Alvarez, Julia.

¡YO! [Signed].

First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Algonquin Books, 1997. 13 x 18.5cm. 309 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new. Signed by the author.

[Watts, George Frederic] Blunt, Wilfrid.

‘England’s Michelangelo’ – A Biography of George Frederic Watts, O.M., R.A.

First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 16cm x 24cm. XIX, 258 pages with 8 colour and 24 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed and inscribed by the author.

Deacon, Richard.

A Biography of William Caxton. The First English Editor, Printer, Merchant and Translator.

First Edition. London, Frederick Muller, 1976. viii, 198 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Beverley Nichols (Ed.).

A Book of Old Ballads. Selected and with an Introduction by Beverley Nichols & Illustrated by H.M.Brock, R.I.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1934. 22 x 28 cm, xxxix, 277 pages. Colour frontispiece and 15 full page colour plates. Some B&W illustrations. Original pale brown cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Now in protective archival jacket. Very good condition. Edges darkened. Some minor shelf wear and signs of use. Some pages unopened. Text block clean and bright, some minor foxing, mainly to first few pages.

Hartnett, Michael.

A Book of Strays. Edited by Peter Fallon.

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2002. 21 x 14 cm. 689 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Blakeney, Robert.

A Boy In The Peninsular War.

Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press Ltd., 2007. 15cm x 23cm. 382 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

Greene, Graham.

A Burnt-Out Case.

First Edition. London / Melbourne / Toronto, William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. 13 x 20.5cm. 256 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Slightly foxed, spine sunned, otherwise very good condition.

Various authors.

A Collection of 15 Books published by the Religious Tract Society. Each volume contains two Publications: The Life of Mohammed & The Life of Lady Russell / Our Song Birds & Our Domestic Fowls / Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation & Glimpses of the Dark Ages / Life of Julius Caesar & Life of Cyrus / The Solar System Parts 1 and 2 / Modern and Ancient Jerusalem / Remarkable Escapes from Peril & Life’s Last Hours / The Garden Flowers & The Wild Flowers of the Year / Cowper: The Task & Truth, and other Poems / Remarkable Delusions & Man, in his Physical, Intellectual, Social, and Moral Relations / Sketches of the Waldenses & Jamaica; Enslaved and Free / Idumaea with a Survey of Arabia and Arabians & The Jordan and the Dead Sea / Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Remarkable Natural Phenomena & The Telescope and Microscope (by Thomas Dick) / The Caves of the Earth & Blights of the Wheat and their Remedies / The Life of Luther & Life and Times of John De Wycliffe.

London, The Religious Tract Society, ND [several books with inscriptions dated 1854/55]. c. 15 x 10 cm. c. 400 pages in each volume. Uniform half calf over marbled paper boards. Gilt and blind decorations on spine. Red morocco spine label with gilt titles. Marbled edges and toned end papers. Several volumes with Ex Libris of James J. Cordes Junr. on front paste down. Several books inscribed by the same person and dated 1854/55. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean, apart from some neat ownership inscriptions. A very nice set of the Religious Tract publications in sound attractive bindings.

Lang, Andrew (Editor).

A Collection of Ballads. With Illustrations and Notes.

First Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1897. 15 x 9 cm. xxii, 249 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original decorated cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Small bookseller stamp on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Murphy, Nicholas P.

A Corner in Ballybeg.

First Edition. London, John Lang, 1902. 13 x 19 cm, 255 pages. Original illustrated cloth hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and age darkening; rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Inside bright and clean. Rear free end paper missing. Small closed tear on contents page. Overall a very nice copy.

Anon / O’Connor, Frank (Translator) / Yeats, Jack B. (Illustrator).

A Lament for Art O’Leary: Translated from the Irish by Frank O’Connor, with six Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, T.M. MacGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 28 x 19 cm. 32 unnumbered pages, incl. blank and title page. Title page vignette and six further Illustrations. Original quarter cloth over blue paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. Blue end papers. In original plain paper jacket. Fine in very good, somewhat creased dust jacket. See images.

Aleksin, Anatolii.

A Late-born child. Translated by Maria Polushkin. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.

New York, World Publishing, 1971. 8°. 75 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket. Near fine condition.

Scambly Schott, Penelope.

A Little Ignorance.

