Séamus Mag Uidhir.

Da Crann na Marbh. Agus Gearr-Scealta Eile.

First Edition. Dublin, Oifig An tSolatair, 1939. 18 x 12 cm. 165 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Seamus N. Mac Giolla Easpaig.

Tomas Ruiseil.

First Edition. Dublin, Clo Morainn, 1957. 18 x 12 cm. 263 pages. Illustrated. Original stiff paper wrappers. Soft covers. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Seamus O’ Ceallaigh (editor).

Colaiste Einde. 75 Bliain Faoi Bhlath. [St. Enda’s College 75].

Galway, St. Enda’s College, 2003. xii, 156 pages, Illustrated. Black cloth. Hard cover. Inside dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Sean G. Ronan (Ambassador of Ireland – Publisher).

Catalogue of the Lafcadio Hearn Library at the Embassy of Ireland Tokyo.

Tokyo, Embassy of Ireland, 1988. 21 x 15 cm. iii, 28 pages. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Inscribed by Sean G. Ronan on the Title Page.

Seaver, George.

Albert Schweitzer – Christian Revolutionary.

Second Edition, revised and enlarged edition. London, Adam & Charles Black, 1955. 20.4cm x 13.5cm. 128 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor external signs of wear on the cover. Text markings on front and rear endpaper by previous owner.

Secker, Thomas.

Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England: With a Discourse on Confirmation. By Thomas Secker, LL.D. Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Published from the Original Manuscripts.

Scarce Dublin Edition. Two volumes bound in One. Dublin, J. Exshaw and J. Williams, Booksellers, 1770 & 1769. 20 x 12 cm. TP, (6) [TOC], 439 pages. Contemporary full calf. Red morocco spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Age darkened, rubbed and bumped. Top of spine expertly repaired with marching patch (see images). Occasional mild damp staining / foxing. A few pages with a dark stain (ink?). Overall in excellent condition.

Seddall, Rev. Henry / The Most Rev. Lord Plunket (Introduction).

Edward Nangle: The Apostle of Achill. A Memoir and a History.

First Edition. London & Dublin, Hatchards Piccadilly & Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1884. 18 x 12 cm. xxxv, 380 pages plus four pages publishers list. Complete with a Frontispiece and four additional Plates. Dark cloth hard cover with gilt title and author’s name on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Both hinges cracked. Name of previous owner on verso of front free end paper. Top part of half title page missing (see image). Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean.

Seeley, J.R.

Introduction to Political Science. Two Series of Lectures.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1901. 18 x 12 cm. xi, 390 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean.

Semple, Maurice.

A Century of Minutes. Or, (The Story of the Corrib Club 1864 – 1966). Volume One.

First Edition. Galway, Published by the Author, 1997. 25 x 19 cm. 64 pages. Ilustrated throughout in B&W. Trade paperback. Soft covers. As new.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Seneca Moralis.

Venice, Bernardinum de Cremona & Simonem de Luero, October 5, 1490. 31.0 x 20.5 cm. Title page, (3) [TOC], 147 pages, 66 pages. Collation [+2, a8-r8, s6-t6, A8-G8, H9], Registrum: +i, a iiii, b iiii, c iiii,d iiii, f iiii,g iiii, h iiii,i iiii, k iiii, l iiii, m iiii, n iiii, o iiii, p iiii, q iiii, r iiii, s iii, t iii, A iiii, B iiii, C iiii, D iiii, E iiii, F iiii, G iiii, H v. Quarter vellum over stiff cardboard. Handwritten author’s name on spine. Now inside a velvet lined half morocco clamshell box with spine label and gilt decorations. Very good condition. Exteriors rubbed and bumped, some abrasion to boards (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Full page Ex Libris on front paste down. Tiny worm trail on front free end paper and first two leaves. Name of a previous owner on bottom of page a1. Occasional very mild foxing. Very few annotations. Rubricated in red and blue throughout the book. A wonderful copy.

Seoighthe, Padraic.

Diabhal Smid Bhreige Ann!

First Edition. Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin), FNT, 1980. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. 123 pages plus two pages publishers list. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original decorated, unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Decorated end papers. Very good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket has two long closed tears in the back, now inside archival jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Sepet, Marius.

Jeanne D’Arc.

Douzieme Edition. Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1885. 26 x 17 cm. 376 pages. Dark red textured cloth. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Large gilt decoration from the Irish College in Paris to front board. All edges gilt. White textured end papers. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped with abrasions and small material losses to corners. Rear cover stained (see images). Ex Libris of previous owner on front free end paper. Name of previous owner inscribed on half title (‘Morgan O’Flaherty Irish College Paris’). Internally dust dulled. Closed tear to page 15/16. A few annotations.

