 1997. Octavo. LXXXIII,739 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

42. Joyce, James.

Ulysses [The Corrected Text]. The Corrected Text – Edited by Hans Walter Gabler with Wolfhard Steppe and Claus Melchior and with a New Preface by Richard Ellmann.

Corrected Edition of the critical and synoptic edition from 1984. London, The Bodley Head, 1986. Octavo. XIII, [1], 649 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

43. Quinn, Niall.

Voyovic and Other Stories.

First edition. Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1980. 15 x 22 cm. 163 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.