Mc Grath, Eamonn.

The Fish in the Stone. A Novel.

Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1994. 13 x 19,5 cm. 236 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Signed and with a dedication by the author on the front free endpaper. Minor edgewear on the cover.

Kipling, Rudyard.

The Five Nations.

First Edition. London, Methuen and Co., 1903. 19 x 12 cm. xiii, 215 pages plus 38 pages publishers list, dated July 1903. Original cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded, small faint stains (see images). Remains of a signature on front paste down. First and last few pages mildly foxed / browned. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Fitzgerald, Rev. T.A.

The Five Of Trumps. [Short Stories].

Second Impression. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1926. 18.5 x 12 cm. 256 pages. With B&W Illustrations in Text. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Blind title on front board. Gilt title one spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened and mildly foxed. Boards discoloured and spotted (see images). Name of previous owner on front paste down. Both hinges started to crack. Internally clean.

Kennelly, Brendan.

The Florentines.

First Edition. [Dublin], Allen Figgis & Co., 1967. 109 pages. Original cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Remnants of a price sticker on front of dust jacket. Occasional very mild spotting. Internally clean.

O’Sullivan, Michelle.

The Flower and the Frozen Sea.

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2015. 21 x 14 cm. 64 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. Hard cover. As new condition.

Madam Belloc (Bessie Rayner Parkes).

The Flowing Tide.

First Edition. London, Sands & Co., 1900. 13 x 18 cm, xi, 298 pages. Original red cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Spine faded and parts of boards are discoloured (see images). Corners and spine bumped and rubbed. Edges age darkened. Text block bright and clean. Some tanning, mainly to endpapers.

Drummond, V.H.

The Flying Postman. A Porpoise Book by V.H. Drummond.

First Edition. West Drayton & Boston, Penguin Books & Houghton Mifflin, 1948. 22 x 18 cm. 48 unnumbered pages. Colour Illustrations throughout. Original cardboard covers. New (2024) matching blue cloth spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Boards rubbed and bumped with some very mild losses to corners (see images). New end papers. A few brown spots (foxing or stains) to first two pages. One page ‘repaired’ with clear tape. Some old tape marks to one other page. Overall a bright and clean copy of this scarce first edition.

Boyle, Mary Louisa.

The Forester: A Tale of 1688.

First Edition. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 3) ONLY! London, Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1839. 19 x 11 cm. Vol.1: vi, (2), 358 pages / Vol.2: (2), 345 pages. No half titles / frontispiece. Potentially missing. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Brown end papers. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. Gilt and blind decorations. Very good condition. Age darkened, rubbed and bumped. Names of previous owners inscribed. Bookseller stickers on front paste down of both volumes. Front and rear joint of volume 1 cracked.

Tzouliadis, Tim.

The Forsaken. From the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope and Betrayal in Stalin’s Russia.

Second Edition. London, Little Brown, 2008. 16 x 24 cm. 472 pages including photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Preowner’s giftinscription on titlepage.

Le Fanu, Sheridan.

The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O’Brien. A Tale of the Wars of King James. With Illustrations on Steel by Browne.

Illustrated Edition. London, George Routledge and Sons, ND [c. 1880]. 22 x 14 cm. vi, (2), 342 pages plus publishers list. Complete with 22 Plates. Original dark red cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Toned end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally age darkened with occasional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on title page. See images.