1. [Derrick, Samuel].

A Poetical Dictionary; Or, The Beauties of the English Poets, Alphabetically Displayed. Containing The Most Celebrated Passages in the following Authors, viz. Shakespear, Johnson, Dryden, Lee, Otway, Beaumont, Fletcher, Lansdowne, Butler, Southerne, Addison, Pope, Gay, Garth, Rowe, Young, Thompson, Mallet, Armstrong, Francis, Warton, Whitehead, Mason, Gray, Akenside, Smart, &c.

First Edition. In Four Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for J. Newbery, J.Richardson, S.Crowder etc., 1761. Duodecimo (10.4 cm wide x 17.4 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: XII, 288 pages; Volume II: [II], 244 pages; Volume III: [II], 276 pages ; Volume IV: [II], 252 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering and spinelabels. Bindings a little rough with Volume One having a damage to the top spine. Overall in good condition with some signs of wear. Provenance: “Ex Libris (not a real bookplate but a written statement in ink) John Lysaght / James Lysaght, June 15th 1763”.

2. [Kennelly, Brendan] Brisset, Sandrine.

Brendan Kennelly – Behind the Smile.

The very rare suppressed first edition of this book. Ireland, Raglan Books, 2013. Octavo. 212 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some minor foxing to edges.

3. Shaw, George Bernard / Mrs. Patrick Campbell [that is: “Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner”] / Alan Dent (Editor).

Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell: Their Correspondence.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1952. Octavo. 339 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4. Reavey, George [First Literary Agent of Samuel Beckett] / Irene Rice Pereira [American abstract [modernist] artist, poet and philosopher].

The Colours Of Memory [Signed Presentation-copy / With signed, original (!) Artwork by Irene Rice Pereira as frontispiece [George Reavey’s wife at the time of publication] / One of the very rare 26 copies only].

First Edition. New York, Grove Press, 1955. Octavo. 60 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket stained. Small coffee-stain on pages 5/6. An excellent, extremely rare book, being Letter “Y” of only 26 lettered copies. Very good overall-condition with only minor signs of wear.

5. 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.]

6. Swift, Jonathan.

The Tale Of A Tub And Other Pieces: “The Battle Of The Books” and “A Discourse concerning Mechanical Operations of the Spirit”.

London, Charles Daly, 1837. Miniature Book: (7 cm wide x 10.7 cm high). Frontispiece, Engraved Title, LIV, 200 pages. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Besides some minor staining to cover, pastedown and endpaper, in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear (a very minor lesion to lower spine).

7. [Mac Liammóir, Micheál / Ó Conaire, Pádraic] O’ Neill, Eamonn.

The Woman at the Window and Other Stories. Translated from the Irish of Pádraic Ó Conaire by Eamonn O Neill. New Edition – With Illustrations by Micheál Mac Liammóir.

Dublin and Cork, The Talbot Press, no year [c. 1931]. Octavo (15 cm x 22,5 cm). Frontispiece, 127 pages. Original Hardcover with original, beautifully illustrated dustjacket in protective Collector’s Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Privately inscribed on the endpaper “For Jim – Christmas 1947”. A very unusual condition of this amazzing publication.

8. 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.

9. Hutton, Mary A.

The Táin – An Irish Epic Told in English Verse by Mary A. Hutton.

Dublin, Maunsel & Co., 1907. Small Quarto (18 cm x 22 cm). XII, 495 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Top edge gilt. The Volume now in collector’s Mylar. Binding with some fraying and rubbing to spine. As usual, the text deckled edges with some foxing. Last page of the Appendix unopened with a small tear. A very rare and important book with all the History and insight into “The Táin”.

10. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John / Heaney, Seamus.

Original photograph of Seamus Heaney at his 70th birthday in his home in Dublin, in the year 2009 / Titled and Signed by John Minihan in 2014 / The vintage photograph is here framed together with the original commemoration Stamp and signed First Day Cover of Anpost [The photograph was used as a Template for the creation of the Anpost Stamp in 2014].