First Edition. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1986. 15 x 22 cm. 232 Pages. Original Boards with Green Cloth and white lettering (hardback). Very good condition, in very good dust jacket, now in archival jacket.

Hole, Samuel Reynolds (author) / Leech, John (illustrator).

A Little Tour in Ireland [Signed].

A New Edition. Large Paper Copy No. 23/100. Signed. London, Edward Arnold, 1892. 25 x 19 cm. xii, 240 pages. Coloured folding frontispiece and Illustrations in Text. Original pale cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. Top edge gilt. Other edges deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling to binding. Internally bright and clean. A very nice signed copy.

Baillie, Rev. John / Leaper Newton, Adelaide.

A Memoir of Adelaide Leaper Newton.

13th Edition. London, James Nisbet, 1861. c 18 x 12 cm. xvi, 377 pages plus publishers list. With a Frontispiece. Original embossed cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Some shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name and address stamp on title page. Internally clean.

Corkery, Daniel.

A Munster Twilight and The Hounds of Banba. [The Library of Modern Irish Fiction].

Dublin and Belfast, The Phoenix Publishing Company, ND (c. 1930s). 19 x 13 cm. 140 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Remnants of a paper label glued to front free end paper. Spine creased. See images.

Bligh, Lieutenant William.

A Narrative of the Mutiny, On Board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship’s Boat, from Tofoa, on of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by Lieutenant William Bligh.

Scarce and early pirated edition. Dublin, Printed for L. White, P. Byrne, J. Moore, J. Jones, B. Dornin, Grueber and M’Allister. W. Jones, and R. White. 1790. 22 x 13.5 cm. vii, (1), 144 pages. [[A]4, B8-K8]. Watermarked Paper. Contemporary cloth. Rough cut edges. Condition: Binding seriously rubbed, bumped, (damp) stained and faded (see images). Front joint open at the top of spine. Front free end paper and large part of half title page missing. Large part (c. 80%) of leaf D8 (pages 47 & 48) missing (a facsimile page printed on archival photo paper is losely inserted). Top section of the book damp stained. Edges dust dulled. Some minor nicks, tears & creases). Name of previous owner in colour pencil on ‘Advertisement’ page. Otherwise internally clean. The book would benefit greatly from rebinding. Despite its faults it remains a fascinating copy and a terrific read.

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.

Wilson, Edmund.

A Piece Of My Mind. Reflections at Sixty.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 19.4cm x 11.5cm. 239 (9) pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper signed by preowner.

O’Flynn, Criostoir.

A Poet in Rome [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1992. 88 pages. Original trade paperback. As new. Inscribed and signed by the Author.

Aherne, Brian.

A Proper Job. Illustrated with Photographs.

First Edition, First Printing. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. 21 x 14 cm. xi, 355 pages. With photographs. Original light blue cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the Author on the front free end paper. A very nice clean inscribed copy (see images).

O’Brien, William.

A Queen of Men.

Third and Popular Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. 18 x 12 cm. x, 321 pages. Original green cloth with black titles on front board and spine. Professionally rebacked in 2024. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Stevenson, Sir John (music) / Moore, Thomas (text).

A Selection of Irish Melodies. With Symphonies and Accompaniment by Sir John Stevenson, Mus. Doc. and Characteristic Words by Thomas Moore, Esq’r.

[First Editions]. 5th & 6th Number bound into one Volume. London & Dublin, Printed and Sold at J. Power’s Music & Instrument Warehouse & at W. Power’s Music Warehouse, [1813 & 1815]. 34.5 x 24.5 cm. (2) [blank], tissue guarded engraved title page, (4) [dedication & index], 52 pages, engraved music scores / title page, advertisement, pages numbered 52 to 113. Full page engraving between pages 77 and 78. New half cloth over decorated paper covered boards. Contemporary red morroco label [‘Mrs. T. Moore’] from original binding on front board. Good condition only. New solid binding. Internally seriously age darkened and damp stained. See images for a clear idea of the condition. Gift inscription on first blank page (see comments below). Partially trimmed inscription on top of second title page (6th Number), possibly by the author?

Plomer, William.

A Shot In The Park.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. 14 x 21cm. 60 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Slightly foxed, dustjacket mildly age darkened, otherwise very good condition.

Gwaltney, Francis Irby.

A Step In The River.

