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 | THE DUBLINERS. Revolution (Signed first Irish pressing by Ronnie Drew and Luke Kelly) Dublin: Tribune Records, 1970. First Irish pressing. Long-playing 12-inch vinyl record, catalogue number TRLP 1015, in original pictorial sleeve, illustrated with a colour photograph of the five members of The Dubliners standing and seated outside a Georgian doorway. Signed in ink on the front cover by Ronnie Drew and Luke… €750.00 |
 | BAYNE, S.G. On An Irish Jaunting-Car Through Donegal and Connemara. Illustrated. 136 New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Quarto. pp. 138. Pictorial cloth. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper. Top edge gilt. A very good copy. Memoir of the author’s trip from New York to Queenstown, travelling to Londonderry, Gweedore, Ballinrobe, the Aran Islands, Limerick… €250.00 |
 | AN OXONIAN, AN [S. Reynolds Hole]. A Little Tour in Ireland. Being a Visit to Dublin, Galway, Connamara, Athlone, Limerick, Killarney, Glengariff, Cork, etc. etc. With Illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, 1859. First edition. Octavo. pp. xii, 220, [2]. With a fine hand-coloured folding frontispiece and 20 other illustrations (including full-page plates) by John Leech, the celebrated Punch cartoonist. Publisher’s original green cloth, covers panelled in blind with shamrock cornerpieces, upper cover gilt-blocked with… €485.00 |
 | BORLASE, William G: The Dolmens of Ireland. Their distribution, structural characteristics, and affinities in other countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them; supplemented by considerations on the anthropology, ethnology, and traditions of the Irish people. With over 800 illustrations (including 3 coloured plates), and 4 coloured folding maps. Three volumes. Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca for Edmund… €295.00 |
 | AC/DC. Stiff Upper Lip World Tour Programme (Complete set of five signatures) [2000–2001]. Folio. Original pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout with colour photographs of the band. Some light handling and rubbing to wrappers, otherwise a very good copy. An excellent piece of AC/DC memorabilia, considerably enhanced by the complete set of five signatures, including that of Malcolm Young (1953–2017) A particularly desirable copy… €850.00 |
 | KEANE, John B. More Irish Short Stories. (Signed by the Author) Cork: The Mercier Press, 1992. 8vo. pp. 123. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at extremities; some spotting to edges and preliminaries, otherwise a very good copy. Signed by John B. Keane on the half-title: “Every good wish / John B. Keane”. With the original Danny Hannon Bookshop, Listowel, “Signed by… €125.00 |
 | IRELAND – Baptista Boazio] Irlandiae Accurata Descripto 1609 by Baptista Boazio. Finely engraved map of Ireland of considerable interest. Coloured. The towns as usual in red, the woods in green, and the county boundaries in various tints. The north is to the right, and an ornamental border round the map takes the place of graduations for latitude and longitude. Depicted are the provinces, counties, cities, towns, rivers, lakes, mountains, forests, islands, bays, headlands, forts, castles, ecclesiastical centres, and clans with their location. There are two ships, a fisherman in a boat and three monsters on the seas. Royal coat of arms and several cartouches with title, description, glossary, and scale. Dublin: De Burca, 1990. Size 810mm x 620mm. In fine condition. It bears six decorative cartouches containing long inscriptions. These inform us among other things that the map was ‘diligently collected & partly surveyed by Baptista Boazio’; and there is a dedication to Queen Elizabeth, ending with the naïve rhyme… €95.00 |
 | The Great Book of Irish Genealogies MacFHIRBHISIGH, Dubhaltach. – Leabhar Genealach. Edited, with translation and indices by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. List of subscribers. Five volumes. Dublin: De Búrca, 2003/4. Quarto. Full buckram gilt. Over 3,600 pages. In presentation box. The great Connacht scholar Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (c.1600-1671), from Lackan, County Sligo, compiled his monumental Great Book… €635.00 |
 | KHAYYÁM, Omar. FITZGERALD, Edward. Translator. BROWN, William Augustus. Editor. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer Poet of Persia (Limited edition of 300 copies only) Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Edited by William Augustus Brown. [Boston]: The Riverside Press, 1900. 8vo. pp. 157. Printed on fine handmade paper with deckled edges. Finely bound in full dark morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt rules and lettering, covers decorated in gilt, upper cover centred… €1,250.00 |
