PEREZ-REVERTÉ, Arturo.

The Nautical Chart.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 2001. Octavo, 465pp. First edition, inscribed by the author on the title page. A fine copy of this nautical thriller. In protective Mylar.

Pessl, Marisha.

Special Topics in Calamity Physics.

First Edition. New York, Viking, 2006. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. 514 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Pickles, James.

Off The Record. A Work of Fiction.

London, Smith Gryphon Limited, 1993. 24cm x 15.5cm. 220 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

Pierce, David.

Yeats’s Worlds: Ireland, England and the Poetic Imagination. With contemporary photographs by Dan Harper.

First Edition. New Haven / London, Yale University Press, 1995. 20 x 26cm. (14), 346 pages, with illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition, as new. Boards, text and dustjacket bright and clean, binding firm.

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.

POGGIOLI, Renato.

The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. 24x16cm, 238pp. First English language edition of Poggioli’s first book to be translated into English. This work covers nine Russian writers including Tolstoy, Goncharov, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Bunin and Babel. A scholar of comparative literature in the European tradition, Poggioli’s areas of expertise encompass literary historiography, the theory of the avant-garde, the notion of modernity, decandence and barbarism, Russian literature, and Dante. His daughter Silvia is European correspondent for National Public Radio. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

Pope, Alexander.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by the Rev. H.F. Cary, M.A. A new Edition carefully revised, to which is prefixed, A Biographical Notice. With Illustrations by John Gilbert.

London, George Routledge, 1853. 16 x 10 cm. xvi, 485 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Brown morrocco with extensive blind decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on spine. All edges gilt with pattern (see image). Bevelled boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Ocassional minor foxing, but generally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Pope, Alexander.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq.

Three Volumes. Glasgow, Printed by Andrew Foulis, Printer to the University, 1785. Folios, 37 x 24 cm. Vol.1: xxxviii [Engraved Frontispiece, Title, Dedication, TOC, The Life of Alexander Pope, Preface], (3), pages numbered 43 – 315 / Vol.2: Title, Dedication, TOC, 365 pages / Vol.3: Title, Dedication, TOC, 402 pages, (4) [Subscribers List]. Uniform contemporary full calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Two spine labels per volume. Marbled end papers. Near fine condition. Sound bindings. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner (Sir Samuel Hannay, Bart.) on all three front paste downs. All three dedication pages are dated by hand in the bottom, see images. A beautiful complete set.

Porter, Eric.

Vanishing Sparks.

[First Edition]. No publishing information. Printed by S.J. Bigger Ltd. 18 x 12 cm. Title page plus 14 unnumbered pages. Original blue cloth hard cover with gilt title and author on front board. Very good condition. As new.

Potter, Stephen.

One-Upmanship. Being Some Account of the Activities and Teaching of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upness and Gameslifemastery. Illustrated by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson.

London, Rubert Hart-Davis, 1952. 19.2cm x 13cm.160 160 pages. With 36 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some foxing.

Power, Arthur / Henry, Paul (Foreword).

From the old Waterford House.

First Edition. Waterford and Dublin, The Carthage Press, 1940. 16 x 10 cm. (4), 180 pages. New (2024) blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. New binding. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise clean.

Power, Vincent.

Voices of Cork.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1997. 16cm x 24cm. XIV, 273 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Praeger, Robert Lloyd.

The Way That I Went. An Irishman in Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1937. 24 x 16 cm. xiii, 394 pages. With a frontispiece, 38 photographic plates and a large folding map, as called for. Small illustrations in text. Original blue cloth, inside original pale dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Deckle edges. Very good in good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine ends just starting to fray. Edges and end papers age darkened. Very mild spotting to first and last few pages. Internally bright and clean. Dust jacket with small paper losses to spine ends and corners. Now inside protective clear jacket. A nice copy in the rare dust jacket. See images.

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.

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].

Price, Victor.

Overkill.

First Edition. Belfast, Ulsterman Publications, 1980. 21 x 15 cm. 24 pages. Original soft cover. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and some discoloration to outside. Internally bright and clean.

Prince von Bülow (Bulow).