First British edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1961. 13 x 20cm. 291 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some wear to dustjacket, including sunned and slightly torn spine. Tape residue on endpapers. Boards and text in very good condition.

Rogers, Kitty.

A Strangford Winter and other Poems.

[First Edition]. Belfast, Dick Rogers, [not dated]. 21 x 15 cm. 12 pages. Illustrated by Alison J. Brown. Orange illustrated paperback booklet. Very good condition. Bright and clean.

Otway, Caesar.

A Tour in Connaught: Comprising Sketches of Clonmacnoise, Joyce Country, and Achill. With Illustrations engraved on Wood.

First Edition. Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1839. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. xi, 412 pages. Complete with eight illustrations. Contemporary dark green calf over marbled boards. Gilt and blind decorations. Black spine label and gilt title. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front hinge cracked. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing (see images).

Barrow, John.

A Tour Round Ireland. Through the Sea-Coast Counties, in the Autumn of 1835.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1836. 20 x 12 cm. xi, 379 pages, 38 pages Appendix. Complete with a folding Map, Plates and Illustrations in Text, as listed. Later green cloth with gilt title on spine. New dark green end papers. Very good condition. Sound new binding. Name of previous owner and gift label on front paste down (see images). First and last pages age darkened and mildly foxed. Internally clean.

Botkin, B.A.

A Treasury of American Folklore. Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the People.

Third Printing. New York, Crown Publishers, 1944. 21 x 14 cm. xxvii, 932 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt dragon on front board and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Front free end paper missing. Some shelf wear. Binding and edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Roland Burke Savage.

A Valiant Dublin Woman. The Story of George’s Hill (1766 – 1940). With a Preface and two Maps by Rev. T. Corcoran…

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1940. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, (2), 312 pages. Complete with all Maps and Illustrations listed. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. SSome shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some edgewear to DJ. Remants of tape on DJ and paste downs.

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.

O’Brien, Eoin (Editor).

A.J. Leventhal. 1896 – 1979. Dublin scholar, wit and man of letters.

First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Dublin, Published by the Con Leventhal Scholarship Committee, 1984. 24 x 18 cm. 44 pages. With illustrations in B&W. Losely inserted page (‘Auction gifts received since catalogue was printed’). Original stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition. Two pages of the auction catalogue have numbers written on them, otherwise bright and clean.

Dubhghlas de h-Íde [Douglas Hyde].

Abhráin Diada Cuige Connact [The Love Songs of Connacht].

Dublin, Oifig Diolta Foilseacain Rialtais, 1931. c. 18 x 12 cm. 128 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in good dust jacket. Name of previous owner. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket with edgewear and small material losses (see images).

[Trembley, Abraham] Baker, John R.

Abraham Trembley of Geneva. Scientist and Philosopher 1710-1784.

First edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1952. 15 x 23 cm. 259 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition throughout. Exlibris on pastedown.

Prevost, Abbe.

Adventures of A Man of Quality. Translated with an Introduction by Mysie E.I. Robertson.

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1930. 22.5cm x 15cm. 208 pages. Frontispiece of Donna de Pastrino. With illustrations. Original Hardcover (green cloth). Gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Broadway Library of Eighteenth-Century French Literature].

Herbert, Phyl.

After Desire.

First Edition. Dublin, Arlen House, 2015. 21 x 14 cm. 128 pages. Decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Clean copy.

Ramsay, Jay.

After Rumi. With paintings by Genie Poretsky-Lee.

Second Edition. London, The Lotus Foundation, 2004. 21 x 14 cm. 48 unumbered pages. Stiff paper covers. Trade paperback. Near fine condition. From the library of Irish poet Paul Durcan.

Hailey, Arthur.

Airport.

First UK Edition. London, Michael Joseph and Souvenier Press, 1968. 14 x 20 cm, 531 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Meldon, Maurice.

Aisling. A Dream Analysis by Maurice Meldon. With a Foreword by Seamus Kelly.

First Edition. Dublin, Progress House, 1959. 18 x 12 cm. 80 pages. Original paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Wrappers a little worn. Internally clean. Name of previous owner on front wrapper.

Carroll, Lewis.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alan Brooke’s Copy. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel.

