1. [O’Casey, Sean] Micheál Ó hAodha.

The O’Casey Enigma.

Dublin and Cork, The Mercier Press, 1980. 11 cm x 18 cm. 126 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some wrinkling to covers. (The Thomas Davis lecture series).

2. McGovern, Alfred G.

Paddy Reilly from Ballyjamesduff.. .. – A Comedy in Two Acts, Four Scenes.

Third Edition. Enniskillen, Herald, 1945. Octavo. 55 pages. Original Softcover. Thecover slightly scruffy with stronger signs of wear and some staining. Still overall in good condition and a very rare publication !

3. Taibhdhearch na Gaillimhe [Galway Theatre].

Súgradh na mBláth le Mícheál Eoin Ó Súileabháin [The Playing of Flowers].

Sciúrtóir na Léirite, Proinnsias Mac Diarmada, no year (c.1928). 8°. 2 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4. 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].

5. [Keane, John B.]

Playwright of the People – A Collection of Tributes to John B. Keane, 1928-2002.

Listowel, North Kerry Literary Trust, 2004. 14 cm x 22 cm. 205 pages. With numerous photographs and also including the often missing CD with recordings of John B. Keane talking about his life and influences. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With occasional markings in the text and a dedication to half title.

6. Ó Muireadha, Tomás C.

Drámaí – Athbharra agus Laom-Luisne Fóghmhair. Micheal Ó Siochfhradha d’aistrigh i nGaedhilg.

[Baile Átha Cliath], Ar na fhoillsiú do Mhuinntir C.S. Ó Fallamhain, 1930. Octavo. 182 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare, illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Dustjacket – Design by Austin Molloy. The Volume itself in excellent, close to new condition. The dustjacket in professional mylar – wrapper. The jacket with tear (small missing piece) on upper spine). Otherwise some minor fraying and closed tears to the rare jackets but in overall very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

7. 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.

8. Ashton, Robert / Michelburne, John.

Two Historical Plays: The Battle of Aughrim, or the Fall of Monsieur St. Ruth / Ireland Preserved, or the Siege of Londonderry.

Dublin, C.M. Warren, No date [c.1880] 9 cm x 14 cm. 144 pages. Softcover / Original, titled brochure. Good condition with signs of external wear. Damage to corners of front page. Spotting on page edges, front and rear page and several pages within. Otherwise clean inside and intact.

9. 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” .

10. Wilde, Oscar.

Collection of Four Rare Presentation Review Copies of Publisher Methuen & Co., with publisher’s Ephemera (presentation-slip regarding the wish for Review and publication-date, as well as a booklet “The Library of Devotion”) / The collection includes: 1. Intentions (4th Edition, 1909) / 2. Lady Windermere’s Fan – A Play about a Good Woman (3rd Edition, 1909) / 3. An Ideal Husband (3rd Edition, 1909) / 4. The Importance of Being Earnest – A Trivial Comedy for Serious People (3rd Edition, 1909).

4 Volumes. London, Methuen & Co., 1909. Small Octavo. Pagination: “Intentions”: 263 pages / “Lady Windermere’s Fan”: 157 pages / “An Ideal Husband”: 246 pages / “The Importance of Being Earnest”: 181 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 and mild staining to bindings only.