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 | BARNARD, Alfred. The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume I. Illustrated. London: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons 1889. Crown quarto. First edition. pp. xvi, 460, [40 (adverts)]. Original dark green cloth over bevelled boards. Title in gilt on upper cover and spine, gilt decoration to lower cover; floral pattern endpapers. Previous owner’s stamp on recto of frontispiece. Professionally rebacked at… €585.00 |
 | BARNARD, Alfred. The Whisky Distilleries of The United Kingdom. A reprint with a new introduction by Miss I.A. Glenn. With illustrations and maps. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969. Quarto. pp. xii, 458, 38 (adverts). Red paper boards, title in gilt on spine. A fine copy in unclipped dust jacket. The author in this authoritative work gives a lively… €375.00 |
 | BARNARD, Alfred. The Whisky Distilleries of The United Kingdom. With illustrations and maps. London: The Proprietors of “Harper’s Weekly Gazette”, 1887. Quarto. First edition. pp. xii, 457, [38 (Advertisement)]. Original pictorial green cloth over bevelled boards, pot-still in gilt to both covers. Half-tone frontispiece portrait of James Power facing the title; profusely illustrated with full-page and in-text wood-engravings and small maps, including Dublin… €2,850.00 |
 | BOURDAIN, Anthony. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. (Signed by the Author.) New York: Harper Collins, 2010. First edition, first print. Royal Octavo. pp. 218. A very good copy in fine dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page Anthony Bourdain (without dedication). [WR AL] €575.00 |
 | BOURDAIN, Anthony. The Bourdian Box Set. Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw Signed by Anthony Bourdain. New York: ECCO & Harper Collins, 2010. 8vo. pp. 281 and 310. Both volumes in fine conditrion with fine dustjackets. “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly” (2000) and “Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook” (2010) are two influential books by… €650.00 |
 | DAVIES, Jim. The Book of Guinness Advertising. London: Guinness Publishing, 1998. Quarto. pp. 240. Illustrated throughout in colour and black-and-white. Original pictorial laminated boards featuring classic Guinness advertisements; spine lettered in white. A fine copy, bright and unmarked. A richly illustrated retrospective of the legendary Guinness advertising campaigns, tracing their evolution from the first national print advertisement… €95.00 |
 | DISTILLERIES IRELAND. Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Collection and Management of the Revenue Arising in Ireland; &c. Distilleries. Together with Appendices; Supplement to the Fifth Report; Intercourse in Spirits. London: Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed, 30 May/25 June, 1823. Folio. pp. 408; 63. Handsomely bound in modern blue buckram; a clean and well-preserved copy. A very good copy of an extremely uncommon parliamentary paper… €950.00 |
 | FAIRALL, Nick & HUGHES, David. The Guide to Guinness Collectables (Signed by the Author) Dublin: Liberties Press, 2008. First edition. Oblong 4to. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour. Publisher’s pictorial laminated boards. A fine copy. Inscribed by the co-author. This copy is warmly inscribed by David Hughes on the front free endpaper: “Best regards – David Hughes, 2022.” A comprehensive and highly illustrated reference work… €195.00 |
 | GUINESS. HOOD, Thomas. All My Own Work: The Guinness “Do It Yourself” Book. (With poem about Guinness by Rudyard Kipling) London: Designed for Arthur Guinness Son & Co. by S. H. Benson Ltd.; printed by S. Cowell Ltd., c.1964. Illustrations by John Tribe. Slim quarto. Original pictorial wrappers with striking orange panel illustration of a handyman holding a pint of Guinness; stapled binding. Profusely illustrated throughout in bright colours. Minor… €195.00 |
 | GUINNESS, Jonathan. Requiem for a Family Business London: Macmillan Publishers, 1997. First edition. .pp. vii, 390. Publisher’s black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, in original illustrated dust-jacket with harp device. A very good copy. A revealing insider account of the transformation—and ultimate loss of control—of the historic Guinness brewing empire by a member of the founding… €45.00 |
 | Guinness, Michele. The Guinness Legend: The Changing Fortunes of a Great Family. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the original illustrated dust jacket featuring a portrait of Arthur Guinness. Illustrated with photographic plates and genealogical tables. pp. xvi, 329. Index and family trees. Very good in very good dust jacket. An engaging… €75.00 |
 | GUINNESS. Alice Versary: The Guinness Birthday Book. London: Designed for Arthur Guinness Son & Co. by S. H. Benson Ltd.; printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd., Ipswich, 1959 (code GA/2437/59). Illustrated by Ronald Ferns. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout. Light edge wear and slight creasing to wrappers; internally clean and bright. A very… €150.00 |
 | GUINNESS. Hobby Horses: With Riders by Guinness. London: Designed for Arthur Guinness Son & Co. by S. H. Benson Ltd.; printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd., Ipswich, 1958 (code GA/2363/58). Illustrated by Rowland Emett. Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers. Fully illustrated throughout in colour. Some light wear and creasing to the edges of the wrappers; internally clean with… €125.00 |
