51. 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.

52. Irish Republican Association.

The Irish in South Africa 1920-1921.

First Edition. Cape Town, Die Nasionale Pers Beperk, [1921]. Octavo. 183 pages. Original Hardcover (green publisher’s cloth with dark lettering and ornament). Upper and lower spine slightly damaged. Binding slightly stained only. Rare !

53. Irish Book Bureau.

The Tri-Colour Song Book. [Including two pages with “Great 1916 Picture – showing the last stand of the heroes of Easter Week in the GPO just before evacuation with Padraig Pearse, Tom Clarke and Joseph Plunkett].

Dublin, Irish Book Bureau, no year [c.1930]. Small Octavo. 32 pages. Original Softcover. Fragile with some minor damages only. Overall in good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

54. Haugaard, Myrna / Lalor, Brian.

Voices From Stones.

Dublin, The Academy Press, 1983. 17.3 cm x 24 cm. 68 pages. Many black and white illustrations by artist and author, Brian Lalor. Original Softcover with protective sleeve. As new condition with only very minor foxing to front and rear endpapers and half-title page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator Erik C. Haugaard.

55. Hassett, Declan.

Make ‘em laugh ! A golden year of theatre.

Cork, Collins Press and Everyman Palace Theatre, 2008. 22 cm. xv, 288 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

56. Haining, Peter / Bradbury, Ray.

Irish Tales of Terror – Twenty-two Bewitching Stories of Irish Magic and Mystery by James Joyce, Ray Bradbury, H.P.Lovecraft, Daniel Defoe, W.B.Yeats, Oscar Wilde and others. Introduction by Ray Bradbury / Edited by Peter Haining.

New York / Avenel (New Jersey), Wings Books, 1970. Octavo. 317 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

57. Griffin, Gerald.

The Collegians or The Colleen Bawn – A Tale of Garryowen.

London and Felling-on-Tyne, The Walter Scott Publishing Co., no year (c.1890). Octavo. Frontispiece, VII, 369 pages. Original publisher’s cloth / Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Late 19th century edition of this irish classic. [The Evergreen Library]

58. Gallivan, G.P.

Decision at Easter. A Play in Three Acts. [With the printed dedication: To the Men of Easter Week]. With a foreword by Ignatius Johns.

Dublin, Progress House, 1960. 8°. 74 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Popular Plays Series].

59. 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.

60. Dunne, Sean [ed.].

The Cork Antology.

First edition. Cork, Cork University Press, 1993. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. XIII, 434 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear.

61. Doan, James E.

The Romance of Cearbhall and Fearbhlaidh. A Medieval Irish Tale here the first time translated from the Irish (Gaeilge) into english by James E. Doan.

Mountrath, Ireland, Dolmen Press, 1985. 23 cm. 80 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. [Dolmen Texts ; 7].

62. Deane, Seamus.

Reading in the Dark. A Novel.

First American Editon. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 8°. 246 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Fine condition. Signed by the author on the title page.

63. [Davis, Thomas].

Thomas Davis: Essays and Poems with a Centenary Memoir 1845-1945. Foreword by An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera.

Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son, 1945. Octavo. Frontispiece, 240 pages. Original Hardcover. Some markings within the etxt. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name and address of preowner on endpaper.

64. Davis, Seamus.

Seamus Davis. Poems and Ballads.

Skibbereen, Bridgetown Publishing, 2003. 20.8cm x 14.6cm. 128 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

65. Costello, Mary.

Academy Street.

Edinburg / London, Canongate, 2014. 14 cm x 22cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

66. 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.

67. 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.

68. Bhaldraithe, Tomas de / Corkery, Daniel / and many others.

Collection of over eighty (80) publications on the Gaelic Language (Gaeilge), the History of the Gaelic Language, Gaelic Grammar, gaelic exercise books (new and old), publications on gaelic conversation etc. etc. including a Dictionary by Tomas de Bhaldraithe, a publication by Daniel Corkery on “The Fortunes of the Irish Language”, etc. etc.