 | MARTIN, George, R.R.: A Game of Thrones [Signed First Edition] Bantam Books, New York, 1996. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Signed by George R. R. Martin on the title page. A fine copy in the original dust jacket. A Game of Thrones is the landmark debut novel in George R. R. Martin’s epic A Song of Ice and Fire series… €475.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz. Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (Signed by Buzz Aldrin with PSA/DNA authentication sticker) New York: Harmony Books, 2009. First edition. 8vo. pp. [x], 326. Publisher’s black cloth-backed boards, title lettered in silver on spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Some light spotting to upper edge and preliminary leaves, otherwise a very good copy. Signed by Buzz Aldrin in blue ink on the… €395.00 |
 | JOYCE, James. Finnegans Wake. Edited by Danis Rose and John O’Hanlon. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord. London: The Folio Society, 2014. Folio. pp. 493. A fine copy bound in black buckram, extensively decorated in blue and gilt after a design by John Vernon Lord, lettered in gilt and blue, housed in the original black slipcase decorated with a branching gilt design. A handsome Folio Society edition… €575.00 |
 | PERRY, Fred. Signed Grand Tennis Exhibition Programme. Perth Ice Rink, 25th August, 1951. Perth: Thomas Hunter & Sons Ltd., 1951. Original illustrated programme, [8]pp., printed in blue, photographic portraits and biographical notices. Signed by Fred Perry in ink across his photograph on the front wrapper. Contemporary manuscript scores entered on the programme-of-play page. Original pictorial wrappers, priced sixpence. In very good condition. An… €225.00 |
 | MANCHESTER UNITED – SIGNED PROGRAMME. Sir Alex Ferguson & 12 Manchester United Players. Manchester United v Coventry City, 29 April 1989. Manchester United Football Club, United Review, Season 1988–89, Vol. 50, No. 25. Official match programme for Manchester United v Coventry City, Old Trafford, Saturday 29 April 1989, 60p. Illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. Very fine condition. An exceptional association copy, signed by manager Sir Alex Ferguson and twelve Manchester… €250.00 |
 | MORRISSEY. Autobiography. (Signed by The Smiths lead singer) London: Penguin Books, 2013. First paperback edition. 457pp. Original pictorial card wrappers with a photographic portrait of Morrissey. Signed boldly by Morrissey in black ink on the half-title, his unusually large signature occupying much of the page. A very good copy. Morrissey’s Autobiography was unusually published directly as a Penguin… €450.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz & McCONNELL, Malcolm. Men From Earth. (Signed by First Edition) (Copy) New York: Bantam Books, 1989. First edition, first printing. Octavo. xxii, 312pp., with photographic illustrations. Publisher’s blue paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the original pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy, with light wear to jacket and a faint offset of the signature to… €475.00 |
 | McCARTHY, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. (Signed First Edition, First Impression) AUTOGRAPH BOOK CLUB COPY New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First edition, first impression. 8vo. 309pp. Black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the original red pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy. Signed by Cormac McCarthy on the specially inserted leaf. One of a small number of copies of the… €1,500.00 |
 | CASH, Johnny. Man in Black (Signed by Johnny Cash, first edition) Illustrated. Michigan: Zondervan, 1975. First edition. Demy octavo. pp. 244. Blue cloth, titled in gilt. Signed by Johnny Cash on titlepage. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with mylar cover. With made-made clack solander box. So many facts have come down in exaggerated form or out of context… €950.00 |
 | HENRY, Francoise. Irish Art: In the early Christian period to 800; During the Viking Invasions 800-1020; In the Romanesque Period 1020-1170 A.D. THE DEFINITIVE WORK Three volumes. Profusely illustrated with coloured and mono plates. London: Methuen, 1965/70. Revised edition. Medium quarto. pp. (1) xvi, 256, 112, viii, (2) xvi, 236, 112, viii, (3) xvi, 240, 112. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Ex lib with labels and neat stamps. A very… €385.00 |