Sixty-Third Thousand. London, Macmillan and Co., 1880. 18 x 12 cm. (6), 192 pages. Illustrated. Original maroon cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Black end papers. All edges gilt. Good condition. Binding well rubbed and bumped. Spine ends frayed. Front and rear free end papers missing. Half title age darkened. Name of previous owner on half title (‘Alan Brooke’). Gift inscription on front paste down (‘To Dear little Victor from his friend Charlie Rially ? 1880’). Front and rear hinge exposed and binding weak.

Tomás Ó Criomhthain [Tomas O’Crohan] (Author) / An Seabhac [Padraig O Siochfhradh](Editor).

Allagar na h-Inise [Island Cross-Talk].

First Edition. Dublin, C.S. O Fallamain, hOifig an tSolatain, [Printed by Alex. Thom & Co., Iona Works Dublin], 1928. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 186 pages. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with a paper sticker and dark stain on front board (see image). Mild fraying to spine ends. Sound binding. Single library stamp (‘Colaiste Moibi’) and three numbers on front free end paper. Edges and end papers age darkened. Small red stain on page iii (see image). Internally bright and clean without annotations, underlining etc.

Haggard, H. Rider.

Allan Quatermain. Being an Account of his Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Bart., Commander John Good, R.N. and one Umslopogaas.

First UK Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1887. 19 x 12 cm. (4), 278 pages, (2). With a tissue guarded frontispiece and 19 plates (complete), plus illustrations in the text. Original dark cloth with gilt titles on spine and front board. Bevelled boards. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Book slightly slanted. Some stains on front board. It appears that the spine label was re-attached onto the text block. Inscription by ? on front free end paper dated 1887.

Mme. De Genlis [Stéphanie Félicité de DuCrest de Saint-Aubin Genlis, Comtesse de].

Alphonse, Ou Le Fils Naturel.

Three Volumes – Complete. London, De l’Imprimery de R. Juigne, pour B. Dulau et Co., 1809. 17 x 10 cm. Vol.1: iv, 188 pages / Vol.2: 190 pages / 187 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Hard covers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and age darkening. Some material losses to leather and paper boards (see images). Paper coming off the boards in places. Internally ahe darkened, but otherwise clean.

Kingsley, Charles.

Alton Locke. Tailor and Poet. An Autobiography.

London, Richard Edward King, [not dated, ca. 1880]. 18 x 12 cm. vi, 3564 pages. Original dark red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and blind line decorations on front board and spine. Bevelled boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, mild rubbing and bumping. Internally clean but browned. Mild foxing to end papers. Large book plate glued to front paste down. See image.

Moore, Gerald.

Am I Too Loud? Memoirs of an Accompanist.

First Edition. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1962. 21 x 14 cm. 304 pages. Illustrated with B&W photographs. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket with edge wear and fraying at spine ends and corners, now inside archival jacket. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Uhrig, Alexander.

America Goes To War. A Morality Play.

First Edition. Oconomowoc, Wis., Printed for the Author, 1938. 20 x 13 cm. 40 pages. Original dark red wrappers with gilt title on front. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear, rubbing and bumping. Staples corroded.

Gaiman, Neil / Sancken, Renata.

American Gods: The Author’s Preferred Edition. Lettered Edition.

Limited Lettered Edition. Copy XX of 52. Three books in total. All signed by Neil Gaiman. One signed by Renata Sancken. Ossining, NY, Hill House, Publishers, 2003 & 2005. 533 pages [American Gods], 33 pages [A Guide ot the Gods], 20 pages [An Astonishingly Incomplete Bibliography], 661 pages [The Reader’s Copy]. Losely inserted envelop with ‘Door Replacement Instructions’. Hardcover, bound in a mauve japanese silk with slipcase, paper spine label and mounted illustration to the book cover. Matching slipcase with die cut window. Includes purple clothbound chapbook with printed paper title labels for the covers, and a bound-in ribbon placemarker. Both are housed in a custom box with a lacquered rosewood veneer, a door made of jet black marble with spiral doorknob. A sliding shelf holds the slipcased book and chapbook. Accompanied by ‘The Reader’s Copy’ of American Gods: Soft covers, also signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Near fine condition. Books are bright and clean and appear unread. Tiny chip (2 mm) at the rear top of the marbled door, otherwise pristine. A very nice copy of this most unusual publication. A real piece of Art.