Memoirs. 1903 – 1909 & 1909 – 1919.

Two First Editions. Two Volumes. London & New York, Putnam, 1931 & 1932. 24 x 16 cm. Vol.1: xiv, (2), 534 pages / Vol.2: xi, 373 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.

Princess Catherine Radziwill (Catherine Danvin).

Those I Remember.

First Edition. London et al, Cassell and Company, 1924. 20 x 14 cm. ix, 274 pages. With a Frontispiece showing the Author. Original pale green cloth. Hard cover. Title and decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Edges mildly foxed. Inscribed and signed by the Author on front free end paper, dated ‘Paris 1924’. Blind stamp of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean.

Quinn, Justin.

Early House.

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2015. 67 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. Hard cover. Near fine condition. As bright and clean copy.

Quinn, Niall.

Voyovic and Other Stories.

First edition. Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1980. 15 x 22 cm. 163 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

R.J. Tennent, M.M.

Red Herrings of 1918. “F.A.N.Y.s – Not Fish Flesh nor Fowl but dam’ good Red Herrings”. General Plumer. 2nd Army.

First Edition. Speldhurst, Kent, Midas Books, 1980. 18 x 12.5 cm. 114 pages. Paperback with stiff decorated cardboard covers. With B&W photos and a few small line drawings in text. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. Publisher sticker on rear cover.

Raftery, John Malachy.

WEST Gale-Day ad verse. Modern Anglo-European verse of West Ireland.

[First Edition]. Gleann na Maigh Dubh, Forlaget Cairde Lios na gCaorach, 2000. 21 x 14 cm. 64 pages. Some B&W Drawings. Original decorated yellow wrappers. Paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Front wrapper bottom right corner dog-eared. Bold signature of the author in red felt pen on title page. With a losely inserted signed note by the author.

Raine, Craig.

Rich.

First Paperback Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1984. 13 x 20cm. 109 pages. Original softcover. Spine and jacket slightly sunned, otherwise very good condition. Signed by the author on title page.

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.

Ratcliffe, Eric.

On Baker’s Level. Travels of Rocket Harbinger from the Chair of his Ancestors and Reports from the Cosmos.

First Edition. No place, Four Quarters Press, 2002. 21 x 14 cm. 24 pages. With a losely inserted typed letter, signed by the Author. Original stiff paper covers. Stapled paperback. Very good condition.

[Redgrave] Spoto, Donald.

The Redgraves – A Family Epic.

London, The Robson Press, 2012. 24.3cm x 16cm. XVIII, 361 pages. With 18 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Rice, Adrian.

Impediments.

Northern Ireland, Abbey Press, 1998. 22.3cm x 14.4cm. 30 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

Rice, Adrian.

The Mason’s Tongue.

Signed and Limited Edition. 11/500. Newry and Belfast, The Abbey Press, 1999. 21 x 13 cm. 63 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed and numbered by the Author.

Riding, Laura (Jackson).

First Awakenings: The Early Poems. Edited by Elizabeth Friedmann, Alan J. Clark and Robert Nye.

First Edition with Review Copy Slip. Manchester, Carcanet, 1992. 14 x 22, xvi, 280 pages. Original black cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. In original illustrated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and signs of use. Dust jacket a little rubbed with small stain to the top of the spine. A clean bright copy.

Robert ?.

Verses to Fina.

Privately printed. No publishing information. [ca. 1931]. 19 x 13 cm. 22 unnumbered pages with poetry. Stiff cardboard covers with title and decoations on front cover. Very good condition. Cover age darkened. Signed and dated (1931) by the Author on dedication page. Privately published without title or half-title pages or publishing information. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Robertson, Robin (editor), [Longley, Michael].

Love Poet, Carpenter. Michael LOngley at Seventy. [A tribute of poetry, illustrations, and prose celebrating the 70th birthday of Irish poet Michael Longley. Contributors include Seamus Heaney, John Banville, Paul Farley, Donald Hall, Anne Tannahill, Don Paterson, Sharon Olds, Paul Muldoon, Brendan Kennelly and many others].

