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 | JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Illustrated by Henri Matisse. [AN ESSENTIAL AND LUXURIOUS COLLECTOR’S EDITION] Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1999. Quarto. pp. v, 732. Full blue/green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt; moiré-silk endpapers, cream and green endbands, gold silk marker. All edges gilt. A fine copy. In a 1920 letter Joyce gives some idea of what he’s attempting in ‘Ulysses’. It is an epic “of the… €475.00 |
 | LYNOTT, Philip. A Collected Works of Philip Lynott (Rare limited edition) [London: Pippin the Friendly Ranger, 1979]. First edition. 4to. pp. 104. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Original black cloth, lettered in white on upper cover and spine. A very good, clean copy. An early and increasingly scarce collection of the writings and lyrics of Philip Lynott (1949–1986), frontman and… €750.00 |
 | David Hockney. LIVINGSTONE, Marco. David Hockney. London: Thames and Hudson, 1983. 4to. pp. 251. Illustrated throughout with 185 illustrations, 36 in colour. Original pictorial wrappers, lightly rubbed at extremities, otherwise a very good copy. Signed by David Hockney on the half-title in his characteristic bold hand, dramatically striking through his printed name in blue ink and… €850.00 |
 | BEST, George. Blessed: The Autobiography. (Signed Limited Edition) London: Ebury Press, 2001. First edition, special limited edition, signed by George Best on the half-title. Royal 8vo. pp. 374. Bound in full black morocco leather, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. A fine copy, housed in the publisher’s large presentation box, with the original folding illustrated biography and… €675.00 |
 | HEANEY, Seamus: Beowulf A Verse Translation. Illustrated by Becca Thorne. [The Folio Society] London: The Folio Society, 2010. pp. 218. Quarter maroon morocco on dark red cloth with gilt interlacing decorative desigh, title and author in gilt on spine; maroon endpapers and endbands. Top edge gilt. A fine copy in slipcase. “The great relic of English literature is the epic ‘Beowulf’. The poem… €450.00 |
 | McCARTHY, Cormac. The Gardener’s Son (Signed Limited Edition) New Jersey: Published by Ecco Press, 1996. pp. 93. Limited edition 149 of 350. It is McCarthy’s first screenplay and his first historical work, predating his historical novel, Blood Meridian, by almost a decade. [WR] €950.00 |
 | Two Original Photographs of Richard Mulcahy, including one with Michael Collins at Arthur Griffith’s Funeral (Signed by Richard Mulcahy) Dublin, August 1922. Two original black-and-white photographs (each 7 × 10 cm), housed in the original brown leather presentation wallet with gilt decorative borders and Mylar windows. The funeral photograph signed by Richard Mulcahy in black ink at the lower margin. Fine condition. A rare photographic grouping centred on General… €2,250.00 |
 | BEASLAI, Piaras. Michael Collins Soldier and Statesman (Inscribed by Richard Mulcahy) With portrait frontispiece and other illustrations. Dublin: Talbot Press, 1937. Octavo. First edition. pp. xii, 430. Green cloth, titled in black. Signed presentation copy from Risteárd Ua Maolchatha to Alice, dated Nodlaig / 1937. A near fine copy. Presentation copy inscribed by General Richard Mulcahy (Risteárd Ua Maolchatha) to Alice… €975.00 |
 | YEATS, W. B. Poems (First edition) YEATS, W. B. The Secret Rose. With Illustrations by J. B. Yeats. London: Lawrence & Bullen, Limited, 1897. First edition, first issue. 8vo, pp. xi, 265, [1]. Title-page printed in red and black with publisher’s device; frontispiece and six further full-page plates after John Butler Yeats. Uncut. Original dark blue… €1,250.00 |
 | WILDE, Oscar. The Poetical Works of Oscar Wilde (Limited edition in fine binding) Including Poems in Prose with Notes, Bibliographical Introduction, Index and Facsimiles of Title-Pages. Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1908. First Mosher edition. Limited to 750 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 394, [2], with portrait frontispiece and seven leaves of plates, including facsimiles. Finely bound in… €875.00 |
 | 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 |
 | YEATS, W.B. Poems. Engraved frontispiece of Yeats by his father John B. Yeats. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. Adelphi Terrace, 1908. Revised edition. Large post octavo. pp. xiv, [8], 9-301, [1]. Title printed in red and black. Blue green cloth, with gilt-stamped design by Althea Gyles on upper cover and spine and gilt rose to lower cover. A very good copy. A beautiful… €575.00 |
 | KENNEDY, John. F. House of the Oireachtas. Joint Sitting on the Occasion of the Visit of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, with an original memorial card for President Kennedy, issued on 22 November 1963. Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Published by The Stationery Office, 1963. Octavo. pp. 24, printed in both Irish and English. Original cream wrappers with gilt harp and title Houses of the Oireachtas – Joint Sitting – Visit of President Kennedy on the upper cover. A fine copy. This official publication was… €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 |