Vintage Photograph on archival paper / Vintage First Day Cover with extra signature by John Minihan. Dublin, 2014. Image of the Photograph: 16 cm x 24 cm / First Day Cover: 18 cm x 12 cm. Overall Framed Size: 79 cm wide x 53,5 cm high. From the personal library of irish photographer John Minihan. Titled and signed by John Minihan. Beautifully framed (see multiple images on our website). Our company knows of an edition of four photographs and signed First Day Covers, which we bought from John Minihan in 2014 and which he signed in 2014. Later, signed First Day Covers are circulating and we have some of those in our archive for sale. But since John Minihan has sold the rights to most of his iconic images to UCC in Cork, none of the photographs are reprinted by the photographer and that makes this combination of the signed Seamus Heaney photograph, combined with the First Day Cover, signed actually on August 28th of 2014, very scarce. We have an edition of 3 (three) left. One is part of the “John Minihan Photography Collection”, which we are selling on our website (see under “Libraries & Collections”) and two are for sale on the free international market. The here offered, beautifully framed version, is one of these two. The price includes free shipping as a framed version within Ireland / The price includes free international shipping per UPS Courier but only unframed (we pay for framing in your home-country) !

11. [Joyce, James] Pohli, Paula.

James Joyce.

Original Linocut – Portrait of James Joyce. [County Mayo], Paula Pohli, no year [c.2015]. 33 cm x 40.5 cm. Excellent condition. Signed and limited edition (No.11 of 50).

12. [John Minihan Collection] – 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.

13. [Whyte’s School Dublin] / [Whyte, Samuel] / [Sheridan, Thomas].

Modern Education; or, An Attempt to Explain the Chief Causes and Effects of our Errours and Deficiencies in that Particular. With Practical Proposals for a Reformation. In the Course of which The Female Right to Literature is asserted ; The Supercilious Airs of Vain Pedants Exposed ; Their Wise Objections Exploded ; And the Trite Witticisms, Usual on the Question, Fairly Stated and Confuted : Clearly Demonstrating, That the Weakness and Depravity imputed to the Fair Sex, is wholly owing to our utter Neglect of their Minds ; and that the proper Cultivation of them is the First and Grand Principle of all Human Excellence, as well as of all our social and domestic Felicity. [Bound with: “Lectures On The Art of Reading ; First Part: Containing The Art of Reading Prose. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M., Author of Lectures on Elocution, British Education, &c.”].

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by R.Marchbank, Cole’s Alley, Castle-Street, 1775. Small-Octavo (11.2 cm wide x 17.2 cm high). Pagination: Whyte’s “Modern Education…” is bound to the rear of the Volume: 77 pages plus “Corrigenda” (complete” / Sheridan’s “Lecture on the Art of Reading – Part I” is bound at the start of the Volume: vii, (1), 213 pages plus 1 page “Advertisement” [of Whyte’s “English Grammar-School” in Dublin, Grafton-Street, No.75”]. Hardcover / Original, full 18th century leather with gilt ornament and new spine-label in the style of the 18th century. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely scarce title !

14. West, Anthony C.

The Ferret Fancier. A Novel.

Dublin/London/Old Greenwich, Conn., O’Brien press/Allison and Busby/Devin-Adair, 1983. 21 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Classic Irish fiction Bd. 5].

15. McLiam Wilson, Robert.

Eureka Street – A novel of Ireland like no other.

First North American Edition. New York, Arcade Publishing Inc, 1997. 14.5cm x 21.5cm 395 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

16. Taylor, Alice / Ní Choileáin, Orna / Taylor, Patrick / et al.

Be Inspired – Gems from Irish Publishing. Extracts from 30 Great Irish Books.

Dublin, Publishing Ireland, 2009. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 207 pages. Several black and white photographs and drawings throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

17. Stephens, James.

The Crock of Gold. With decorative headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie.

Fifth printing. New York, Collier Books, 1972. 13,5 cm x 20 cm. 228 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to half title.

18. Mattews, Aidan.

Adventures in an Bathyscope.

First Sceptre edition. Sevenoaks, Hodder and Stroughton, 1990. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 225, (3) pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Signed by the author on title page. Enclosed is a newspaper clipping about the author. [Sceptre Editions].