First Edition. London, Enitharmon Press, 2009. 23 x 15 cm. 125 pages. Illustrations. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by Miachael Longley and one more person on the title page. Internally bright and clean.

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.

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.

Rosa, Salvator.

Satire e Vita Di Salavator Rosa. con Note D’Anton Maria Salvini e D’Altri.

Edizione diligentemente corretta. Firenze, Dai Torchj do Attilio Tofani, 1833. 21 x 14 cm. 383 pages. With a frontispiece. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Internally mildly foxed. See images.

Rosenbaum, Ron.

The Shakespeare Wars. Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascos, Palace Coups.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 2006. 23 x 16 cm. xvii, 601 pages, (4). Original black paper boards. Hard Cover with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Foreedge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Close to new condition.

Rowlandson, Thomas [Illustrator] / William Combe [Author].

The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. The Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of the Picturesque: A Poem; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife.

Eighth, Third and First Editions. London, R. Ackermann, 1819, 1820 & ND [1821]. 24 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 276 pages, complete with 31 coloured Plates incl. TP / Vol.2: 277 pages, complete with 24 Plates / Vol.3: 279 pages, with 23 out of 24 Plates. Uniform contemporary polished calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers. Good condition only. Bindings seriously rubbed and bumped. Weak bindings with a few pages lose or protruding. Some material losses to corners and spine endings (see images). Internally dust dulled. A good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Rowley, Rosemarie.

Flight into Reality.

First Edition. Caorthainn, The Rowan Tree Press, 1989. 21 x 15 cm. 102 pages. Illustrated. Original trade paperback. Very good condition. Inscribed and signed by the Author.

Rowley, Rosemarie.

The Broken Pledge and other poems [Signed].

[Dublin], A Martello Publication, ND. 20 xs 14 cm. 56 pages. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to wrappers. Slightly faded / stained. Internally bright and clean. Inscribed and signed (‘Rosemarie’) on title page.

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos.

The Prince of Mist. Translated by Lucia Graves.

New York, Little, Brown and Company, 2010. 14.5cm x 21.5cm. 214 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition.

Rush, Norman / Smiley, Jane.

Mating & A Thousand Acres.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 23.5cm x 15.5cm. 65 pages / 31 pages. Original Softcovers with original Slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Rushdie, Salman.

Fury.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 2001. 15.5 x 24cm. 259 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Ryan, Abram J.

Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous. Containing his Posthumous Poems.

New York, P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1896?. 18 x 13 cm. xxxviii, 360 pages. With a frontispiece and several B&W plates. Original decorated green cloth. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to binding. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small bookseller stamp on front paste down. Internally bright and clean. Household Edition of the Poets.

Ryan, Richard.

From My Lai The Thunder Went West.

Dublin, Printed for the Author at the Dolmen Press, 1970. c. 19 x 12 cm (folded). Single sheet of paper, folded twice. Very good condition. Losely inserted newspaper articles. From the library of Irish poet Paul Durcan.

Sagan, Françoise.

Painting in Blood. Translated from the French by Anthea Bell.

Henley, Aidan Ellis Publishing Ltd., 1988. 15.5 x 24cm. 253 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Saint Exupery, Antoine de.

Terre Des Hommes.

Paris, Gallimard, 1939. 19 x 12 cm. 218 pages. Original paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening. Name of previous owner on first blank.

Saintine, X.-B. / Dore, Gustave (illustrations).

La Mythologie du Rhin et les Contes de la Mère-Grand’.

First Edition. Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1862. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. 403 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary textured cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. Rebacked in 2023. New end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. First few pages with damp stain to lower edge. A few stains and annotations, mainly in pencil.

Sanders, Lloyd.

Patron and Place-Hunter. A Study of George Bubb Dodington Lord Melcombe.

London & New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, 294 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Ex Libris and name of previous owner neatly inscribed. Otherwise clean.

Sarr, Kenneth [Kenneth Sheils Reddin]. Colum, Padraic (Foreword).

The White Bolle-Trie. A Wonder Story by Kenneth Sarr. Illustrated by Maurice McGonigal.

