Clarke, Willa.

Over the Years.

[First Edition]. Belfast, W. Erskine Mayne, 1966. 18 x 12 cm. 54 pages. Original stiff decorated paper covers. Stapled. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, damp staining to wrappers. Internally clean.

Clarke, Austin.

Too Great A Vine. Poems and Satires. Second Series.

First and limited Edition of 200 copies. Templeogue, Co. Dublin, The Bridge Press, 1957. 18 x 12 cm. 32 pages. Stiff paper wrappers. In dust jacket. Soft covers. Very good condition. Dust jacket dust dulled and a little age darkened. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Cleugh, James.

Tuscan Spring. A Novel About Sandro Botticelli (1444 – 1510).

First Edition. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. 20 x 14 cm. 328 pages. Original cloth hard cover with gold paper label on spine. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped and slightly faded on spine. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Clifford, Sigerson.

Travelling Tinkers. Ballads by Sigerson Clifford.

Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1954. 16 x 12 cm. 30 pages. Original stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition. Wrappers a little dust dulled. See images. Internally clean.

Clifton, Harry.

Comparative Lives.

First Paperback Edition. Dublin, Gallery Books, 1982. 21 x 14 cm. 57 pages. Decorated paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. A clean copy.

Coady, Michael.

Given Light [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2017. 21 x 14 cm. 94 pages. B&W photos. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the Author on title page.

Coffey, Brian.

Chanterelles. Short Poems, 1971-1983.

First Edition, Wilton, Cork, The Melmoth Press, 1985. 61 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Compton, David.

The Acolyte.

First edition. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996. 24 x 16 cm. 398 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author.

Cooke, Grace MacGowan.

Son Riley Rabbit and Little Girl. With forty Illustrations in Black and White from Photographs.

First UK Edition. London, W.&R.Chambers, Limited, Not dated [c. 1910]. 26 x 20 cm. (6), 113 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original red cloth with decorations. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Some dog ears and short closed tears to first few pages. Internally clean.

Corkery, Daniel.

The Threshold of Quiet.

Second Reprint. Dublin & London, The Talbot Press & T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1919. c 20 x 13 cm. 310 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Title and decorations in black. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Neat inscription on front free end paper, dated 1922. Internally bright and clean. A very attractive copy.

Coward, Noel.

Future Indefinite. Signed and with a handwritten Letter by Coward to FM Alanbrooke. A second volume of autobiography.

First Edition. London, William Heinemann, 1954. 21 x 13 cm. viii, 336 pages. Illustrated. New (2018) black cloth with gilt title on spine. New pale blue end papers. In original unclipped dust jacket. Good condition. Binding and end papers new. Internally mildly foxed / browned, mainly to first and last pages. Tipped intwo-sided hand written and signed letter by Noel Coward to Lord Alanbrooke, in which Coward writes about Alanbrooke’s War Diaries and his own autobiography. Book also inscribed by Coward to Alanbrooke ‘with best wishes and great admiration’. Dust jacket seriously worn with several tears and some paper losses. Now in archival jacket.

Craigie, Eric.

Irish Sporting Sketches – Signed.

First Edition. Gigginstown, Mullingar, The Lilliput Press, 1984. 21 x 14 cm. 108 pages. With small B&W Illustrations. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Inscribed by the Author (‘Eric’) on the first blank page. See images.

Craigie, Eric.

Telling Tales – Signed.

First Edition. Scarriff Bridge, Ballivor, County Meath, Zircon Publishing, 1990. 21 x 13.5 cm. v, 89 pages. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Losely inserted invitation to the book launch. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Inscribed by the Author (‘Eric’) on title page.

Crichton, Tom.

Caribbean Vagabond.

First Edition. London, Robert Hale Limited, 1968. 21 x 13 cm. 207 pages. With B&W photos. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Some age darkening. Some wear to dust jacket and long closed tears. See images.

Criostoir O Floinn.

Is Fada Anocht.

Dublin, Oifig An tSolathair, 1968. 18 x 12 cm. 19 pages. Original stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Small stain from a sticker on front cover. Internally clean.

Cronin, Maureen.

Letting in the Light [Signed].

First Edition. Ennis, Maureen Cronin Publications, 1998. 21 x 15 cm. 66 pages. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Signed by the Author on verso of front wrapper.