 | FLEMING, Ian. Diamonds Are Forever. (First edition) London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. First edition, first impression. Octavo. pp. [8], 257. Original black cloth, blocked with the diamond pattern and central silver diamond to the upper board, silver lettering to spine. In the original unclipped Pat Marriott dust jacket, priced 12s. 6d. net. The cloth is fresh and clean… €2,500.00 |
 | 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 |
 | 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 |
 | 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 |
 | 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 |
 | MACLEAN, Alistair. Captain Cook. (In fine binding) Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First U.S. edition. Tall octavo. pp. 192. Illustrated throughout with maps, colour plates and black-and-white photographs. Original blue publisher’s decorative leatherette binding, elaborately blocked in gilt with a maritime design to upper cover and spine, map endpapers. A near fine copy… €575.00 |
 | BONAR LAW, Andrew & BONAR LAW, Charlotte. The Irish Prints of James Malton (Limited edition) Dublin: The Neptune Gallery, 1999. Quarto. pp. [i–iii], 117, [1]. Profusely illustrated throughout with colour reproductions of Malton’s celebrated Irish views. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket. A fine, fresh copy. Limited edition of 500 copies. A handsome and scholarly modern study devoted… €150.00 |
 | 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 |
 | BUSBY, Matt: Soccer at the Top: My life in Football [Signed by Matt Busby] London: Weidenfeld and Nicolas, 1973. pp. First edition. pp. 178. Fine in fine dustjacket. Signed by Sir Matt Busby on the title page. [WR] €435.00 |
 | 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 |
 | O’BRIEN, Edna. The Little Red Chairs. Signed Limited Edition London: Faber and Faber, 2015. First edition. pp. [viii], 299. Quarter red calf on navy paper boards, title on printed on spine. Limited to 100 copies, numbered and signed by Edna O’Brien. A fine copy in slipcase. €350.00 |
 | DOYLE, Roddy. The Commitments. [THE TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY RODDY DOYLE] Dublin: King Farouk, 1987. Large post octavo. First edition, first impression. pp. [iv], 144. Pictorial wrappers. Signed by Roddy Doyle on half-title. A fine copy. Very scarce. The true first edition published by the author who couldn’t find a publisher. The Heinemann edition appeared a year later. This is the story of… €975.00 |
 | 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 |
 | GRIFFITH, Arthur & DE VALERA, Éamon. Original Press Photograph from the Irish Peace Conference, Mansion House, Dublin, 14 July 1921. Original silver gelatin press photograph depicting Éamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith walking together outside the Mansion House, Dublin, during the crucial peace negotiations that followed the Truce of July 1921. The reverse bears the original Wide World Photos agency caption, dated 14 July 1921, identifying the image and describing… €575.00 |
 | HEANEY, Seamus. Selected Poems 1966–1987. (Signed limited edition) New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. Limited signed edition, one of 200 numbered copies signed by Seamus Heaney on the limitation leaf, this being copy no. 46. 8vo. pp. [8], 273. Original publisher’s brown cloth, upper cover blocked in blind with Heaney’s monogram, black morocco-backed spine with gilt lettering… €950.00 |
 | G.A.A: All Ireland Final Football Programme, Donegal vs Dublin, 1992. Dublin: 1992: pp. 96. Croke Park. 20th September, 1992. Donegal went on to beat Dublin by 0–18 0–14 and in doing so, won their first All Ireland. In very good condition. [WR Sport] €75.00 |
 | COLLINS, Michael. An Saorstát. The Free State. No. 28. Vol. I. Dublin, Wednesday, August 30, 1922. Second edition. Michael Collins Memorial Number. Broadside. 16 pp. Profusely illustrated. Creased at centre folds and fraying to edges as usual. A good copy. €675 The report of the shooting of Michael Collins, illustrated with many photographs. Black-bordered titlepage with headline ‘Michael Collins Memorial Number’. With contributions by Eoin MacNeill… €675.00 |
 | The Irish Christmas. Illustrated by Sadb Trinnseach. Dublin: The Candle Press, 158 Rathgar Road, 1918. Octavo. Second edition. pp. 16. Printed stitched wrappers. A very good copy. Selected Poems in Irish, English and Scottish, expressive of the spirit of the Gaelic Christmas, with contributions by Tomas O Ceallaigh, Lionel Johnson, Susan Mitchell, Joseph Campbell. [File I] €195.00 |
 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Hobbit (Illustrated de luxe edition) London: HarperCollins Publishers, 2023. 4to. pp. xxxi, 272. Profusely illustrated throughout with J.R.R. Tolkien’s own drawings, paintings and maps, including the large folding map at rear. Original quarter green cloth over black cloth boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and upper board, all edges gilt, housed in the publisher’s… €275.00 |