Sepet, Marius.

Jeanne D’Arc.

Deuxieme Edition Revue. Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1887. 27 x 18 cm. 535 pages. Illustrated with Plates in B&W. Original red cloth. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine and rear board partially faded and warped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some mild staining. Internally clean.

Service, Robert W.

Songs of a Sourdough / Ballads of a Cheechako / Rhymes of a Rolling Stone.

Three volumes. London, T. Fisher Unwin, ND, 1913 & 1916. 19 x 13 cm. 109, 140 & 189 pages. Red cloth hard covers with gilt titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Neat gift inscriptions of the time.

Service, Robert W.

The Rhymes of a Red-Cross Man.

First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1916. 18 x 12 cm. 176 pages. Original red cloth with gilt title and decorations. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. First and last few pages mildly browned. Internally clean.

Sessions, William K.

The First Printers in Waterford: Cork and Kilkenny Pre – 1700. Greenback Series: Number Ten.

First Edition. York, William K. Sessions, The Ebor Press, 1990. c 29 x 20 cm. Title, (2), 310 pages. Illustrated throughout. Stiff paper covers. Trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

Seton, Ernest Thompson.

The Biography of a Grizzly.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, ND [c. 1930s]. 18 x 14 cm. 128 pages. Illustrated. Original decorated green cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shefl wear, rubbing and bumbing. Edges dust dulled. 1936 Prize Label on front free end paper. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise clean.

Sexton, Anna (editor).

The Heart of Breifne; I gCeartlar Breifne. Traditions, Ballads, Legends and Folklore from mid – Cavan.

Cavan Cumann Staire Leathratha, 1981. 112 pages. Illustrated. Paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Glue binding becoming weak with first few pages losely inserted.

Shacochis, Bob.

The Immaculate Invasion.

New York, The Penguin Group, 1999. 24 x 16 cm. 408 Pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Shaffrey, Patrick.

The Irish Town. An approach to survival. An approach to survival.

First Edition. Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 1975. Large octavo. 192 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good price-clipped dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper (scratched out). Internally bright and clean.

Shakespeare, William.

The Plays of Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s Poems. From the Text of Dr. Johnson. With the Prefaces, Notes &c. of Rowe, Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, and select Notes from many other Critics. Also, the Introduction of the last Editor Mr. Capell; and a Table showing his Various Readings.

13 Volumes – Complete. Dublin, Thomas Ewing, 1771. 14.5 x 9.5 cm. Vol.1: engraved FP and TP / Vol.2-10: engraved TP, some small engravings in text / Vol.13: no engravings. Contemporary calf. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped with some abrasions to bindings. Edges dust dulled. Volumes 2, 6, 9-12 lacking front free end papers. Some material losses / abrasion to bindings (see images). Some spine labels missing. Occasional damp staining / age darkening. Name of a previous owner on front paste downs. Overall a very nice complete set.

Shakespeare, William / J. Dover Wilson (Introduction).

Julius Caesar. A Facsimile of the First Folio Text with an Introduction by J. Dover Wilson, Litt.D. and a List of Modern Readings.

London, Printed at the Chiswick Press and published by Faber & Gwyer, ND (c. 1930). 33 x 21 cm. TP, (2), Facsimile pages numbered 109 to 130, (2). With a ‘First Folio Line Indicator’ tool. See image. Original quarter green cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise clean.

Shapero, Rick.

Wild Animus.

First Edition. Advance Reading Copy. Woodside, Too Far, 2004. 23 x 15 cm. 315 pages. Original paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Lower front corner slightly bumped. Internally bright and clean.

Share, Bernard / Bolger, William.

An A D’imigh Huis!

First Edition. Dublin, Allen Figgis, 1964. 27 x 21 cm. 46 pages. Illustrated. Original decorated hardcover. See image. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Short closed tear to last page. Cover a little dust dulled. Internally clean.

Share, Bernard / Bolger, William.

An Leaba A D’imigh Huis! Agus A Chaill Feasog.

First Edition. Dublin, Allen Figgis, 1965. 27 x 21 cm. 46 pages. Illustrated. Original decorated hardcover. See image. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Cover a little dust dulled. Internally clean.

Shaw, Bernard.

The Apple Cart. A Political Extravaganza.