Boccaccio, Giovanni / Young, Bartholomew (translator) / Leone, M. (illustrator).

Amorous Fiammetta. Reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (1587). Now Edited with an Introduction by K.H. Josling and decorated in colour by M. Leone.

Limited edition. Copy 469 of 550. London, The Mandrake Press, 1929. 28 x 21 cm. xlix, 160 pages. Illustrated with colour Plates. Dark green pictorial vellum with gilt. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping with a small material loss to rear board. Internally mildly age darkened, otherwise clean. A nice copy.

Parker, Gilbert.

An Bealach Achtuighthe [The Right of Way]. Séamus Ó Grianna (‘Máire’) a rinne an t-aistriú. [Translation by Séamus Ó Grianna (‘Máire’)].

First Edition. Dublin, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1937. 8°. 527 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Ó Braoin, Pádraig.

An Dá Shaol.

Fermoy, Éigse na Mainistreach, 1983. 11 x 18cm. 120 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Ó Treasaigh, Lorcán.

An Doras Grianlasta.

First Edition. Dublin, Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teo., 1983. 12.5 x 18.5cm. 159 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. Boards, text and dustjacket clean and bright, binding firm.

Mac Amhlaigh, Donall.

An Irish Navvy. The Diary of an Exile. Translated from the Irish by Valentin Iremonger.

First Edition. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1964. 21 x 14 cm. ix, 182 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A nice clean copy. See images.

Henry, Paul / O’Faolain, Sean (foreword).

An Irish Portrait [Signed]. The Autobiography of Paul Henry R.H.A. With a Foreword by Sean O’Faolain.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford, 1951, 22 x 15 cm. xi, 116 pages. With 12 Plates – complete. With a losely inserted letter, signed by Mabel Young, Paul Henry’s second wife, to whom the book is dedicated. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair only dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to book. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Signed by the Author on the front free end paper. Dust jacket worn with significant paper losses (see images).

Mason, A E W (Alfred Edward Woodley) & Lang, Andrew / Niall Ó Domhnaill (Translator).

An Minirtir O Ceallaigh (Parson Kelly).

First Irish Edition. Dublin, 1937. 18 x 12 cm. 455 pages. Original orange cloth with black titles on spine and front board. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Spine, edges and end papers dust dulled. Stamp with name of previous owner on title page. Occasional mild foxing. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Tipp, J.E.

and out of the darkness…

First Edition. Self published by the Author, ND. 20 x 14 cm. iii, 44 pages. Original decorated paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Signed and Inscribed by the Author on verso of front cover.

Zigman, Laura.

Animal Husbandry.

First Edition. New York, The Dial Press, 1998. 14 x 21.5cm. 304 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Partial sunning to wrapper, otherwise excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

Wordsworth, Charles / Hodgson, W. Earl (Editor).

Annals of My Early Life 1806-1846 / Annals of My Life 1847-1856. With occasional Compositions in Latin and English Verse.

Two Volumes. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891 & 1893. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 42 pages plus 24 pages publishers list / xxxvi, 230 pages. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Hard covers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Library sticker on front paste down of ‘Early Life’. Hinges starting to crack. Bindings remain sound. A few pencil annotations. Internally clean.

Martin, William.

Annapolis.[Signed].

First edition. New York, Warner Books, 1996. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 685 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new. Signed by author on title page.

Anthero De Quental / Prestage, Edgar (Translator).

Anthero De Quental. Sixty-Four Sonnets. Englished by Edgar Prestage.

First Edition. London, Published by David Nutt in the Strand, 1894. 17.5 x 11 cm. xiv, 133 pages. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Deckle edges a little dust dulled. Internally clean.

Nizan, Paul.

Antoine Bloyé. Translated by Edmund Stevens. Introduction by Richard Elman.

New York / London, Monthly Review Press, 1973. 14 x 21cm. 250 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor signs of wear to dustjacket, including small tear to rear flap. Excellent condition otherwise.

Ó Duinn, Tomás.

Ar Mo Chonlán Féin.

First Edition. Dublin, Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teo., 1980. 12.5 x 18.5cm. 149 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of shelf wear. Text and boards clean and bright, binding firm.

Miller, Henry / Perles, Alfred / Durrell, Lawrence.

Art and Outrage: A Correspondence about Henry Miller.

