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 | ALDRIN, Buzz: Reaching for the Moon [SIGNED BY BUZZ ALDRIN] First Edition, First Printing in fine condition. This copy is SIGNED by Buzz Aldrin on the title page. Aldrin was one of the first two humans to land on the moon, becoming the second person to walk on the lunar surface. Reaching for the Moon was Adrin’s first collaboration with… €450.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz. Look To The Stars. With illustrations by Wendell Minor. (Signed First Edition) NYC: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009. First edition. pp 40. A fine copy. This book serves as both an educational resource and a source of inspiration, encouraging the next generation to continue exploring and dreaming about the stars. In this work, Aldrin guides readers through the history of space exploration, beginning… €295.00 |
 | AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by C. E. and H. M. Brock.(In full-leather binding) Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. pp. 397. Collector’s Edition. Full red leather, ornately gilt-tooled to boards and spine with floral border designs, raised bands, and black morocco title labels. All edges gilt. Silk moiré endpapers. Ribbon marker. A fine copy. Binding bright and clean; gilt vivid; edges fresh. Internally clean… €295.00 |
 | BLYTON, Enid. The River of Adventure. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian (First edition) London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1955. First edition. Octavo. pp. v, 312. Very good copy in the publisher’s original pictorial yellow cloth, decorated in turquoise and black, slight rubbing to extremities. In the scarce original pictorial dust jacket depicting the Adventure series protagonists navigating dangerous waters, minor creasing and short… €250.00 |
 | CARROLL, Lewis Carroll. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (In full leather binding) Illustrated by John Tenniel. Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1977. 8vo. Full burgundy leather, elaborately gilt in an ornamental panel design with central vignette of the White Rabbit, raised bands, gilt-lettered spine panels, all edges gilt, moiré silk endpapers, silk marker ribbon. Printed on archival-quality, acid-neutral paper. A handsome Collector’s Edition… €175.00 |
 | CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With 18 tipped-in colour plates, 12 black and white full-page illustrations and 39 illustrations throughout. SUPERB LIMITED EDITION OF ALICE London: Folio Society, 2016. Quarto. pp. 160, [4]. Capitals decorated in gold. Half vellum over maroon paper boards decorated in white, silver, gold, black and red. Limited to 1000 copies [No. 284] only with an original copperplate etching, signed by the artist, Charles van Sandwyk… €1,500.00 |
 | CLANN LIR. Ar na mhaisiú do Abhuistín Ó Maolaoidh. Ar n-a aithscríobh do Mhicheál Ó Colmáin. Baile Átha Cliath, Cló na gCoinneal, n.d. [c.1925]. 245 x 188mm. pp. 16. Pictorial wrappers with folding flaps. Printed in the „Petrie‟ typeface. Staples a little rusty. Tanning to border of cover. Rare. The legendary historical setting of the story is the end of the dominion of the Tuatha Dé… €295.00 |
![CLARE, Sister Mary Francis [Cusack] Cloister Songs and Hymns for Children (First edition)](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CUSACK.-Songs-610x814.webp "CLARE, Sister Mary Francis [Cusack] Cloister Songs and Hymns for Children (First edition)") | CLARE, Sister Mary Francis [Cusack] Cloister Songs and Hymns for Children (First edition) London: Burns & Co., & Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1881. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 181. Original bright blue cloth, covers blocked in blind with decorative panel borders, upper cover lettered and ornamented in gilt with Celtic-inspired initials and interlaced design, spine lettered in gilt. Decorative bookplate of A.T… €375.00 |
 | COELHO, Paulo. The Alchemist. 25th Anniversary Edition. Signed by the Author. New York: HarperOne, 2014. pp. [xii], 182. Illustrated wrappers with gilt and red sunburst motif, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine. A fine bright copy. SIGNED BY PAULO COELHO on the half-title. First published in Portuguese in 1988 as O Alquimista, this celebrated allegorical novel follows Santiago, an Andalusian… €225.00 |
 | COLUM, Padraic. The King of Ireland’s Son. Illustrations and decorations by Willy Pogany. London: Harrap, 1920. First edition. pp. [viii], 316. Crown octavo. Title printed in green and black. Green cloth, titled in dark green on upper cover and spine. Previous owner’s neat stamp on front endpaper. A fine copy in repaired binding. Scarce. [Porch LBC 4] €65.00 |