Cronin, Anthony.

Reductionist Poem.

First Edition. Finglas, Dublin, Raven Arts, [1980]. 39 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Cronin, Eamon.

Secular Sonnets.

First Edition. Belfast and Cork, Athol Books and Church and State, 1988. 20 x 15 cm. 40 pages. Illustrated. Green paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition.

Crosby, Ned.

Glimpses of Clare Island.

First Edition. Published by the Author, Printed at Colour Books, Dublin, 2004. 29 x 20 cm. viii, 261 pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W photographs. Original blue cloth. Hard cover inside original decorated dust jacket. A bright and clean copy. Minor edge wear to dust jacket. Fine in very good dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket.

Curtis, A.C.

A New Trafalgar. A Tale of the Torpedo Fleet.

First Edition. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1902. 19 x 12 cm. vi, 301 pages plus ten pages publishers list. Includes two newspaper reviews of the book losely inserted. Original cloth with title on front board. Gilt title on spine. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed, bumped and stained. Spine age darkened and seriously frayed with some material losses to its ends. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Spine a little shaky, but holding. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing.

Daly, Padraig J.

This Day’s Importance [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, Raven Arts Press, 1981. 21 x 15 cm. 48 pages. Original stiff paper wrappers. Trade paperback. Very good condition. Inscribed and signed (‘Padraig’) on first blank page. From the library of Irish poet Paul Durcan.

Daneman, Meredith.

The Groundling.

First Edition. London, Michael Joseph, 1982. 22.3cm x 14.5cm. 186 pages. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Fine condition. Rare in this condition !

Davidson, Jenny.

Heredity.

First edition. New York, Soft Skull Press, 2003. 23 x 15,5 cm. 231 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by author.

Davidson, Florence (author) / Kerr, Alfred E. (illustrator).

Loan – Ends. Stories in Ulster by Florence Davidson. Author of “The Little Roads” and other Poems. Illustrated from original Linocuts by Alfred E. Kerr.

First Edition. Belfast, The Quota Press, 1933. 24 x 19 cm. 120 pages. Illustrated with 12 Illustrations. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Minor material losses to corners. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. OInternally clean with occasional mild foxing.

Davin, Dan.

Roads from Home.

Second Impression May 1949. London, Michael Joseph, 1949. 18.5 x 12 cm. 254 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket with small paper losses to top of spine and closed tear (5cm) to the back. Mild age darkening. Internally clean.

Dawe, Gerald.

The Last Peacock.

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2019. 21 x 14 cm. 55 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A bright clean copy.

Dawes Green, George.

The Juror.[Signed].

New York, Warner Books, 1995. 16cm x 24cm. VIII, 420 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

Daybell, Christopher.

Requiem for Man Alone.

First Edition. Dublin, Beaver Row Press, 1989. 52 pages. Original trade paperback. Near fine condition.

Deane, John F.

Give Dust a Tongue [Signed]. A Faith & Poetry Memoir.

First Edition. Blackrock, Co. Dublin, The Columba Press, 2015. Octavo. 229 pages. Original paper covered boards. Hard Cover. Inside original dust jacket. Inscribed by the Author on the front free end paper. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Delanty, Greg (author) / Burnett, Archie (editor).

Selected Delanty [Signed]. Poems and translations by Greg Delanty chosen and introduced by Archie Burnett.

First Edition. Boston, Un-Gyve Press, 2017. xxi, 244 pages. Scarce Hard Cover Copy. Pale cloth hard cover with blue line design across boards. Authors name and book title on front board and spine. Dark blue end papers. Frontispiece. Fine textured paper and deckle fore edge. Near fine. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the titel page. A very attractive copy. From the library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Delanty, Greg.

The New Citizen Army.

First and limited Edition. No. 49/300. Burlington, Vermont, Combat Paper Press, 2010. Oblong 23 cx 14 cm. 68 pages. Letterpress printed. Hand sewn with Linen Thread. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edgeworn by design.

Devlin, Denis / Sheridan Niall (introduction).

The Heavenly Foreigner.

First Edition. [Dublin], Published in Poetry Ireland, July 1950. 20 pages. Stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Clean copy.

