1. Duffy, Carol Ann.

Standing Female Nude.

Third Edition. London, Anvil Press Poetry Ltd., 1989. 21.4cm x 13.5cm. 62 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Carol Ann Duffy: “Best wishes Carol Ann”.

2. Fountain, Robert.

Travelling Ireland: A Thousand Miles with Horse & Carriage. Original Illustrations by Malcolm Coward.

Askham, Palette Press, 2008. 27.5 cm x 21.4 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 152 pages. Fully illustrated in colour with oil sketches, cartoons and photographs by various contributors. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. With marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor wear to slipcase. Otherwise excellent condition. This is a limited edition of 20 leatherbound copies of which this is number 5. Signed by author and contributors. Includes an original photograph. Includes loose ephemera: “An Invitation to the Launch of ‘Travelling Ireland’ at Bantry House” and a newspaper article entitled “A quirky and entertaining view of Ireland: Robert Fountain explains the background to his new book ‘Travelling Ireland- 1000 miles with Horse & Carriage’ and gives us a flavour of what he encountered on his journey.”

3. 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.

4. Singer, Isaac Bashevis.

The Magician of Lublin. With Lithographs by Larry Rivers.

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1984. 31.2cm x 23.7cm. X, 220 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. This Edition has been quarter bound in Nigerian Goatskin & Irish Linen. Signed by author and illustrator.

5. Weber, Carmen Sylvia [Hrsg.]/Ungerer, Tomi [Ill.].

Tomi Ungerer, EKLIPS. Neues für die Augen von 1960 bis 2010. [Katalog zur Ausstellung Tomi Ungerer in der Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, 13. Mai bis 19. September 2010].

Künzelsau, Swiridoff, 2010. 8°. 351 Seiten. Überwiegend Illustrationen. Original Hardcover with dustjacket / Originaler Ganzleinenband mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Beautifully signed in his calligraphic hand by Tomi Ungerer. / Von Tomi Ungerer auf dem Zwischentitel kalligraphisch signiert.

6. Tyler, Anne.

Tumble Tower. Pictures by Mitra Modarressi.

New York, Orchard Books, 1993. 26.5cm x 22.5cm. 29 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by the author and the illustrator.

7. Stone, Harry.

Fairy Tales and Ogres : Dickens’ Imagination and “David Copperfield”.

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1964. 8°. 7 Pages (pp. 24-30). Stapled blue wrappers (softcover). Good condition. Some rust marks from staples. “DICKENS” and “Sincere regards, HS” (Harry Stone) written in pen on front cover. Some text markings. [Offprint from: “CRITICISM, a Quarterly for Literature and the Arts, Vol.VI, No.4, 1964.]

8. Stone, Harry.

Dickens Rediscovered. Some Lost Writings Retrieved.

Berkley, University of California Press, 1970. 8°. 22 Pages (pp. 527-548). Printed (illustrated) Card Wrappers (softcover). Good condition. Clean internally. Wrappers show some signs of wear. Signed by author on front wrapper: “Sincere regards, HS”. [Offprint from: “Nineteenth Century Fiction”, Vol.24, No.4, The Charles Dickens Centennial.]

9. Stone, Harry.

Dickens “Conducts” Household Words. (Illustrated)

London, The Dickens Fellowship, 1968. 8°. 15 Pages (pp.71-85). Printed green wrappers (softcover). Very good condition. Some slight foxing internally. Some text markings in pencil. [Offprint from : “The Dickensian”, Vol. LXIV, 1968.]

10. O’Donnell, Mary.

Reading the Sunflowers in September.

Galway, Salmon Publishing, 1990. 21cm x 14.9cm. 122 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

11. Hotchkiss, Willis.

Then and Now in Kenya Colony. [SIGNED / INSCRIBED by Willis R. Hotchkiss]. Forty Adventurous Years in East Africa.

New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1937. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 160 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Edge stained but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Sharp cornered interior bright and clean. Signed / Inscribed by the author on titlepage: “Yours in this great game – Willis R. Hotchkiss”.

12. Cardenal, Ernesto.

Flights of Victory / Vuelos de Victoria.

New York, Curbstone Press, 1988. 23cm x 14.7cm. XXXII, 123 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

13. Blair, David.

Ascension Days.

First Edition. Washington D.C., Del Sol Press, 2007. 23cm x 15.4cm. 60 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

14. McCarthy, Thomas.

Questioning Ireland – Essay and Reviews [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 Softcover (Paperback). As new condition with only minor signs of wear. SIGNED by Thomas McCarthy on the titlepage.

15. [Quine, W. V. O.] Sukale, Michael.

Comparative Studies in Phenomenology.

The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1976. 8°. 153 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good in blue printed wraps, with slight soiling to front wrapper. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author to Philosopher W. V. Quine on the front blank: “For Prof. Quine with many thanks for a fruitful exchange of ideas in Farmington. Oct. 22, 1983. From Michael Sukale.”

16. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.