First Edition. London, Constable and Company, 1930. 17 x 12 cm. xxix, 78 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Hard Cover. Very good condition. Minor dust dulling and shelf wear. A very nice copy.

[Shaw, Bernard] Laurence, Dan H.

Bernard Shaw – Collected Letters 1926-1950.

London, Max Reinhardt, 1988. 24cm x 16cm. XXVII, 946 pages. With 25 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Shaw, Bernard] Pascal, Valerie.

The Disciple and His Devil.

First edition. London, Michael Joseph, 1971. 22 x 14,5 cm. 319 pages with 24 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with some external wear on dustjacket and a slightly cracked hinge but no loose pages.

[Shaw, George Bernard], Costello, Donald P.

The Serpent’s Eye. Shaw and the Cinema. With a foreword by Cecil Lewis.

Notre Dame & London, University of Notre Dame Press, 1965. 16 x 24 cm. XX, 209 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Good condition with some tears to the dustjacket. Some markings within the text. Interior in clean condition.

Shaw, Roud.

Thunder in the Night [Signed]. Poems by Roud Shaw.

First Edition, signed. New York, Poetry Library, 1955. 20 x 14 cm. 94 pages. Original yellow cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by the Author on the front free end paper.

Sheed, F.J.

Theology and Sanity.

London / New York, Sheed and Ward, 1958. 14.5cm x 22cm. X, 345 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor signs of wear to dustjacket, mild foxing to edges, otherwise very good condition.

Sheehan, Canon.

Geoffrey Austin Student.

Fifth Impression. Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son Ltd., 1904. 13 x 18 cm, vii, 212 pages plus two pages publisher’s catalog. Front free end paper missing. Original decorated blue cloth. Blind stamped decoration on front board with red lettering. Gilt title on spine. Gilt decoration on rear board. Front free end paper missing – half title is first page. Corners, edges and spine bumped and rubbed. Small stains on boards. Edges and pages age darkened. Small picture glued to page 1 (Sedna Coca Cola bottle). Text block clean and unmarked. Binding tight.

Sheehan, Captain D.D.[Daniel Desmond].

Ireland since Parnell.

[First Edition]. London, Daniel O’Connor, 1921. viii, 326 (2). Original green cloth with black title on spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine discoloured and stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small abrasion to top of front free end paper. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally bright and clean.

Sheehy, Gerard (editor) et al.

The Canon Law. Letter & Spirit. A Practical Guide to the Code of Canon Law. Prepared by The Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland, in association with the Canadian Canon Law Society.

First Edition. Dublin, Veritas Publications, 1995. 24 x 16 cm. xxv, 1060 pages. Original red cloth with gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket (see images). Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Shepard, Leslie.

The Broadside Ballad. A Study in Origins and Meaning.

First Edition. London, Herbert Jenkins, 1962. 23 x 15 cm. 205 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some edgewear to jacket. Notes written on rear paste down, otherwise internally clean.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley / Burgoyne, John / Holcroft, Thomas / Richardson, Joseph / Reynolds, Frederick.

Five Plays / Comedy: The Rivals / The Heiress / The School of Arrogance / The Fugitive / How to Grow Rich.

5th / 8th / 1st / 4th & 3rd Editions. London, G.&T. Wilkie / J. Debrett / J. Robinson / J. Debrett / T.N. Longman, 1791 / 1787 / 1791 / 1792 & 1793. 20 x 12 cm. 100 / 76 / 103 / 84 & 70 pages. Contemporary speckled calf with gilt decorations. See images. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Paste-downs detached from boards. Binding generally sound but a few pages protruding. Dust dulled and age darkened.

Sherwood, Robert E.

Roosevelt and Hopkins. An intimate History.

First Edition. New York, Harper Brothers, 1948. 21 x 14 cm. xvii, 979 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth with red and gilt label on spine. In original, price clipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. A few pages a little creased. Inscribed on the front free end paper: ‘A footnote to history of which you took such an important and able part’.

Shoberl, Frederic (author) / Landseer, Thomas (illustrator).

Natural History of Quadrupeds.

Second Edition. ND [c. 1840]. 13 x 10 cm. viii, 363 pages plus four pages publishers list. With a frontispiece and 31 other Plates. Contemporary black quarter morroco over marbled boards. Rebacked in 2022 using the original boards and the remains of the spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped boards. Parts of the original spine missing (see images). Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. A nice little copy.

Sibbett, R.M.

For Christ and Crown: The Story of a Mission.