 | DAHL, Roald The BFG. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. [First Edition] London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Octavo. pp. 224. Grey cloth, titled in gilt. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of the twentieth century. Dahl’s ability to twist words into a clever and creative new language is fascinating to… €525.00 |
 | DAHL, Roald. The BFG (First US Edition Signed) New York: Farrar Straus & Co, 1982. pp 219. First US edition. Light blue bords with title in gilt on spine. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Signed and dated by Ronald Dahl on title page. Signed copies of The BFG by Roald Dahl are highly sought-after by collectors and… €1,350.00 |
 | DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. With Illustrations by John Leech. 1920. Boston: The Atlantic Press, 1920. pp. 166. Full maroon Victorian-era binding. Title in gilt on spine with decorative design logo “A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens”. Slight marking to head of spine, otherwise in fine condition. Reprint of the first edition by Chapman & Hall, 1843. Rare editions of Charles… €275.00 |
 | DICKENS, Charles. The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. Small octavo. pp. [iv], 175, [1, “The End”]. With engraved frontispiece and vignette title (as issued). Original publisher’s red cloth, elaborately blind-stamped boards, upper cover with central gilt vignette and lettering, spine gilt; all edges gilt. Some light wear to extremities, with minor rubbing… €225.00 |
 | DICKENS, Charles. The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, 1848. Small octavo. pp. [iv], 188. With engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, and further illustrations in the text by Tenniel, Leech, Stanfield, and Stone, as listed. Original publisher’s red cloth, elaborately blind-stamped boards, upper cover with central gilt wreath enclosing title, spine gilt;… €325.00 |
 | DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. Two volumes. Chapman and Hall / Lawrence and Jellicoe, London, 1910. Imperial octavo. pp. [x] 450; [x] 457. Quarter grey cloth on tan buckram boards, lettered in brown and decorated in gilt. Limited Edition of 250 copies. Spine professionally rebacked. A very good copy. A very handsome set of The… €375.00 |
 | DOYLE, Richard and ALLINGHAM, William. In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World. With a poem, by William Allingham. London & Sydney: 1981. Facsimile edition reproduced from The Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books, Toronto Public Library, by Holp Shuppan, Publishers, Tokyo, 1981. Printed in Japan. Folio. Green gilt stamped cloth, spine and upper cover with gilt design. Sixteen superbly colour-printed plates by Edmund Evans. Neat stamp of Trafford… €475.00 |
 | Edmund O’Hara [ANON], an Irish Tale, by the author of “Ellmer Castle”. Dublin: W. Curry, Jun., 1828. 12mo. pp. 358, [1 (plate)]. Publisher’s cloth. New morocco letterpiece and endpapers. A very good copy. Extremely rare. COPAC locates 3 copies only: NLW, TCD & Cambridge. Loeber Anon 275. Brown 26. Black 66. Wolff, 7452. Garside, 1828:3. Anonymous author. fl. 1820s. The author was… €475.00 |
 | EVANS, C. S. [PERRAULT, Charles (Original French Tale)] Cinderella. Retold by C.S. Evans and Illustrated by SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1919. First edition thus. Quarto. pp. 110, [1]. Deckled leaves. Quarter cream coarse linen on green pictorial paper boards, with design of Cinderella on stool with broom. Deep green front and back endpapers with white silhouette spread of dancing ball attendees. Edition de Luxe with an additional… €750.00 |
 | Fitzpatrick, Jim. The Art of Jim Fitzpatrick. Portfolio 1. (Signed by Fitzpatrick) Dublin: Dé Danann Press, 1981. Large folio illustrated portfolio containing eight colour plates after the celebrated Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick, each depicting scenes drawn from Irish mythology and legend, including Nemed the Great, Sadv the Deer Goddess, Lugh Attacks the Fomor Army, The Battle of Moira, Fathach, Poet of the… €450.00 |
 | Fitzpatrick, Jim. The Art of Jim Fitzpatrick. Portfolio 2. (Signed by Fitzpatrick) Dublin: Dé Danann Press, c.1981. Large folio portfolio containing a suite of colour plates reproducing the celebrated Celtic-inspired artwork of Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick. Publisher’s original printed portfolio cover with mounted illustration depicting the heroic figure of Nuada raising a sword upon a rearing horse. The portfolio contains a series… €295.00 |