First Edition. London, Putnam, 1959. 14.5 x 22cm. Frontispiece, 63 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Boards, binding and text in very good condition. Slight signs of wear to dustjacket, including minor paper loss to corners.

[Dante] Leithart, Peter J.

Ascent To Love – A Guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy.

First Edition. Idaho, Canon Press, 2001. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. 181 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new edition.

Boland, Bridget.

At My Mother’s Knee.

Uncorrected Proof Copy. London, The Bodley Head, 1978. 21 x 13 cm. 137 pages. With several B&W illustrations. Limp grey paper covers with title on spine and front boards. ‘Uncorrected Proof Copy’ printed on front cover (see image). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Short (1 cm) closed tear to half title.

O’Brien, Flann.

At Swim Two Birds.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1939. c. 19 x 13 cm. 316 pages. Original pale cloth. Black title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Spine and part of the front board faded (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed to front free end paper, dated 1940. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean. A very nice copy overall.

Hansen, Ron.

Atticus.

First Edition. New York, HarperCollins, 1996. 14 x 21 cm. 247 Pages. Hardcover. Original yellow boards with black cloth on spine (Hardback). Very good condition. Dustjacket slightly worn at edges from shelfwear. Black felt pen mark to bottom edge. Inside extremely clean and fresh. Signed by the author.

Matthews, William / Rader, Ralph W.

Autobiography, Biography, and the Novel. Papers read at a Clark Library Seminar, May 13, 1972.

First Edition. Los Angeles, William Andrew Clark Memorial Library, 1973. 22 x 15 cm. (2), 79 pages. Original paper wrapper. Soft cover – paperback. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean and bright. With a small compliment slip from the University Librarian.

Fenelon, Francois.

Aventures De Telemaque, Par Fenelon. Edition Collationnee sur les Trois Manuscrits Connus a Paris.

Two Volumes. Paris, Saintin, Libraire de la Cour, 1824. 11 x 7 cm. Vol.1: 340 pages, Frontispiece plus three Plates / Vol.2: 327 pages. Frontispiece plus three Plates. Uniform half calf ober marbled boards. Gilt decorations. Toned edges. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and occassionally mildly foxed. Spine label missing from volume 1. Dark (ink?) stain on first few pages of volume 1 (see images).

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.

Dischell, Stuart.

Backwards Days.

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

Villon, Francois / Hookham, Paul (Translator).

Ballades of Francois Villon. Interpreted into English Verse by Paul Hookham. Sheldonian Series.

Oxford, Published by Basil H. Blackwell, 1918. 12 x 15, 38 pages (2). Printed in blue and black type on hand made paper, with decorated capitals and a colophon. All edges deckle. Quarter cloth, decorated blue paper boards with paper title labels. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, age darkening. Faint stains on boards. Part of original paper label on spine missing. Some staining to end papers, but text itself is bright and clean.

Brander Matthews (Editor).

Ballads of Books. Books for the Bibliophile.

First Edition. New York, George J. Coombes, 1887. 16 x 10 cm. xiv, 174 pages. Small B&W Illustrations in text. Vellum with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on brown spine label. Dentelles and marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Presland, John (Gladys Skelton).

Barricade.

First Edition. London, Philip Allan & Co., 1926. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 310 pages, (2) [Publishers List]. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Marmontel.

Belisarius. A Tale.

London, W. Suttaby, 1806. 12.5 x 7 cm. vi, 163 pages. With a frontispiece and engraved title page (Vignette). Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges and end papers. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A little dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down

[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.

Bab, Julius.

Bernard Shaw.

Erstausgabe. First Edition. Berlin, S. Fischer Verlag, 1910. 19.6cm x 13.2cm. 453 pages. Dark cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Maxwell Steinhardt’). See images.

Scofield, Sandra.

Beyond Deserving. [Signed].

First edition. New York, The Permanent Press, 1991. 14.5 x 22.5cm. 310 pages. Original half-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by author on title page.

Masters, John.

Bhowani Junction.

First edition. London, Michael Joseph, 1954. 13.5 x 20.5cm. 367 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition, other than slight age darkening to endpapers and mottling to front board.

Neale, A.

Biblical Sketches and Hymns.

First Edition. London, William and Frederick G. Cash, 1854. 20 x 12 cm. xii, 509 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations to boards and spine. Fore edge deckle. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some parts unopened. A very nice clean copy.