Dublin and others, c.1950 – c.1990. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover Volumes. Some of the publications in poor condition but the majority in very good condition (see images).

69. O’Kelly, Seumas.

Wet Clay.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / T.Fisher Unwin, 1922. Octavo. 377 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Gift-Inscription on endpaper.

70. O’Duffy, Eimar.

[The Cuanduine Trilogy] Volume I: “King Goshawk and The Birds” (First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1926) / Volume II: “The Spacious Adventures of the Man in the Street” (First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1928) / Volume III: “Asses in Clover” (First Edition. London, Putnam, 1933).

First Edition. Three Volumes (Complete Trilogy). London and New York, Putnam ad Macmillan, 1926-1933. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: 319 pages / Volume II: 407 pages / Volume III: 331 pages. Hardcover / All three Volumes in original publisher’s illustrated cloth (no dustjackets). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Stronger signs of staining to cover of Volume I and minor sign of staining to cover of Volume II only. All three bindings firm and sturdy. Very rare first edition set of the complete Trilogy.

71. O’Driscoll, Dennis.

Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams. Selected Prose Writings.

Oldcastle, County Meath, The Gallery Press, 2001. 14.5cm x 22cm. 360 pages. Hardcover/ Original cloth with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor tear to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

72. 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.

73. MacManus, Seumas.

The Little Mistress of the Eskar Mor.

Dublin, Gill, 1960. Octavo. 376 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare with the original dustjacket.

74. Gwynn, Stephen.

Memories of Enjoyment.

Tralee, The Kerryman Limited, 1946. Octavo. 148 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare, original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of fraying and some external wear to the jacket.

75. 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.

76. 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.

77. Boland, Bridget.

The Wild Geese. A Novel.

London / Toronto, William Heinemann Ltd., 1938. 19.5cm x 13cm. 264 pages, including a map showing A Part of the Baronies of Iveragh, Dunkerron & Glanerought in the County of Kerry. Original Hardcover (green cloth) without dustjacket. The binding with some darkening and slightly stained. Else in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Bridget Boland: “Going away present (alas) for the Goughs [British Actor Michael Gough] – from Bridget B.”

78. 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.

79. 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.

80. Stephens, James.

Insurrections.

Dublin, Maunsel, 1912. 10.5 cm x 17 cm. 55 pages. Original Hardcover. Endpaper missing. Otherwise in very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription from eminent irish artist Brian Lalor to Erik and Myrna Haugaard in September 1975.

81. 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).

82. 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.

83. 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 !

84. [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.

85. Gogarty, Oliver St. John.

Tumbling in the Hay.

First Edition. London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1939. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 325 Pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

86. [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 !

87. [Neale, John William] Willis, Anne.

A Critical Edition of Neal’s Celebrated Irish Tunes [that is: “John William Neale”].

[c.1972]. Large Quarto. 158 pages with scores and analysis of tunes. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Stunning, very comprehensive and specialized publication. Extremely rare work on this seminal irish musician. From the library of Tadgh O Murchu, with his name and date (1972).

88. McCarthy, Thomas.

Questioning Ireland – Essay and Reviews [Rare Hardcover-Edition SIGNED by Thomas McCarthy on the titlepage].

First Edition (simultaneously published in Softcover (Paperpack) and Hardcover). Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2024. Octavo. 420 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. As new condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the very rare Hardcover-Edition which was sold out very quickly. SIGNED by Thomas McCarthy on the titlepage.

89. Ó Síocháin (Ó Síothcháin, Sheehan), Conchúr / (Conchubhar, Cornelius) (1866-1941).

The Man from Cape Clear [First English Translation of “Seanchas Chléire. Conchobhar Ó Síothcháin a dheachtuigh. Ciarán Ó Síothcháin is Mícheál Ó Síothcháin do chuir i scríbhinn]. Translated from the Irish by Riobard P. Breatnach. [With a map of Cape Clear Island on both pastedowns].

