Carson, Ciaran.

For All We Know [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2008. 21 x 14 cm. 113 pages. Original black cloth hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. As new condition. Signed by the Author on the title page.

Healy, Dermot.

The Ballyconnell Colours [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 1992. 21 x 14 cm. 78 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the Author on the half title page.

Heaney, Seamus / McGahern, John / Gibbons, John / Gorman, Michael / Johnston, Fred et al.

Criterion. A small collection of Five Issues. Criterion – An Anthology 1953-1983 / Criterion 78 / Criterion 79 / Criterion 79-80 / Criterion 83-84.

Five Volumes. Galway, Galway Arts Society, 1970s / 1980s. 24 x 18 cm. 57 pages / 52 pages / 48 pages / 48 pages / 51 pages. Original soft covers. Decorated paperbacks. Very good condition. Covers age darkened and rubbed with some stains. Internally clean.

Dunne, John Joseph. Under the Pseudonym H.R.N.

Here and There Memories.

First Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 22.3cm x 15cm. XI, 411 pages. Original ‘tri-colour’ cloth with gilt title and decorations. Good condition only. Seriously rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and stained. Remains of a paper sticker (ex library?) on front board. Front hinge open and end paper nearly detached. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, but internally clean.

Millar, Florence M.

The Lone Kiwi.

First Edition. Dublin, Dawson Publications, 1948. 18 x 12 cm. 234 pages with six full page B&W Illustrations. Original orange cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Cloth binding dust dulled with minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket has some large paper losses to spine and rear (see image). Marked by colour pens on front cover. Dust jacket now inside archival jacket.

Father Senan.

The Capuchin Annual 1936. Seventh Year of Publication.

Dublin, Father Matthew Record Office, 1935. 25 x 17 cm. 336 pages. Illustrated throughout. Some tipped in colour plates. Original dark brown soft paper covers. Very good condition. Binding worn and frayed. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Sadlier, Mrs J.

New Lights: or, Life in Galway. A Tale.

New York, D. & J. Sadlier & Co. 1885. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 443 pages. Original dark green cloth with gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and age darkened. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Title page coming lose, but still attached. Prize sticker on front paste down, dated 1909.

Colquhoun, Ithell.

The Crying of the Wind. Ireland.

First Edition. London, Peter Owen Limited, 1955. 20 x 13 cm. 169 pages. Library Binding. Hard cover. Front and rear part, plus spine of original dust jacket have been laminated onto the boards. Fair condition. Library Binding. Dust jacket incomplete (no flaps). Ex Library with several stickers, labels and numbers to end papers and verso of frontispiece and title page. Text block clean, without markings. Rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled.

By the Writers of “The Nation”.

The Spirit of the Nation. Ballads and Songs by the Writers of “The Nation” with Original and Ancient Music. Arraged for the Voice and Piano-Forte.

Dublin, Published by James Duffy, 1846. 21 x 17 cm. vi, 347 pages. With musical scores. Original green cloth with gilt title and decorations. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Binding weak. Neat gift inscription on verso of front free end paper. Internally dust dulled and occasionally spotted. Minor staining in places. See images.

Compiled by the Editor of the “Nation”. [T.D. Sullivan].

Penny Readings for the Irish People. Volumes 1, 2 & 3.

[First Edition]. Three volumes bound in one. Dublin, T.D. Sullivan, 1879. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. 316, (4), 316, (4), 319 pages. New (2021) black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. New end papers. Very good condition. New binding, new end papers. Edges age darkened. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed, but clean. A very good copy in a new sturdy binding.