Clerihew, E. (editor) / Chesterton, G.K. (illustrator).

Biography for Beginners. Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Examples for the Use of upper Forms.

First Edition. London, T. Werner Laurie, ND [1905]. 28 x 22 cm. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over paper covered decorated boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Occasional very mild foxing. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Kilroy, Thomas.

Blake.

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2015. 66 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. Hard cover. Near fine condition. A bright and clean copy.

Alther, Lisa.

Blood Feud – The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance.

Guilford, Connecticut, Lyons Press, 2012. 16cm x 24cm. XVII, 286 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

[Booth, William and Catherine] Hattersley, Roy.

Bood and Fire – William and Catherine Booth and Their Salvation Army.

New York, Doubleday, 2000. 23.4cm x 16.1cm. VIII, 471 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bell, Don.

Bookspeak.

Limited edition of 120 copies. Francestown, Typographeum, 2000. 24,5 cm x 16,5 cm. 25 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Whittle, Robert J.

Bound By Loyalty – Book One of the Victoria Chronicles.[Signed].

Victoria BC, Whitlands Publishing Ltd., 2001. 14cm x 22cm. XII, 338 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author.

Benford, Gregory / Niven, Larry.

Bowl of Heaven.

First Edition. New York, Tom Doherty Associates, 2012. 8°. 412 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Moir, James.

Bran Pie. A Book of Light Verse.

First Edition. Harrow, The Harrow School Book Shop, 1929. 17 x 11 cm. 52 pages. Original small dark blue cloth hard cover. Gilt titles to front board. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean.

Walser, Martin.

Breakers. [Signed]. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz.

First American Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1987. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 305 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition other than very minor spotting to cloth edges. Signed by the author on title page.

[Burns, Robert] Esslemont, Peter.

Brithers A’ – A Minute A Day with Burns, Poet, Lover and prophet. With a Foreword by Professor J.Y. Simpson.

London, Oliphants Ltd., n.d. 22cm x 14.5cm. 191 pages. With historic iusstrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only external wear.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Belloc, Hilaire / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1935 and 1937.

Photo-Lithographic Reprints of the First Cuala Press Editions. Two Volumes. Shannon, Ireland, T.M. McGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29-21 cm. Both Volumes: 64 pages, incl. blanks and title pages. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Fine and very good in very good dust jackets. For exact descriptions please go to westcoastrarebooks.com and search for items 103459 & 103460.

O’Keeffe, J.G. / Joynt, Maud / Van Hamel, A.G. / Byrne, Mary E. & Dillon, Myles (editors).

Buile Suibhne / Tromdamh Guaire / Compert Con Culainn and other Stories / Tain Bo Fraich. Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series: Vol.1,2,3 & 5.

Four Volumes. Dublin, Published for the Stationary Office, 1931, 1931, 1933 & 1933. c. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 110 pages / xv, 55 pages / vii, 223 pages & ix, 50 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard covers. Gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. One front cover damp stained. Name of previous owner on all four ffep. A few annotations in two of the books.

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.

Hill, Headon.

By A Hair’s-Breadth.

[First Edition]. London, Paris & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1897. Octavo. 307 pages plus 20 pages publishers list. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Decorative end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped and stained / faded (see images). First and last few pages mildly damp stained. Edges dust dulled. Rebacked in 2026.

Galvin, Patrick.

By Nature Diffident. A Poem by Patrick Galvin.

First and Limited Edition of 250 copies. Brighton, Tone Press Publications, 1971. Eight pages. Stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Clean copy.

Black, Baxter.

Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy.

New York, Crown, 1997. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. IX, 275 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Ford, Richard.

Canada.

First Edition. First Printing. New York, Ecco / Harper Collins, 2012. 420 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

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.

Williams, Tennessee.

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.

First UK Edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1956. 20.5cm x 13.3cm. xiv, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with original price-clipped dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent, very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket.

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.

Mac Giolla Chearna, An tAthair P.

Ceachta as Leabhar na Cruinne [Lessons from the Book of the World].

1955 Reprint. Dublin, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1955. 18 x 12 cm. 125 pages. Original soft covers. Very good condition. Front board partially faded. See image. Name of previous owner. Internally clean.