19. Gwynn, Stephen Lucius.

Irish Literature and Drama in the English Language. A Short History.

London, Thomas Nelson, 1936. 21 cm. IX, 240 pages. Original hardcover. Poor condition but with signs of external wear. There is noticeable rubbing to and fading of the spine, and foxing on inside and selective pages. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. [Brown, Christy] Jordan, Anthony J.

Christy Brown’s Women – A Biography Drawing on His Letters. Includes the Founding of Cerebral Palsy Ireland by Robert Collis.

Dublin, Westport Books, 1998. 20.8cm x 14.7cm. 178 pages. With illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

23. Boland, Bridget.

At My Mother’s Knee.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1978. 22.3cm x 14.3cm. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

24. Keane, John B.

The Change in Mame Fadden.

Cork / Dublin, The Mercier Press, 1973. 11 cm x 18 cm. 114 pages. Original softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some marks on cover. Clean inside with intact binding.

25. Healy, John.

Nineteen Acres.

Galway, Kenny’s Bookshop, 1988. 20.1cm x 14cm. viii, 141 pages. Frontispiece photograph: Mary O’Donnell. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

26. MacNamara, Brinsley.

The Clanking of Chains.

First Anvil edition. Tralee, Anvil Books, 1965. 11 cm x 18 cm. 173 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

27. Marcus, David (Editor).

State of the Art – Short Stories by the New Irish Writers.

London, Sceptre, 1992. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 377 pages. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages discoloured. Dogear.

28. Gibbings, Robert.

Sweet Cork of Thee. With engravings by the author.

First edition. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1951. 14,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 235 pages. Original Hardcover. Green Cloth with gilt lettering and decor. 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 in the text.

29. 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.

30. Moore, Brian.

The Feast of Lupercal.

Second Impression of the First Edition. London, Deutsch, 1975. Octavo. 240 Seiten. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket with some strange, severe staining to the rear. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare !

31. Stuart, Francis.

Black List, Section H. A Novel. With a preface and postscript by Harry T. Moore.

First Edition. Carbondale and Edwardsville / London and Amsterdam, Southern Illinois University Press / Feffer & Simons, Inc., 1971. 15 cm x 22 cm. VII, 442 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. Slight spotting/discolouration on page edges. Clean inside with intact binding.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. Donleavy, J.P.

A Singular Country.

Peterborough, Ryan Publishing, 1989. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 198 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing and smudging to endpapers.

35. Conyers, Dorothea.

Old Andy. Author of “Sandy Married”.

Fourth Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1916. 11 cm x 16.5 cm. 253 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Pages tanned. Some foxing throughout. Smudging to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner’s names endpapers. Bar code sticker on rear endpaper.

36. Yeats, W.B.

The Collected Plays of W.B Yeats.

Third printing of the second edition. London, Macmillan, 1960. 14 cm x 20,5 cm. Frontispiece,705 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Previous owner’s name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings in the text.

37. Yeats, W.B.

Collected Plays.

Second Edition, Second Reprint. London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1960 14 cm x 20 cm. 705 Pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

38. Williams, Niall.

Four letters of Love.

First edition. London, Macmillan Publishers, 1997. 14 cm x 22,5 cm. 342 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With the author’s signature and his dedication to Kruger and his wife Nell on title page.

39. Williams, N. & Breen, Chr.

When Summer’s In The Meadow.

First edition. New York, Soho Press, 1989. 14 cm x 22 cm. 224 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

40. Welch, Robert.(editor).

The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature.

New York, The Oxford University Press, 1996. Octavo XXVII, 618 pages with illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

41. Watson, Sir William.

Ireland Unfreed – Poems and Verses written in the early months of 1921.

First Edition. London, The Bodley Head, 1921. Small Octavo. 46, [2] pages. Original Harcover (publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor damage to the halftitle.

42. Wakeman, John.

A Sea Family. New and Selected Poems.

First edition. Cork, Bradshaw Books, 2005. 14 cm x 21 cm. 56 pages. With 8 illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With the poet’s dedication to Kruger and his wife Nell to title page. Occasional markings and annotations in the text. [Bradshaw Poets].