First English-Language Edition. Dublin and Cork, The Mercier Press, 1975. Octavo. XVI, 171 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some fraying to the rare dustjacket.

90. Bruadair, Dáibhí Ó. / Bruadair, David Ó.

Duanaire Dhaibhidh Ui Bhruadair – The Poems of David Ó Bruadair. [3 volumes – complete]. Part I – Containing Poems down to the Year 1666 / Part II – Containing Poems from the Year 1667 till 1682 / Part III – Containing Poems from the Year 1682 till the Poets Death in 1698. Edited with Introduction, Translation and Notes also with Glossary and an Index of proper Names to the three Parts by Rev. John C. Mac Erlean.

Bilingual Gaelic – English Edition. London, Published for the Irish Texts Society, 1910-1917. 8°. Volume I: VIII, 207 pages plus 26 pages of advertising for publications of the ITS / Volume II: XXXIX, 288 pages / Volume III: XII, 275 pages plus 28 pages of Member Lists and General Rules of the ITS. Original, very decorative Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and emblemata on frontcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. Few library – stamps. Three pages of the advertisement-sections with minor tears. Rare as a complete set and in this very good condition. [The Irish Texts Society – Volumes XI, XIII and XVIII]

91. Connolly, Claire.

Irtish Literature in Transition (1780 – 1830).

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2020. Octavo. XIV, (2), 439 pages (including a thorough Index). Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by Claire Connolly on the titlepage.

92. [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.

93. 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 !

94. Shaw, Bernard.

Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]. [With several items of Ephemera included] With a Preface by Mr.Shaw and with Wood Engravings by John Farleigh.

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1939. 19 cm x 28 cm. LVI, 260 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective slip-case. Excellent condition edition with only very minor signs of external wear to the slipcase. The ephemeral items include an advertising card for this publication from “The Leicester Galleries, London” , The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Clb from July, 1939, Number 119. The printed Letter’s title was: “If there are Four Hitlers” / Also included is a pamphlet of the Limited Editions Club on the artwork of John Farleigh.

95. Ó Muirthile, Liam / Rosenstock, Gabriel.

An Fuíoll Feá – Rogha Dánta / Woodcuttings – New and Selected Poems. Translated by Gabriel Rosenstock. [Signed on the titlepage by the author Liam Ó Muirthile and the translator Gabriel Rosenstock].

Baile Átha Cliath, Cois Life, [2013]. 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM. xli, 555 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. SIGNED by both, the author and the translator !

96. Ó Muirthile, Liam / Rosenstock, Gabriel.

An Fuíoll Feá – Rogha Dánta / Woodcuttings – New and Selected Poems. Translated by Gabriel Rosenstock. [Inscribed and signed by the author Liam Ó Muirthile].

Baile Átha Cliath, Cois Life, [2013]. 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM. xli, 555 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. SIGNED and Inscribed by the author.

97. Moore, Thomas.

The works of Thomas Moore, Esq. Accurately printed from the last original editions. With critical Notes. [With a preface by Ernest Fleischer and a “Biographical and Critical Sketch of Thomas Moore” by J.W.Lake].

In Two Complete Volumes. Leipsic, printed for Ernst Fleischer, 1833-1840. Large Octavo. Vol. I: XL, 751 pages / Vol. II:VI, 252 pages. Including a frontispiece – portrait of Thomas Moore. Original Hardcover. Poor condition of the binding with signs of external wear. Both volumes’ spines are considerably worn and fragile; there is discolouration to the frontcovers of both volumes, and foxing on inside and selective pages of both. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. Internally firm and complete and only with some minor signs of a faded dampstain.

98. 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”.

99. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Leaves on Grey.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 13 cm x 20 cm. 119 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript Postcard from author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.

100. [John Minihan Collection] – Hogan, Desmond.

The Diamonds at the Bottom of the Sea and Other Stories.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Internal pages fine. Manuscript letter from the author Desmond Hogan to irish photographer John Minihan loosely inserted.