31. Donleavy, J.P.

Schultz.

London, Allen Lane, 1980. 14 cm x 2237 cm. 375 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. First Edition with only very minor signs of external wear.

32. Donleavy, J.P.

The History of the Ginger Man. An Autobiography.

First American Edition. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1994. Large Octavo. 517, (1) pages. With numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

33. 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”.

34. [Duffy, Charles Gavan / Davis, Thomas] / Grattan Flood, W.H.

The Spirit of the Nation or, Ballads and Songs by The Writers of “The Nation” with Original and Ancient Music, arranged for the Voice and Pianoforte.

New Edition, with preface and Introduction by W.H.Grattan Flood. Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1911. Quarto. XXII, 368 pages – including the often missing Corrigenda Leaf (Errata). Original, illustrated Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated clothbinding that has been recently professionally restored. All edges gilt. New endpapers. Besides a 6 cm smudged repair to the front board in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. A very rare and sought after publication.

35. Dunsany, Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany).

Plays of God and Men – The Tents of the Arabs / The Laughter of the Gods / The Queen’s Enemies / A Night at an Inn.

First Putnam Edition. New York / London, G.P.Putnam’s Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1923. Octavo. 207, [1] pages. Hardcover / Original cloth. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

36. Durcan, Paul.

A Snail in My Prime. New and Selected Poems.

London, Harvill, 1993. 13 cm x 21 cm. XIII, 272 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 name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

37. 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”.

38. Fitzgerald, Barbara.

We Are Besieged.

Second Impression. Bantry, Somerville Press, 2011. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 364 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

39. 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.

40. Gaelic Fairy Tale Illustrations – [Mac Liammoír, Micheál] Ó Floinn, Tomás / Proinsias Mac Cana.

Scéalaíocht na Ríthe – [Stories of the Kings]. Tomás Ó Floinn agus Proinsias Mac Cana. A chuir in Eagar. Micheál Mac Liammoír a Mhaisigh.

Baile Átha Cliath, Saírséal & Dill, 1956. 18.1cm. 220, [4] pages. Including 6 plates with beautiful, tipped-in illustrations and their often missing, lettered tissue-guards. Hardcover. / Original, illustrated blue publisher’s cloth. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / An underestimated publication with all illustrations in place. While the book was also published in softcover-cardboard, the first edition in Hardcover, which we offer here, is the much better version.