Dischell, Stuart.

Backwards Days.

New York, Penguin Poets, 2007. 22.8cm x 15.2cm. XIII, 63 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

Dodd, Susan.

O Careless Love. [Signed].

First Edition. New York, William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1999. 16 x 24cm. 274 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

Douglas, Gawain.

Fortuna.

London, Alma Books Ltd., 2009. 19.6cm x 12.5cm. 191 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

Dowd, J.H. (author) / Spender, Brenda E. (illustrator).

Important People.

Fourth Impression. London, Country Life Limited, 1934. 28 x 22 cm. 78 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Inside unclipped dust jacket. Inside Archival cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated Xmas 1934. Internally bright and clean.

Downey, Alan / Nioclas Toibin (Translator).

Datad A Haon. (Forty-One. A Story of the second Anglo-Irish War in the Seventeenth Century.)

First Irish Edition. Dublin, 1955. 18 x 12 cm. 344 pages. Original red cloth with black titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Head of spine a little frayed. Mild browning to edges and end papers. Paper sticker on title page with names of author and translator (by publisher?). Internally bright and clean.

Doyle, Lynn (editor) / McGamish, Gil (translator).

Babel Babble – An Extravaganza.

First edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1945. 22 x 14,5 cm. 26 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs on dustjacket and rubbed edges.

Dreiser, Theodore.

The Financier.

Cleveland / New York, The World Publishing Company, 1940. 13.5 x 21cm. 503 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Durcan, Paul.

Sam’s Cross [Signed]. Poems by Paul Durcan.

First Edition. Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, Profile Poetry, 1978. 21 x 14 cm. 88 pages. Illustrated. Original stiff paper wrappers. Trade paperback. Very good condition. Binding a little worn and stained (see images). Some spotting / foxing internally. Small sticker on verso of front board with the Author’s signature, dated.

Durrell, Lawrence.

Tunc.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1968. 20.8cm x 13.8cm. 316 (6) pages. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare in this condition !

Earley, Tony.

Jim the Boy. A novel.

First Edition. Boston / New York / London, Little, Brown and Company, 2000. 21.1cm x 14.2cm. XI, 227 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Signed by the author.

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.

Selected Poems [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2008. 21 x 14 cm. 119 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed on the title page by the Author. Internally clean.

Eliot, T.S.

The Family Reunion.

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1945. 15 x 22.5 cm. 136 pages. Original Hardcover. No dustjacket. Good condition with some signs of external wear. Red lettering on the spine. Front hinge shaken and loose. Corners slightly bumped.

Eliot, T.S.

What is a Classic? an address delivered before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October 1944.

First Edition. London, Faber & Faber, 1945. 22 x 14 cm, 32 pages. Original light blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Book is slanted and begins to open between pages 8 and 9. Binding is faded. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.

Ervine, St. John.

The First Mrs. Fraser – A Comedy in Three Acts.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1929. 19.5cm x 13cm. 88 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor external wear.

Esse, James [Stephens, James].

Hunger. A Dublin Story.

First Edition. Dublin, The Candle Press, 1918. 18 x 11 cm. 29 pages. Two pages publishers list. Original stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition.

Evanovich, Janet.

Four to Score: a Stephanie Plum Novel.[Signed].

First Edition. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1998. 16cm x 24.5cm. 294 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

Fabes, Gilbert H. & Foyle, William A.

Modern First Editions: Points and Values: Second and Third Series.

First Limited Editions.289/1000 and 458/750. Two Volumes. London, W. & G. Foyle, 1931 & 1932. 23 x 14 cm. 2nd Series: xvii, 93 pages / 3rd Series: xxvii, 99 pages. Original black cloth with gilt titles on foreboards and spines. In original unclipped dust jackets (inside protective plastic jackets). Fore and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. 2nd Series inscribed by author on ffep. Printed on heavy stiff paper. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some age darkening and dust dulling. Over all two very nice copies.

Fallon, Peter (editor) / Heaney, Seamus / Boland, Eavan / Muldoon, Paul / Gillis, Alan et al (authors).

Chosen Light. Poets on poems by John Montague on honour of his 80th birthday. Edited by Peter Fallon.

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2009. 149 pages. Original hard cover inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.