43. Viney, Michael.

The Broken Marriage – A Study in Depth of a Growing Irish Social Problem. Reprinted from The Irish Times.

Dublin, The Irish Times, 1970. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 26 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers.

44. Viney, Michael.

A Year’s Turning. Written and Illustrated by Michael Viney.

First Penguin edition. Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1998. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. VIII, 232 pages. With numerous illustrations by the author. 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 title page and his markings and annotations in the text.

45. Tarlach Ó Huid.

An Dá Thrá.

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin], Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teo, [1952]. Octavo. 242 pages. Original Hardcover with the very rare, illustrated dustjacket. Loosely inserted is an advertising – leaf by the publisher, dated “Nollaig, 1952”. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

46. Synge, John M.

In Wicklow and West Kerry.

Dublin. Maunsel & Roberts, 1921. 12 cm x 17 cm. 136 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only some minor signs of external wear.

47. Synge, John M.

A Few Personal Recollections, with biographical Notes by John Masefield.

Identical Reprint of the Original Cuala Press Edition from 1915. Shannon, Irish University Press, 1971. 16cm x 24cm 34 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

48. Swift, Jonathan.

Gulliver’s Travels. Illustrated by Hans Baltzer and edited by Elaine Moss.

Second Impression. Originally published by Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin W8. London, Constable Young Books Ltd. 1964. 21.5 cm x 30 cm. 176 pages. Generously illustrated in colour throughout. Original Hardcover with black-and-white illustration on front cover and title on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some slight damage to corners (bumped).

49. Stuart, Francis.

Black list, section H.

London, Penguin, 1996. 20 cm. 416 pages. Softcover / Paperback. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare / Out-of-Print ! [Penguin twentieth-century classics].

50. Shorter, Dora Sigerson.

The Tricolour – Poems of the Irish Revolution.

Dublin, Maunsel and Roberts, Limited., 1922. 11 cm x 17 cm. 71 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor smudging and discolouration to pastedowns and endpapers. Foxing to edges.

51. Sheridan, John D.

The Right Time.

Dublin, The Talbot Press Ltd., [c.1951]. 13 cm x 19 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some tearing, fraying to dustjacket. Otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Private inscription to front free endpaper.

52. 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.

53. 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.

54. Sheehan, Canon.

The Sadness of Autumn / The Loneliness of Winter / The Magic of Spring.

Three Volumes. Cork and Dublin, The Mercier Press, 1973. Octavo. 93, 95, 91 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

55. [Russell, Matthew].

The Irish Monthly – No. 841 – July, 1943: Essays included are: Emily Hughes – Minstrels / Francis MacManus – Tennyson’s Irish Tale / E.J.Coyne – Money, Credit and Banking – What is Credit ? / Gabriel Fallon – Some Drama Festival Reflections / Aodh de Blacam – Searchlight on Islam / Books Reviews /

Dublin, The Irish Monthly, 1943. Octavo. IV, 43 pages with local irish advertising. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

56. [Russell, Matthew].

The Irish Monthly – No. 838 – April, 1943: Essays included are: Francis MacManus – Waterton Said Rats ! / Edwrad Fitzgerald – A Sermon in Stone / E.J.Coyne – What are Bank Deposits ? / Gabriel Fallon – Satire, Comedy and a Revival / Aodh de Blacam – If I Were The Minister ! / Books Reviews /

Dublin, The Irish Monthly, 1943. Octavo. IV, 43 pages with local irish advertising. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

57. [Russell, Matthew].

The Irish Monthly – No. 837 – March, 1943: Essays included are: John J. Ryan – Ireland and Portugal / E.J.Coyne – Money, Credit and Banking – II – What are Bank Deposits ? / Gabriel Fallon – The Playboy To-Day / Aodh de Blacam – Ireland That Might Have Been / Books Reviewed: Publications in Irish / Untruisms / Studies in Life //

Dublin, The Irish Monthly, 1943. Octavo. VI, 41 pages with local irish advertising. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

58. Robinson, Lennox.

Eight Short Stories.