First Edition. Dublin & Cork, The Talbot Press Limited, 1927. 22 x 14 cm. 96 pages. With a Frontispiece and four B&W Plates. Original cloth with white title on front board. Fore and Tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped; partially faded and mildly stained (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally clean.

Satchell, William.

The Greenstone Door.

Auckland and others, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, 1957. 18.5cm x 12.5cm. viii, 400 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Sayers, Dorothy L.

The Nine Tailors. Changes Rung on an Old Theme in two short Touches and two full Peals.

Fifth Impression December 1934. London, Victor Gollancz, 1934. c. 18 x 12 cm. 350 pages. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean. A nice copy.

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.

Schaumann, Ruth.

Der blühende Stab. Neun Geschichten – Neun Holzschnitte.

München, Verlag J. Kösel & F. Pustet, 1929. 8°. 161 Seiten. 9 Holzschnitte. Originales Halbleinen mit illustriertem Einbanddeckel. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren an der Bindung (etwas nachgedunkelt).

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.

Scofield, Sandra.

More Than Allies. [Signed].

First edition. New York, The Permanent Press, 1993. 14 x 22cm. 174 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, as new. Signed by the author on title page.

Scofield, Sandra.

Walking Dunes. [Signed].

New York, The Permanent Press, 1992. 14.5 x 22cm. 247 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

Scott-Mongrieff, George.

This Day. With a Foreword by James Walsh.

First Edition. London, Hollis & Carter, 1959. 18.5 x 12 cm. 93 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Rubbed and bumped. Dust jacket dust dulled with some edge wear. Internally foxed. Initials of previous owner (‘PNiC’) on front free end paper. (see comments on Provenance). Internally foxed throughout. See images.

Scott, Gail.

My Paris.

First American Edition. U.S.A. Dalkey Archive Press, 2003. 21.5cm x 14cm. 138 pages. With illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Scott, Michael.

The River Gods [Signed]. Irish River Legends.

First Edition. Bray, County Wicklow, Real Irish Design & Glebe Books, 1991. c 25 x 17 cm. 126 pages. With Illustrations. Original laminated boards. No dust jacket, as published. Near fine. Minor shelf wear. Signed by the Author on the title page.

Scott, Sir Walter.

The Waverley Novels. Vol. I, II, III, IV, VI, VII,IX, XIII, XVI, XVII, XIX, XXI, XXII, XXIV & XXV. Set consists of the following Novels: Waverley, Guy Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Roy, The Black Dwarf. A Legend of Montrose, Heart of Mid-Lothina, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Quentin Durward, St. Ronan’s Well, The Betrothed, Woodstock, The Fair Maid of Perth, Count Robert of Paris, The Surgeon’s Daughter, Castle Dangerous, Glossary.

15 Volumes. Edinburgh, Adam and Chalres Black, 1851, 1852. 16.5 x 10 cm. 421, 360, 349, 385, 315, 470, 398, 390, 401, 360, 434, 424, 394, 341, 370 pages. Each volume with an engraved title page. Volume 1 also contains a Portrait of the Author and a folding Facsimile Sample of his Handwriting. Uniform half calf over marbled boards. Raised bands and red morroco spine labels (some missing). Black and gilt decorations to spine (see images). Brown end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled throughout. Minor material losses to some corners / spine ends. Two spine labels missing. Some damp staining to some volumes.

[Scott, Walter] Lockhart, J.G.

The Life of Walter Scott.

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1893. 23.8cm x 16cm. XII, 806 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear and some foxing. Lovely gilt lettering on the cover and spine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’.

[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.

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.

Sitwell, Edith.

The Song of the Cold.

First Edition. Advance Review Copy issued by Publisher. London, Macmillan & Co., 1945. 14 x 22 cm, viii, 115 pages. With a lose card: Advance Review Copy. Original dark blue cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and signs of use. Some age darkening and mild foxing. Dust jacket rubbed and with some minor paper loss to the ends of the spine.

Sitwell, Edith.

The Song of the Cold.

First Edition. New York, The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1948. 24.5cm x 16.5cm. 113 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Smith, Michael.

Dedications [Signed].