 | GUINNESS. Jennings, Paul. A Prescription for Foreign Travel. London: Designed for Arthur Guinness Son & Co. by S. H. Benson Ltd., 1966. Written by Paul Jennings. Illustrated by John Astrop. Printed in Great Britain by W. S. Cowell Ltd. Code: 587/66. Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers depicting a travel bag adorned with holiday labels (Hotel Roma, Sun Lines, Alpino… €65.00 |
 | GUINNESS. Untopical Songs: Accompanied by Guinness. London: Produced for Arthur Guinness Son & Co. by S. H. Benson Ltd.; printed by Sanders Phillips & Co. Ltd. on John Dickinson “Evensyde” paper, c.1950s. Illustrated by Ronald Ferns. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers featuring a singer accompanied at the piano with the caption “Accompanied by Guinness.” Richly illustrated throughout… €125.00 |
 | HOOPER, E. Grant; MACDONALD, John. Editors. Ham’s Inland Revenue Year-Book, 1907. A Book of General Reference and Special Information on the Revenue & Licensing Laws, Income Tax & Death Duties … Bound : The Ports and Harbours and Bonded Warehouses of the United Kingdom. Bound with: Digest of Customs and Inland Revenue Warehousing Regulations. pp. 408, 72, 165. London: Effingham Wilson… €485.00 |
 | JAMESON WHISKEY. The History of a Great House. Origin of John Jameson Whiskey. Containing some interesting observations thereon together with The Causes of its Present Scarcity. With drawings by Harry Clarke. Dublin: Printed for John Jameson & Son Ltd., Bow Street Distillery, Dublin and 7 Mark Lane, London E.C. by Maunsel & Roberts Limited, 1924. Octavo. First edition. pp. 20. Fine in illustrated… €1,500.00 |
 | JAMESON, John. ‘Soverigne Liquor’. A brief investigation into the making and maturing of good Irish Whiskey. Illustrations by F. Middlehurst. Coloured portrait of the first John Jameson after Raeburn. Dublin: Printed by John Jameson & Son, 1950. Small quarto. pp. 29. Quarter vellum parchment on yellow paper boards, title on pictorial label on upper cover. Small crease to margin of a couple of pages, otherwise a… €375.00 |
 | McGUIRE, E.B. Irish Whiskey. A History of Distilling, the Spirit Trade and Excise Controls in Ireland. Illustrated. Dublin: Gill & New York: Barnes & Noble, 1973. First edition. pp. xiv, 462. Green paper boards, title in gilt on spine. A very good copy in slightly frayed dust-jacket. This work is the first comprehensive study of the distilling industry in Ireland. The author with his long experience… €450.00 |
 | MICHELIN GUIDE, Michelin. France 1939. Thirty-Fifth Year. Paris: Services de Tourisme Michelin, 97 Bd. Pereire, 1939. Thick octavo. pp. 1107, with index, abundantly illustrated throughout with hundreds of small city plans, touring maps, road diagrams, hotel classifications, symbols, and route advice. Original red printed limp boards, titled in black with the famous Michelin “Bibendum” motif… €475.00 |
 | MICHELIN TYRE CO., LTD. The Michelin Guide to the British Isles. The Motorist’s Vade-Mecum. 1920. Fifth Year. London: The Michelin Tyre Co., Ltd., 81 Fulham Road, S.W.3, 1920. Small octavo. Original blue cloth, lettered and blocked in red on spine and upper cover, the latter with map of the British Isles; rear cover with the iconic Bibendum figure lifting a detachable wheel, captioned “The best detachable wheel… €275.00 |
 | MULQUEEN, J. T. Ed. by. The Revenue Review. Vols. I–III. March 1901 – February 1904. With diagrams. Three volumes. Falkirk: Printed by George Inglis, 1901/1904. Octavo. pp. (1) viii, 864 (2) xii, 864 (3) viii, 864. A very good set; internally clean and well preserved. A scarce and highly informative early twentieth-century periodical devoted to the technical, regulatory, and commercial aspects of revenue, distillation, and brewing, edited… €850.00 |
 | STANIHURST, Richard. Aqua Vitae: Its commodities describ’d by Richard Stanihurst, & delineated by Bridget Swinton. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1956. Small quarto. pp. [8]. Quarter buckram on grey paper boards. A fine copy. Miller 15. Early description of Irish whiskey. The exuberance of Stanihurst’s writing is echoed in the vigorous linocuts made by Bridget Swinton. The text edited by Lawrence Ryan from the edition of 1586. €475.00 |
 | 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 |
 | WALSH, Maurice: Whiskey With a foreword by Ken Mawhinney. Frontispiece of James Cassidy’s Distillery. Dublin: Irish Whiskey Society, 2011. Medium octavo. pp. vi, 17. Edition limited to 95 copies. Signed and numbered by Barry Walsh, son of the author. Also signed by Ken Mawhinney. Green and brown marbled boards. Title and author on… €375.00 |
 | Whiskey Printing. Three Famous New Songs called Effects of Whisky. The Valley Below. Larry O’Gaff. Paisley: Printed by and for G. Caldwell, Jun., Bookseller, 69, High Street. n.d. (c.1825). Single sheet folded to 8 pages. Uncut and Unopened. Woodcut device on titlepage. In good condition. This early 19th century chapbook contains three songs: ‘Effects of Whiskey’ (36 lines): “Whisky Secrets… €475.00 |
 | YENNE, Bill. Guinness: The 250-Year Quest for the Perfect Pint. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. First edition. .pp xiii, 241. Illustrated. Publisher’s black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, in original illustrated dust-jacket depicting a pint of Guinness with harp device. A fine copy. A lively and well-illustrated history of the famous Dublin brewery founded by Arthur… €25.00 |