 | KING, Stephen & SKIPP, John & SPECTOR, Craig. Book of the Dead. (Signed Limited Edition including Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Richard Laymon, Robert R. McCammon and 14 others) Willimantic, Connecticut: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989. First hardcover edition. 8vo. 334pp. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in pictorial dust jacket and publisher’s illustrated slipcase. An exceptionally fine copy. Limited edition, number 289 of only 500 copies, specially bound and signed by the contributors. The limitation leaf bears an… €1,500.00 |
 | KING, Stephen. Misery. (Signed First Edition) New York: Viking, 1987. First edition, first printing. 8vo. [x], 310pp. Original publisher’s quarter black cloth over grey boards, spine lettered in red, author’s initials stamped in red to upper board, red endpapers, in the original pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy; slight toning to text block and minor… €1,750.00 |
 | KING, Stephen. Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story. (Signed First Edition) New York: Viking, 1991. First edition. 8vo. 690pp. Publisher’s quarter black cloth over grey paper-covered boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, author’s initials and device in gilt to upper board, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with some rubbing and creasing along the upper edge and corners, slight… €1,500.00 |
 | KING, Stephen. Firestarter (Signed First Edition) New York: The Viking Press, 1980. First edition. 8vo. 428pp. Publisher’s black paper-covered boards with red cloth spine, initials ‘SK’ in gilt to upper board, spine lettered in gilt and black, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Jacket worn and chipped at head of spine with further edge wear, creasing… €1,500.00 |
 | COHEN, Leonard. Book of Longing (Signed first edition with Order of the Unified Heart stamped) Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / Ecco, 2006. First edition, first printing. 8vo. 231pp. Original white cloth, spine lettered in blue, in pictorial dust jacket featuring Cohen’s own artwork. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket, retaining the publisher’s “Autographed Copy” sticker. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the title-page. A fine… €650.00 |
 | HEANEY, Seamus. Station Island (Signed first edition) New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. First American edition, first printing. 8vo. pp. 123. Original quarter green cloth over cream paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page: “Seamus Heaney, 26.xi.’87.” One of the Nobel… €450.00 |
 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings (Rare set of first editions in fine bindings) Comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring (Thirteenth Impression, 1963); The Two Towers (Tenth Impression, 1963); and The Return of the King (Tenth Impression, 1963). London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1963. Three volumes. Octavo. Finely bound in full crimson morocco, each volume with the Eye of Sauron in gilt, raised… €6,450.00 |
 | O’CONNOR, Frank. The Big Fellow: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution. Springfield, Illinois: Templegate; Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds Ltd.; London: Burns & Oates Ltd., 1966. Revised edition. 8vo. 192pp. Publisher’s black cloth, title in gilt to spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed and worn at extremities with some creasing and minor edge wear; small former institutional label/removal… €125.00 |
 | HOFFMANN, Heinrich. Struwwelpeter (From the library of Charlie Watts, The Rolling Stones) London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., [c.1909]. Quarto. pp. [24] printed on rectos only, illustrated throughout in colour. Original publisher’s pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Printed in Holland. Rear board with publisher’s advertisement for Routledge’s One Syllable Series. Light age-toning and occasional marks to boards, a little rubbing to… €350.00 |
 | JOYCE, James. Finnegans Wake (First edition) London: Faber, New York: Viking, 1939. First edition, first impression. pp. [viii], 628. Original red cloth, lettering to spine in gilt. A touch of foxing to endpapers; a near fine copy in like dust jacket. Top edge yellow. A remarkably attractive bright and fresh copy in price un-clipped near fine… €4,950.00 |