 | FLEMING, Ian. Casino Royale (Fine limited edition) Introduced by Kim Sherwood and illustrated by Fay Dalton. London: The Folio Society, 2023. Limited edition, one of 750 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy no. 484. Large octavo. pp. xviii, 193. Fine copy in full black leather blocked in silver, red and black after designs by… €750.00 |
 | Flood, W. H. Grattan. The Story of the Harp. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, n.d. [c.1905]. Small 8vo. pp. xvii, 207. With frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher’s red cloth, upper cover elaborately blind-stamped with harp and decorative design, titled in gilt on spine. A very good copy in… €95.00 |
 | FLYNN, Mary. Cornelius in Charge. Illustrated by Eileen Coghlan. Dublin & Cork: The Talbot Press, 1946. First edition. Royal octavo. pp. 128. Quarter blue linen on pictorial boards. A very good copy. Rare. Mary Flynn is the author of the classic children’s book series featuring Cornelius Rabbit of Tang, a beloved character living near Ballymahon, County Longford, with tales… €195.00 |
 | FLYNN, Mary. Cornelius in Charge. Illustrated by Eileen Coghlan. Dublin & Cork: The Talbot Press, 1946. First edition. Royal octavo. pp. 128. Quarter blue linen on pictorial boards. A very good copy. Rare. Mary Flynn is the author of the classic children’s book series featuring Cornelius Rabbit of Tang, a beloved character living near Ballymahon, County Longford, with tales… €195.00 |
 | GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [IN SUPERB LONDON BINDING] London: Harrap, 1929. First trade edition in the publisher’s special deluxe binding. Quarto. Bound in full Persian crushed olive morocco. Upper cover framed by double gilt fillets enclosing onlay pictorial decoration based on Rackham’s frontispiece, entitled ‘An epitaph for my wife’, a scene from the drawing-room outlined in gilt with… €950.00 |
 | GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, n.d. [c.1915]. Large quarto. pp. [10], 312. Publisher’s blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, with the original pictorial dust jacket and publisher’s protective wrapper. Twelve full-page colour plates by Arthur Rackham mounted on grey art paper with captioned… €295.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. The Blessed Trinity of Ireland [LIMITED TO 50 COPIES ONLY] Stories of St. Brigit, St. Columcille and St. Patrick. Put Down Here for Posterity by Lady Gregory According to the Old Writings and the Memory of the People of Ireland. With hand-coloured illustrations by Margaret Gregory. Gerrard’s Cross: Colin Smythe, 1985. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 63. Specially bound by… €875.00 |
 | GRIMM, Jakob & Wilhelm. Shídhe-Sgéalta Ghrimm. Cochaillín Dearg. Pádraig Ó Moghráin, d’aistrigh. Illustrated by Marion King. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair, n. d. (c. 1940). Medium octavo. pp. 95. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Very scarce. €125.00 |
 | 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. 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 |
 | HALL, Mrs. S.C. Midsummer Eve : A Fairy Tale of Loving and Being Loved (With signed photograph of the author) Illustrated. London: John Camden Hotten, 1870. pp. [8], 270, [12] leaves of plates. Mauve blind-stamped cloth over bevelled boards, title “”Midsummer Eve”” within gilt vignette of flowers, angels, fairies and shamrocks on upper cover. Lower cover has sub-title “”A fairy tale of love”” within similar frame. Title “”Midsummer Eve””, author… €475.00 |
 | HAMILTON, Edwin. The Moderate Man and Other Verses. Illustrated by Harry Furniss (Inscribed by the Author) London: Ward and Downey, Publishers, 1888. First Edition. Small quarto. pp. 107. Publisher’s original pictorial dark teal cloth, upper cover and spine elaborately lettered and decorated in gilt with comic vignette illustration to upper board, rear cover with blind-stamped monogram deviceA very good copy overall. Binding bright and attractive with… €175.00 |
 | 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 |
 | HUGHES, Thomas. The Scouring of the White Horse or the Long Vacation Ramble of a London Clerk. By the author of “Tom Brown’s School Days.” Illustrated by Richard Doyle. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. and 23 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1859. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. xi, [1], 228, 16 (Macmillan List). Bound in late nineteenth century full pale blue morocco, covers framed by triple gilt fillets, with… €475.00 |
 | IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. With a foreword by Joseph Jefferson. Erie County, New York: Published by Roycroft Press, East Aurora, February, 1905. Tall slim octavo. pp. xviii, 48, [3]. Printed in three colours on Holland handmade paper with Roycroft watermark. Bound in limp green suede impressed in blind; moiré silk endpapers. Some sun tanning. Exceedingly rare. A fine copy. COPAC… €350.00 |
