O’Brien, Flann.

At Swim Two Birds.

First US Edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 1951. c. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. 316 pages. Original quarter black cloth over paper covered boards. Titles on spine and front board. See images. Very good condition book inside good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Tiny Ex Libris on front paste down. Occasional very mild foxing. Dust jacket age darkened and stained. Edgewear and some losses to spine ends and corners. (Please review images). Dust jacket now reinforced and in clear archival jacket.

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.

P. [Publius] Virgilii Maronis [Virgil].

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera. Varietate Lectionis at Perpetua Adnotatione Illustrata, A Chr. Gottl. Heyne…

Four Volumes. London, T. Rickaby, 1793. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: cclv, 566 pages / Vol.2: xciv, 820 pages / Vol.3: 730 pages / Vol.4: vi, 703 pages. Contemporary full vellum. Gild titles and decorations. Dentelles. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Mildly aga darkened bindings. Internally clean. A nice set.

Mac Liammóir, Micheál.

Enter a Goldfish – Memoirs of an Irish Actor, Young and Old.

First Edition. London, Thames and Hudson, 1977. 23.7cm x 16cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on ffep. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Kennelly, Brendan.

The Man Made of Rain. [Signed].

First Edition. Newcastle on Tyne, Bloodaxe Books, 1998. 21 x 14 cm. 98 pages. Trade paperback. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed and signed (‘Brendan’) by the Author. Internally bright and clean.

Various Authors. O’Sullivan, Seumas (editor).

The Dublin Magazine. A Quarterly Review of Literature, Science and Art.

Three Volumes: 1928, 1930 & 1933. Dublin, Alex Thom & Co. 1928, 1930 & 1933. 25 x 18 cm. c. 80 pages per magazine plus advertising pages. Four quarterly Magazines in each volume. 12 Magazines in Total. C. 1000 pages. Later modern full bukram. Gilt titles and years on spine. See images. Very good condition. Strong bindings. Original wrappers bound in with the text pages. Internally bright and clean.

O’Sullivan, Michelle.

The Flower and the Frozen Sea.

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

Groarke, Vona.

Spindrift [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2009. 21 x 14 cm. 75 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. As new condition. Inscribed on title page and signed ‘Vona’. A lovely copy. From the Library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Virgil / Dryden, John (translator).

The Works of Virgil. Translated by John Dryden. In Two Volumes.

London, For J. Bumpus, Sharpe, Samms, Warren & Reilly, 1820. 14 x 8.5 cm. Vol.1: 267 pages / Vol.2: 300 pages. Both volumes with engraved title pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards. Hard covers. Red spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to corners and spine ends. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘A. Galbraith’) on front paste down. Internally clean.

L’Abbe Prevost.

Manon Lescaut. “Petite Collection Guillaume”. Illustrations de Conconi, Marold et Rossi.

Paris, E. Dentu, 1892. 14 x 9 cm. 322 pages. Illustrated. Oversized brown leather binding. Gilt titles, decorations and dentelles. ‘Silk’ and marbled end papers. All edges Gilt. See images. Very good condition. Binding with mild shelf wear. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean. A lovely little gift item.