 | The Cotton Club. Original Menu. Signed by Sally Gooding. Harlem, New York. c.1929–1937. Original illustrated folding menu from the legendary Cotton Club, Harlem, featuring an Art Deco cover depicting fashionable patrons beneath the club’s famous title and address, 142nd Street & Lenox Avenue. Signed in pencil on the front cover by the African-American jazz singer Sally Gooding, a featured performer at the club… €850.00 |
 | FLEMING, Ian. Thunderball. (First edition) London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, first impression. Octavo. pp. [8], 254. Original black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, skeletal hand blocked in blind to upper board. In the original Richard Chopping illustrated dust jacket, priced 15s. net to the front flap. A clean and well-preserved copy. Light toning to… €1,500.00 |
 | FLEMING, Ian. The Man with the Golden Gun. (First edition) London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first impression. Octavo. pp. [8], 221. Original black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In the original unclipped Richard Chopping illustrated dust jacket, priced 18s. net. The cloth is exceptionally fresh with bright gilt to the spine and square, sharp corners. Internally remarkably clean and… €750.00 |
 | FLEMING, Ian. For Your Eyes Only: Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond (First edition) London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. First edition, first impression. Octavo. pp. [8], 252. Original black cloth, silver eye blocked to the upper board, silver lettering to spine. In the original Richard Chopping illustrated dust jacket. The cloth remains clean and bright with the silver eye motif and spine lettering fresh. Internally… €875.00 |
 | SHACKLETON, Ernest. South. The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914–1917. (First edition) London: William Heinemann, 1919. First edition, second impression. Royal octavo. pp. xv, [1], 376. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates, illustrations, and the large folding map at rear. Original dark blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in silver, upper cover with silver vignette of the Endurance. The original cloth is… €2,500.00 |
 | McGAHERN, John. Memoir. (Signed by the Author) London: Faber and Faber, 2005. pp. [viii] 272. Green papered boards, title in gilt on spine. Signed by John McGahern on titlepage. A very good copy in dust jacket. One of the greatest works by this supremely gifted writer, sadly no longer with us. This is certain to become one… €175.00 |
 | LYNCH, David. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. (Signed First Edition) New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin, 2006. Square octavo. pp. [x], 177. Publisher’s original blue boards titled in silver on upper cover and spine, with wraparound water-motif design. A fine copy. Boldly signed by David Lynch in blue ink on the half-title. This beautifully produced volume presents filmmaker David… €750.00 |
 | BEST, George. Scoring at half-time: Adventures on and off the Pitch (SIGNED COPY) Published by Ebury Press, 2003. Illustrated. pp. 329. First edition. Slight mark on title-page as pictured, otherwise a very fine copy. Signed on title-page by George Best. Signed copies of Scoring at Half-Time by George Best hold special appeal for football fans and memorabilia collectors. Published in 2003, this autobiography… €275.00 |
 | ALI, Muhammad. The Greatest. My Own Story (Inscribed by Muhammad Ali and acclaimed actor LeVar Burton) With Richard Durham. New York: Random House, 1975. First edition, first printing. Thick octavo. pp. [10], 416. Publisher’s black boards, upper cover and spine lettered in red, in the original unclipped dust jacket. A landmark sporting autobiography, published when Muhammad Ali stood not merely as the world’s most celebrated heavyweight… €750.00 |
 | KAVANAGH, Patrick. By Night Unstarred. An Autobiographical Novel. Edited by Peter Kavanagh. (First edition) The Goldsmith Press, The Curragh, Ireland, 1977. First edition. Octavo. 199pp. Original brown cloth, title and author lettered in gilt on spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket, with striking portrait of Patrick Kavanagh by Brian Bourke to the front panel; portrait of Peter Kavanagh by Charles Cullen to rear… €95.00 |
 | McCARTNEY, Paul. High in the Clouds (First Edition signed by the Illustrator Philip Ardagh) Illustrated in colour throughout. London: Faber and Faber, 2005. Quarto. First edition. pp. [viii], 88. Original pictorial boards. Signed to half-title by the Illustrator Philip Ardagh with Hodges and Figgis authenticated stamp. Written by Paul McCartney with Geoff Dunbar and Philip Ardagh, High in the Clouds is an illustrated children’s… €185.00 |