First Edition. Belfast, Printed at “The Witness” Office, 1926. 18 x 12 cm. viii, (6), 344 pages. With a frontispiece and various other illustrations in B&W. Original red cloth with title on front board and spine. Hard cover. Good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed, bumped and discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Front hinge nearly fully cracked, but holding. Internally clean.

Sibree, Rev. James.

Our English Cathedrals. Their Architectural Beauties and Characteristics and Their Historical Associations Popularly Described. Together with Chapters on the Cathedrals in Medieval and in Modern Times, and in English Poetry and Prose. Volume 1: The Northern Cathedrals. Volumes 2: The Southern Cathedrals.

In Two Volumes. London, Francis Griffith, 1911. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 244 pages / 286 pages. Publishers Lists. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Uniform original blue cloth. Hard covers with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Libris of previous owners (‘Howth Castle, Dublin, Ireland’) in both volumes. A very nice set.

[Sidney, Philip] Stewart, Alan.

Philip Sidney: A Double Life.

First Edition. London, Chatto & Windus, 2000. 16cm x 24cm. XI, 400 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Síle Ó Céileachair, Donchadh Ó Céileachair.

Bullaí Mhártain.

First Edition. Dublin, Sáirséal agus Dill, 1955. c 18 x 11 cm. 200 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good inside very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on ffep and title page.

Simms, Evelyn.

A Vision of Consolation.

Second Impression. London, Martin Secker, 1916. 16 x 11 cm. 32 pages. Original paper covered boards with paper label on front board. Very good condition. A little dust dulled throughout. Both paper joints starting to open. Internally clean.

Simms, G.O.

The Psalm in the Days of Saint Columba. The Story of the Cathach ‘the Battle-Psalter’.

First Edition. Dublin, A.P.C.K. / The Three Candles Limited, 1963. 18 x 12 cm. 18 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. hard cover. Very good condition. Mildly dust dulled / stained. See images. Internally bright and clean.

Simon, Jules.

Le Gouvernement de M. Thiers. Tomes 1 et 2. 8 Fevrier 1871 – 24 Mai 1873.

Two volumes. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1878. c. 21 x 13 cm. 473 pages / 453 pages. Attractive half leather over marbled boards. Spine label. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled end papers and edges. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional mild age darkening. Closed tear to some pages of volume 1, not affecting text. Very attractive sturdy bindings. See images.

Simonds-Gooding, Maria.

Ceiliuradh Mhaire Mhaith.

Irish Arts Council, 2011. Oblong 21 x 14 cm. Unpaginated. Soft cover – paperback. Very good condition. Covers soiled and rubbed. Internally clean. Signed by the Author. See images.

Sinn Fein Standing Committee.

The Republic of Ireland Addresses His Holiness, The Pope. An English rendering of the Remonstrance recently addressed to His Holiness, the Pope, by the Executive Council, Republic of Ireland.

[First Edition]. [Dublin], Issued by Sinn Fein Standing Committee, [1929]. 21 x 13 cm. Eight pages. Unbound pamphlet. Issued stapled, but staples coroded away. Very good condition. Staples corroded away, leaving some rust stains (see images). A little dust dulled and edgeworn.

Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Bart. / John Philip Wood (Revision).

The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, from their Origin to the present Generation: Collected from the public Records, Antient Chartuleries, the Charters and other Writings of the Nobility, Works of our best Historians &c. Revised, corrected, with a Continuation to the Present Period by John Philip Wood, Esq. With Engravings of the Arms of the Peers.

Second Edition. Edinburgh, Printed for George Ramsay for A. Constable, Longman, Hurst Rees et al., 1813. c 35 x 24 cm. Vol.1: xii, (2), 759 pages, xiv [Index], Plates 1-9 / Vol.2: iv, 752 pages, xiii [Index], Plates 10 – 17. Contemporary half calf. Spine label with gilt title. Good condition. Binding seriously worn and all four boards detached. Text block and spine solid. Age darkened and dust dulled. A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding. See images.

Sister M. Immaculata.

Mother M. Theresa Maxis Duchemin: Co-Founder with Reverend Louis Florent Gillet, C. Ss. R. Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

First Edition. Scanton, Marywood College, 1945. 20 x 13 cm. 65 pages. With a frontispiece showing Mother Maxis Duchemin. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Original clear paper wrappers. Near fine in good only torn paper wrappers. See images. Internally bright and clean. Not Ex Library.

Sitwell, Edith.

The Shadow of Cain.

First Edition. London, John Lehmann, 1947. 22 x 14,5 cm. 18 pages. Original paper covered boards. Hard cover in original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally foxed. Annotated in pencil. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.