First and limited Edition (200 copies). Dublin, NWP: New Writers’ Press, 1967. 20 x 15 cm. Unpaginated. Original stiff paper covers. Near fine condition. Wrappers age darkened in places (see images). Inscribed to Katherine Kavanagh (wife of the poet Patrick Kavanagh?), signed ‘Michael’ and dated 1969 on half title page. Internally clean.

Smith, Rev. Sydney.

The Wit and Wisdom of Rev. Sydney Smith. A Selection of the most memorable Passages in his Writings and Conversations.

Fourth Edition. London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. 19 x 12 cm. viii, 355 pages plus four pages publishers list. Original dark blue cloth with gilt decorations and gilt title on spine and front board. Elaborate blind decorations. Brown end papers. Deckle edges. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Book sellers (Manchester) blind stamp on front free end paper. Binders label on rear end paper. A few small nicks. Internally clean.

Smithson, Annie M.P.

Paid in Full.

First Edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1946. Octavo. 269 pages. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Names of previous owners on end papers. Internally clean.

Smollett, Tobias / Roscoe, Thomas.

The Miscellaneous Works of Thomas Smollett. Complete in one Volume. With Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe.

New Edition. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London, Henry G. Bohn, 1848. 23 x 15 cm. xl, 966 pages. With a frontispiece showing Tobias Smollett and 19 plates by George Cruikshank (complete). Half calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Gilt decorations and gilt title (on black label) on spine. Very good condition. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. 5 cm crack to top of front joint. Binding sound. Edges dust dulled. Internally slightly age darkened. Some browning to plates.

Snodin, David.

Iago.

First Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2011. 16.5cm x 24cm. 445 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Deckle edges. Excellent condition.

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander.

Lenin in Zürich [Zurich]. Chapters. [Signed]. Translated by H.T. Willetts.

First Edition. London, The Bodley Head, 1976. Octavo. 255 pages. Original blue cloth. Gilt title. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Mild dust dulling to edges. Internally bright and clean. Signed by the Author on the title page.

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander.

The First Circle. Translated from the Russian by Michael Guybon.

London, Collins & Harvill Press, 1968. 14 x 22cm. 581 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective archival wrapper. Slight lean, binding and boards otherwise in very good condition. Edges age darkened, mild signs of wear to dustjacket.

Southey, Robert.

The Life of Nelson.

London, E.H. Wells, Not dated [c.1900]. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 351 pages. Contemporary claf Prize Binding for Cork Grammar School. Gilt title and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top edge dust dulled. Mild abrasion to front paste down. Prize label losely inserted. The Farrington Classics.

Spender, Stephen.

Trial of a Judge: A Tragedy in Five Acts.

First edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1938. 14 x 22.5cm. 115 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and mild foxing. Pencil marks to rear dustjacket as seen.

Spollen, James A.

What a Press… What a People!

First Edition. Athlone, Alfa Print Ltd., 1990. 24 x 16.5 cm. 59 pages. Illustrated. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. A few small stains on front cover (see image). A bright clean copy.

[STAËL, Madame de].

Corinne, Ou L’Italie

Four Volumes. Paris, Chez Dauthereau, 1827. 11 x 7 cm. 212, 205, 193 & 199 pages. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Sopme shelf wear, internally dust dulled, but otherwise clean. Name of previous owner on versos of front free end papers. A nice solid set.

Stallworthy, Jon.

Positives.

First Edition. Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1969. 27 x 15 cm. 18 pages. Original stiff wrappers. In dust jacket. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy. Signed.

Standish O’Grady, Niall Ó Domhnaill (Translator).

Eadar Muir is Tír. .1. Lost on Du-Corrig.

First Edition. Dublin, 1935. 18 x 12 cm. 256 pages. Original cloth with black titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumbing. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Stamp with name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Staples, Richard.

John Cain Mole. Airman, World War 2. [With two a letter and a card by the Author].

First Edition. Christchurch, Orca Publishing 1998. 19 x 13 cm. 87 pages. Trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean. Bookshop sticker on rear board. Losely inserted are two handwritten documents signed by the author.