 | HOCKNEY, David. Hockney’s Alphabet. Edited by Stephen Spender (Signed first edition) London: Faber and Faber for the Aids Crisis Trust, 1991. First edition. 4to. Illustrated throughout with Hockney’s brightly coloured alphabet drawings, each letter accompanied by a contribution from a distinguished writer. Signed by David Hockney in pencil on the title page. Original binding. A very good copy. Published to raise… €750.00 |
 | YEATS, Jack B. Life in the West of Ireland. Drawn and Painted by Jack B. Yeats. (Limited edition) Dublin and London: Maunsel and Company Ltd., 1912. First edition. Limited issue, one of 150 copies. Royal 8vo, 111pp. Out of series copy. Illustrated with eight tipped-in colour plates, including the frontispiece The Red Pony, 32 full-page line drawings and 16 tipped-in monochrome reproductions from paintings. Original dark blue cloth… €975.00 |
 | YEATS, W. B. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales. (First edition) Selected and edited, with an introduction, by W. B. Yeats. Twelve illustrations by James Torrance. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1895]. First American illustrated edition. Crown 8vo. pp. xviii, 326, with twelve full-page illustrations by James Torrance. Original cream pictorial cloth, elaborately blocked… €575.00 |
 | MUNSTER MOTOR CYCLE & CAR CLUB. Cork Veteran Run. Saturday, 7th June, 1958. Official Programme. Cork: Munster Motor Cycle & Car Club, 1958. Octavo. pp. 40. Illustrated throughout with photographs, advertisements and line drawings. Original pictorial red, cream and black wrappers, priced 1/-. A very good copy. Official programme for the third Cork Veteran Run, organised by the Munster Motor Cycle & Car Club. The… €150.00 |
 | Manchester United v Dundee United. UEFA Cup programme, 1984 (Signed by Matt Busby, Jock Stein and Bobby Robson) MANCHESTER UNITED. United Review: Manchester United v Dundee United. UEFA Cup, Third Round – First Leg, Wednesday 28 November 1984. Manchester: Manchester United Football Club, 1984. Quarto. pp. 24. Illustrated throughout. Original pictorial wrappers, priced 35p. Some creasing and handling wear to wrappers, staples sound; internally very good. Signed internally… €275.00 |
 | KENNEDY, S.B. Paul Henry: Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations. With a Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Illustrations. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2000. First edition. Large quarto. pp. xvi, 341. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. Grey cloth, title lettered in black along spine, with pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy. The definitive study and catalogue raisonné of Paul Henry (1876–1958), one of the… €475.00 |
 | Ó CEALLAIGH, Séamus. Story of the G.A.A. A History and Book of Reference for Gaels. Covering a Hundred Years of Gaelic Endeavour. Limerick: Gaelic Athletic Publications, 1977. First edition. 8vo. pp. 188. Illustrated throughout with photographs and contemporary advertisements. Original pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed and soiled, with some spotting and minor marks internally, otherwise a very good copy. An early comprehensive history of the Gaelic Athletic Association, tracing the development of Gaelic… €125.00 |
 | Ó CEALLAIGH, Seán T. [Sean T. O’Kelly] Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland (Signed copy with original mass card) Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1945. 8vo. pp. 214. Original green cloth, title, ‘Éire’ and date lettered in gilt to upper cover. Some browning and light spotting to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. Signed by Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (Seán T. O’Kelly) in a large hand on… €750.00 |
 | MONTAGUE, John. The Pear Is Ripe. A Memoir. (Signed limited edition) Dublin: Liberties Press, 2007. First edition. 8vo. pp. 240. Original blue cloth, title and author lettered in gilt on spine, with illustrated dust jacket and publisher’s slipcase. A fine copy. Number 182 of a signed limited edition of 200 copies, signed by John Montague on the limitation page. An important… €150.00 |
 | HEANEY, Seamus. Miracle. (Signed limited edition, issued as a Christmas card by the poet for 2006) Loughcrew, County Meath: privately published for the author by Peter Fallon/The Gallery Press, 2006. One of 300 copies. Single folded card, printed in green, red and black, with holly decoration to upper cover. Signed by Seamus Heaney beneath the poem. Heaney’s Christmas card for 2006, privately printed in a small… €750.00 |
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