London, G.P.Putnam’s Sons, no year [c.1919]. Small Octavo. 114 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The dustjacket carries a portrait of Lennox Robinson on the cover. The rare dustjacket with some fraying and two corners missing. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With a private entry of the preowner to the endpaper.

59. Ó Morónaigh, Seán.

Agallaimh na héigse. Cioradh agus cnuasach. [edited by] Seán Ó Morónaigh.

Camus, Conamara, Colo. na Gailllimhe, Comhlachas Náisiúnta Drámaíochta, [2001], ©2001. 22 cm. 648 pages with illustrations, music, portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

60. Ó Drisceoil, Con / O’Donnell, Édain.

The spoons murder and other mysteries. Illustrated by Édain O’Donnell.

Dublin, Craft Recordings, 2006. 25 cm. xii, 82 pages. Illustrated with a CD included. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

61. McMahon, Sean (Edited by).

The Best from The Bell – Great Irish Writing.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press Ltd, 1983. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 191 pages. With illustrations of books on the last four pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

62. 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 !

63. MacManus, M. J.

Adventures of an Irish Bookman. A selection of writings of M.J. MacManus. Edited by Francis MacManus.

First Edition. Dublin, Talbot Press, 1952. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of M.J.MacManus, XVI, 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. One passage in the text with underlining and annotation “Carrick”. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the rare jacket.

64. Mac Piarais, Pádraic / [Pádraig Pearse].

Bodach an Chóta Lachtna [The Carle in the Drab Coat].

Second Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaeilge, 1926. 8°. 28 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

65. Mac Aodha, Aifric / Wheatley, David.

Foreign News – Poems in Irish. By Aifric Mac Aodha ; translated by David Wheatley.

First Edition [Bilingual in Gaeilge – English]. Loughcrew, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, Gallery Press, 2017. 22 cm. 67 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. [Gallery Books (Loughcrew, Ireland)].

66. Lynch, Patricia Henigin.

Like Gold to the Fire. Poems.

First edition. Simsbury, Path-L Publications, 2001. 13,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 40 pages. Original Softcover. Brochure. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. The title page is missing.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. Lalor, James Fintan.

James Fintan Lalor: Patriot and Political Essayist, 1807-1849 – [Collected writings, edited with an introduction and biographical note by L. Fogarty].

Revised edition. Dublin, Talbot Press, 1947. 8º. XLIX, 147 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

70. 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.

71. [Joyce, P.W.] Several authors.

The Treasure House of Prose and Poetry. A Book of Prose and Poetry For Boys and Girls.

Dublin, The Educational Company, c1910. 18,5 cm x 13,5 cm. 176 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners only slightly rubbed.

72. [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”.

73. Higgins, Michael D.

Season of Fire. Poems by Michael D. Higgins ; with drawings by Mick Mulcahy.

Dingle, Brandon, 1993. 21cm. 90 pages. Illustrated. Original softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

74. Hartigan, Anne Le Marquand.

Immortal Sins.

Dublin, Salmon, 1993. 20cm. 149 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. [Salmon poetry].

75. 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.

76. 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]

77. Gregory, Lady.

A Book of Saints and Wonders put down here by Lady Gregory according to the Old Writings and the Memory of the People of Ireland.

Identical Reprint of the Original Dun Emer Press Edition from 1906. Shannon, Irish University Press, 1971. 16cm x 24cm 34 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Tiny inkstride on the front free endpaper. Name of preowner in ink on halftitle.

78. 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].

79. 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.

80. 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”.

81. 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.

82. 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].

83. 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.

84. 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.

85. 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.

86. Colum, Padraic.

Poems.

First Edition. London, Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1932. Octavo. VIII, 222 pages. Original Hardcover without dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

87. 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.

88. Carbery, Mary / Grey, Edwin.

Hertfordshire Heritage – Ourselves and our Words.

First Edition. London, John Green & Co., 1948. Small Octavo. 158 pages. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition.

89. 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.

90. 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.

91. 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.

92. 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.

93. 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.

94. 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.

95. 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.

96. 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.

97. 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.

98. 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.

99. 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.”

100. 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.