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.

Eberhart, Richard.

Collected Poems 1930-1976. Including 43 new poems.

New York, Oxford University Press, 1976. 20.9cm x 13.4cm. XVI, 364 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with minor external wear on the dustjacket.

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.

Éilgeach, Fiachra.

Naoi nGearr-Chluichí [Nine Short Games]. Ar n-a dtionntódh ag ‘Fiachra Éilgeach’. [Translated by ‘Fiachra Éilgeach’].

Baile Átha Cliath, Mhuinntir C. S. Ó Fallamhain, Teo. i gcomhar le hOifig an tSoláthair, 1930. 8°. 177 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition, however, one of the plays is heavily annotated.

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.

Elliott, Arthur H.

The Witty and Humorous Side of the English Poets. With a Variety of Specimens arranged in Periods.

First Edition. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1880. 20 x 13.5 cm. (4), 335 pages. With title page and Illustrations printed in black and red. Original brown cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding a little shaky! Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing and a few pencil lines / annotations. From the library of Howth Castle, Ireland. Name of previous owner on half title, dated 1883. Overall a very nice copy.

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.

Fallon, Peter.

Deeds and Their Days. After Hesiod. [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2017. 21 x 14 cm. 71 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the Author on title page. Losely inserted card, inscribed to ‘Tom’ and signed ‘Peter’.

Fallon, Peter.

The Blaskets. [Folding Christmas Card with a Poem by Peter Fallon, incribed and signed ‘Peter’].

Oldcastle, [The Gallery Press], 2001. Fine condition.

Fallon, Peter.

The Company of Horses [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2007. 21 x 14 cm. 65 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dusty jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the Author on title page.

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.

Fallon, Peter (editor) / Heaney, Seamus / Carson, Ciaran / Montague, John et al.

Forty. Dublin Writers Festival presents The Gallery Press 40th Anniversary Poetry Celebration.

First and limited Edition of 400. Dublin and Oldcastle, The Abbey Theatre / The Gallery Press, 2010. 32 pages. Original trade paperback. Near fine condition.

Farmanfarmaian, Tanya.

The Lifted Veil. a collection of poems 1966 – 67.

First Edition. Tehran, Sherkat Sahami Ketabhaye Jibi, 1968. 23 x 12 cm. (4), 59 pages. Original blue cloth with title and author on the front board. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some edgewear to dust jacket. Inside bright and clean.

Feerick, John D.

That Further Shore [Signed]. A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise.

First Edition. New York, Fordham University Press, 2020. octavo. xvi, 436 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free end paper.

Feheney, J. Matthew.

Gentlemen of the Presentation: Brief Biographies of Twenty-Five Presentation Brothers (1762-1999).[Signed].

Dublin, Veritas, 1999. 14 x 21cm. 204 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

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).

Fergusson, James.

Kandahar Cockney: A Tale of Two Worlds.[Signed].

London, HarperCollins, 2004. 14cm x 22cm. 376 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

Finden, Edward.

The Beauties of Moore. A Series of Portraits of His Principal Female Characters from Paintings by Eminent Artists, executed expressly for the Work. Engraved by, or under immidiate Supervision of Mr. Edward Finden. With a Memoir of the Poet, and descriptive Letterpress.

London et al, John Tallis and Company, ND [c. 1850s]. 35 x 26 cm. Frontispiece, engraved Title Page, Title page, viii, (2), 47 tissue guarded engraved Plates, each with a two page text description. Complete with all Plates as listed. New (2021) red cloth binding. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Internally foxed and water stained to various degrees. See images.

Fitzachary, John Christopher.

The Bridal of Drimna and other Poems, Legendary, Patriotic, Sentimental and Humorous.

Author’s Complete Edition. Dublin, Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1885. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 15 pages List of Subscribers, 191 pages. Green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Blind decorations on boards. Olive green end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, slightly discoloured binding. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally age darkened, but clean.

Fitzgay, John.

Throne Shadows. A Historical Episode.

[First Edition]. London, Rich and Cowan, [1950]. 19 x 13 cm. 272 pages. Original blue cloth with black title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in good dust jacket.Minor rubbing and bumping. Mild fading / staining to cloth. Dust jacket creased with edge wear and paper losses (see images). Dust jacket now in neat archival jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

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.

Fitzhenry, Edna C. (editor).

Nineteen-Sixteen: An Anthology. Compiled by Edna C. Fitzhenry.

First Edition. Dublin & London, Browne and Nolan & Geo. G. Harrap, 1935. 18 x 12 cm. 112 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside a clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Fitzpatrick, Thomas.

The King of the Claddagh. A Story of the Cromwellian Occupation of Galway.

First Edition. London, Sands and Company, 1899. 18 x 12 cm. viii, 249 pages plus publishers list. With a Frontispiece. Modern cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Sound binding. Later end papers. Small bookbinder label on front paste down. First pages worn and mildly damp damaged, incl. title page (see images). Mild damp staining throughout. Edges and end papers dust dulled.

Fitzpatrick, WM.J.

Curious Family History; or, Ireland before the Union. Including Lord Chief Justice Clonmell’s Unpublished Diary. A Sequel to the Sham Squire and the Informers of 1798.