 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. With The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion. London: HarperCollins, 2025. Four volumes housed in the publisher’s original black cloth slipcase, comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, together with Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull’s indispensable The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion. Publisher’s decorated boards, each volume retaining… €250.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Signed Photograph. Original black-and-white photographic portrait (90 v 145mm) of Samuel Beckett, boldly signed in blue ink across the lower white margin. A striking head-and-shoulders image of the Nobel Prize-winning Irish playwright, novelist and poet, whose sparse, existential works, including Waiting for Godot, Endgame and Krapp’s Last Tape, transformed twentieth-century literature and… €875.00 |
 | 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 |
 | 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… €450.00 |
 | 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 |
 | HEANEY, Seamus: District and Circle. [SIGNED] London: Faber and Faber, 2006. First edition. Green paper boards. Signed by Seamus Heaney on titlepage. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Seamus Heaney was born near Castledawson, County Derry, and grew up on his father’s small farm. He was the eldest in a Catholic family of nine children… €575.00 |
 | Muhammad Ali. Signed Photograph with The Beatles (Dual autograph Muhammad Ali A.K.A Cassius Clay) Large-format original black-and-white exhibition photograph depicting Muhammad Ali during a lively public training session, dramatically captured as the heavyweight champion towers over The Beatles lying playfully at his feet. Signed by Ali in bold blue felt-tip to the upper right. Measuring 762 × 508 mm (30 × 20 inches). Fine… €950.00 |
 | BEHAN, Brendan: Brendan Behan’s Island An Irish Sketch-book. With drawings by Paul Hogarth (Signed by Behan and Hogarth) Illustrated. London: Hutchinson, 1962. First edition. pp. 192. Green and brown paper boards, title in gilt on spine. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author and illustrator on title page. First published in 1962, Brendan Behan’s Island is a vivid, humorous, and affectionate portrait of Ireland… €650.00 |
 | O’CASEY, Sean. Drums Under the Windows. (First edition, with ALS from O’Casey to Flann Campbell with Photograph) Frontispiece. London: Macmillan, 1945. First edition. Octavo. pp. [v], 340. Grey buckram, titled in gilt. Tipped on to front free endpaper is an autograph letter signed from Sean O’Casey to Flann Campbell. Loosely inserted is a fine photograph of O’Casey. A very good copy in price-clipped and frayed dust jacket… €1,250.00 |
 | MCDONAGH, John (ed.). A Fine Statement: An Irish Poets’ Anthology (signed and dated by Seamus Heaney) Dublin: Poolbeg Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo. pp. xiii, 305. Original blue cloth, titles gilt to spine, blue silk marker ribbon. Presentation copy, signed and dated by Seamus Heaney on the front free endpaper: “Seamus Heaney / 6 April 2012. ”A fine copy. A particularly attractive anthology of contemporary Irish… €250.00 |
 | ATTENBOROUGH, David. Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster (Signed by Sir David Attenborough on the title-page) London: BBC Books, 2009. 8vo. pp. 416. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy. Signed by Sir David Attenborough on the title-page. Sir David Attenborough’s celebrated autobiography, first published in 2002 and here extensively revised and updated to include his later… €350.00 |
 | GORE-BOOTH, Eva. The Buried Life of Deirdre. With twelve illustrations (Limited to only 256 copies) London: Longmans, 1926. First edition. Quarto. pp. xi, 64, 12 (drawings). Quarter linen on grey papered boards, title on printed label on upper cover and spine. Edition limited to 256 numbered copies. Minor wear to extremities. Top edge gilt. A very good copy. Rare. JISC with 9 locations only. Eva… €875.00 |
 | Ó COLMAIN, M. In Óige an tSaoghail. Sean-sgealta Gaodhlacha. A. Ó Maolaoid do Mhaisigh. Baile Atha Cliath: Clo na gCoinneal, n.d. (1920). Quarto. pp. 32. Pictorial stitched wrappers. A fine copy. Not in De Burca. Both the author and illustrator produced Clann Lir also published at The Sign of the Three Candles c. 1919. Contents: Bronntanas an Rí; Connla agus an Ainnir Sidhe; An… €385.00 |
 | WILDE, Oscar. Salomé. Drama en un acte. Illustré par Aubrey Beardsley. Paris: Éditions du Colombier, 1966. Quarto. pp. 88. Pictorial boards. In very good condition. A handsome French edition of Oscar Wilde’s celebrated symbolist drama, first published in French in 1893 and widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of the Decadent movement. Written originally in French for the actress Sarah… €85.00 |
 | O’CASEY, Sean. Oak Leaves and Lavender or A World on Wallpaper. (Signed first edition) London: Macmillan, 1946. First edition. Octavo. pp. vii, 163. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Presentation inscription by the author on front free endpaper: “Inscribed to / Patricia & Richard Ahearne / by / Sean O’Casey / With all good wishes. / Devon, 1946.” A very good copy. A… €350.00 |