 | JOYCE, P.W., LL.D.; SULLIVAN, A.M.; NUNAN, P.D. Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland. Part I; Coats of Arms of Leading Irish Families by P. Murphy. With four hundred & eighty coloured plates of eleven hundred Irish families. Part II; A Comprehensive Delineation of the thirty-two counties, with a beautifully coloured map of each, arranged alphabetically, showing over 11,000 cities, towns, villages and places… €375.00 |
 | KING, Marion. ABC na Gaedhilge. Illustrated. Átha Cliath: Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1946. Quarto. An Dara Cló. pp. 20. Coloured pictorial wrappers. A very good copy. Rare. JISC locates 3 copies only BL, NLW and TCD. Marion King was a cartoonist, illustrator and painter on glass. Born in Trim, County Meath, she spent much of… €275.00 |
 | KIPLING, Rudyard. If— (First edition of Kipling’s most celebrated poem) London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, St. Martin’s Street, 1915. Small octavo. pp. 4 + publisher’s adverts. Printed wrappers within a double-ruled border, stitched as issued. Light toning and a few marginal stains to lower leaves, otherwise a very good, clean copy of this fragile wartime pamphlet. Issued by Macmillan in… €750.00 |
 | KIPLING, Rudyard. If. Decorative broadside poem. [Joliet, Illinois: P.F. Volland Co., c.1910]. Decorative colour-printed broadside featuring Rudyard Kipling’s celebrated poem If, first published in Rewards and Fairies in 1910. The text is enclosed within an elaborate Art Nouveau border of Celtic-inspired interlacing, scrollwork, and geometric ornament printed in shades of blue, gold, green, orange and cream. Copyright notice at foot reads: “From… €350.00 |
 | KIPLING, Rudyard. The Jungle Book. The Second Jungle Book. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E. Two volumes. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929/1930. Octavo. pp. (1) xiii, [iii], 305 (2) [ix], 324. Title with red and black ruled border. Bound in full crushed brown morocco, covers framed by quadruple gilt fillets with large flower tool in corners. Spine divided into six… €475.00 |
 | KIPLING, Rudyard. The Two Jungle Books. Illustrations, including colour frontispiece, by J. Lockwood Kipling and W.H. Drake. London: Macmillan and Company, 1926. Second printing of the thin paper edition first issued in 1924. Octavo. pp vi, 576. Publishers’ de luxe binding of full red morocco, elephants in gilt on upper cover, title and gilt decoration on… €275.00 |
 | LEVER, Charles. Charles O’Malley. The Irish Dragoon. With sixteen illustrations by Arthur Rackham [ILLUSTRATED BY RACKHAM IN SUPERB BINDING] London: Service & Paton, 1897. Crown octavo. pp. x, 628, 2 (publisher’s list). Full polished calf by Bayntum. Spine divided into six panels by five gilt raised bands, title and volume number on contrasting red and brown morocco labels in the second and fourth, the remainder elaborately tooled in gilt… €675.00 |
 | LYNCH, Patricia. The Turf-Cutter’s Donkey Goes Visiting. The Story of an Island Holiday. Illustrated by George Altendorf. London: Dent, 1935. First edition. pp. Crown octavo. viii, 247. Pictorial cream cloth with a drawing by George Altendorf. Some mild foxing. A very good copy. Illustrated with four colour plates, sixteen line drawings, pictorial endpapers and upper cover by George Altendorf. €185.00 |
 | LYNCH, Patricia. The Turf-Cutter’s Donkey. An Irish story of Mystery and Adventure. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats. London: Dent, 1940. Post octavo. pp. viii, 245, [2]. Pictorial cream cloth with a drawing by Jack B. Yeats on upper cover. A fine copy in very rare coloured pictorial dust jacket. Patricia Lynch (1898-1972), children’s author, was born in Cork. The family moved to London following… €245.00 |
 | LYNCH, Patricia. The Turf-Cutters Donkey Kicks Up His Heels. [SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY] Illustrated by Winifred Bromhall. Published by New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1939. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 246. Yellow cloth, titled in green. Signed presentation copy from Patricia Lynch to Peg and Matt, dated June, 1939. €285.00 |
 | Mac PIARAIS, Pádraic. Íosagán agus Sgéalta Eile. Beatrice Elvery do Mhaisigh. Dublin: Connradh na Gaedhilge, n.d. [c.1908]. Post octavo. pp. [iv], 117, [1]. Grey pictorial wrappers. With the four colour plates and other illustrations by Beatrice Elvery. Repair to spine. A good copy. Pearse wrote several short stories in Irish, of which the best- known was perhaps ‘Íosagán’, his stories helped pioneer modern prose writing… €285.00 |