Fifth Edition, with a mass of New Matter. Dublin, W.B. Kelly, 1869. 18 x 12 cm. xxiv, viii, 268 pages. With a folding frontispiece. New (2020) black cloth. With gilt title on spine. Facsimile copies of the original boards have been pasted onto the new boards (see images). New ened papers. Good condition. Internally age darkened and stained on a few pages. Closed tears to frontispiece and title page (see images). A few small tears.

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.

Ford, Richard.

Children. From Rock Springs: Stories. Signed.

First Edition. Signed, advance excerpts. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. 32 pages. Stapled stiff paper wrappers. Fine. Signed by the Author on first page.

Ford, Richard.

Independence Day.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. 451 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good condition. Edges mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean. Signed by the Author on the title page.

Ford, Richard.

Independence Day.

First UK Edition. London, Harvill Press, 1995. 23 x 16 cm. 451 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Signed by the author on the title page.

Ford, Richard.

Rock Springs. Stories.

First Edition. First Printing. New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. 235 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket. Now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Mild foxing to dust jacket.

Ford, Richard.

The Sportswriter. Signed.

First Edition. New York, Vintage Books / Vintage Contemporaries, 1987. 20 x 13 cm. 375 pages. Trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Occasional mild foxing/browning. Internally clean. Signed by the Author on the title page.

Ford, Richard.

Wildlife.

First Edition. First Printing. New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. 177 pages. Original grey cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine. A bright clean copy. Signed and dated by the Author on the title page.

Ford, Richard et al.

Trips. No.1 Spring 1988. Inaugural Issue. Signed by Richard Ford.

San Francisco, Banana Republic Inc. 1988. 25 x 18 cm. 160 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original paperback, soft cover magazine. Very good. A bright and clean copy. Signed by Richard Ford. See images.

Forester, C.S.

Lieutenant Hornblower.

First Edition. London, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1952. 12.5cm x 19cm. 304 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Fougeret De Monbron, Louis-Charles

La Henriade Travestie En Versburlesques. Honi Soit qui mal y pense.

A Berlin (Paris) Aux De’pense Du Public, 1751 (MDCCLI). 9 x 16 cm, 151 pages. Decorated title page. Full Calf and marbled end papers. Marbled edges. Good condition. Calf boards rubbed and worn. Corners and spine bumped and worn. Outer joints started to crack, but still holding. Spine worn with some loss. Spine paper label partially missing. Front hinge broken. Label ‘De La Bibliotheque – 1785’ glued to front pastedown. Marbled end papers and edges faded. Pages age darkened. Some browning and foxing to some pages. Foreword page (Avant-Propos) torn and repaired with a piece of paper stuck on. Despite the wear, this is still a nice little book to hold.

Francis, Julian.

My Brush is My Sword. Anthony Gross, War Artist.

First and limited Edition [300]. Huddersfield, The Fleece Press, 2022. Oblong, 23 x 28 cm. 172 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over fine marbled papers. Gilt title. As new condition. A bright and clean copy.

French, Tana.

Broken Harbor.

First edition. New York, Viking, 2012, 16 x 23.5cm. 450 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, like new.

Fuentes, Carlos.

Myself With Others: Selected Essays.

London, André Deutsch Limited, 1988. 15.5 x 23cm. 214 pages. Original half-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

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.

Gallagher, Frank.

Days of Fear.

Cork, The Mercier Press, 1967. 18 x 11 cm. 117 pages plus publishers list. Original decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Age darkened and mildly foxed throughout.

Galsworthy, John.

The Plays of John Galsworthy.

Fourth Impression. London, Duckworth, 1935. 21 x 14 cm. 1149 pages. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing / browning to first and last few pages. Internally very clean.

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.

Galvin, Patrick.

Man on the Porch. Selected Poems.

First Edition. London, Martin Brian & O’Keefe, 1979. 21 x 13 cm. 100 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Garrity, Devin A. (editor).

New Irish Poets. Representative Selections from the Work of 37 Contemporaries. Edited by Devin A. Garrity with Woodcuts by Harry Kernoff, R.H.A.

First Edition. New York, Devin-Adair Company, 1948. 22 x 15 cm. xiii, 209 pages. Eight woodcuts and B&W photos of the Poets. Original pale green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A lovely copy.

Garry O’Connor.

Sean O’Casey. A Life.

First Edition. Signed by author. New York, Antheneum, 1988. 16 x 24 cm, (6), 448 pages with B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition and very good dust jacket. Edges dusted and a little age darkened. Minor shelf wear. Text block clean and bright.

Garvin, Tom.

The Lives of Daniel Binchy. Irish Scholar, Diplomat, Public Intellectual.

First Edition. Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2016. 22 x 15 cm. xii, 212 pages. With B&W photographs. Original cloth inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Gavin, Mary.

Mayo Libraries. Memories, tales and anecdotes [Signed].

First Edition. Castlebar, Self-published, 2011. 96 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original trade paperback.

Gay, John.

Fables. With upwards of One Hundred Embellishments.

London, Printed for Booker, Whittaker, Rodwell, Martin and Whittingham (Chiswick Press), 1820. 12 x 7 cm. xii, 212 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary full brwon calf. Gilt line decorations to boards. Gilt decorations and title on spine. Three raised bands. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Small piece of spine missing. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscription opposite half title page (‘Harriet ?. Vincent from her Papa on her leaving ? for Hurst Apr. 23 1845’). Occassional mild foxing. Internally bright and clean. A lovely little book.