 | WALSH, Fr. Paul. The Four Masters and Their Work WALSH, Fr. Paul. The Four Masters and Their Work. Dublin: At the Sign of the Three Candles, 1944. pp. [vi], 41, 2 (index), + erratum. Stiff brown paper wrappers. Title printed on paper label on upper cover, light spotting to label. Owner’s signature on half title. A very good copy. Scarce. Father Paul Walsh’s name […] €150.00 |
 | 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 human body as well as […] €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 principal songwriter of Thin Lizzy. […] €750.00 |
 | STOKES, Margaret. Notes on the Cross of Cong. Illustrated with two chromo-lithographs and two cuts STOKES, Margaret. Notes on the Cross of Cong. Illustrated with two chromo-lithographs and two cuts. Dublin: Printed at the Dublin University Press by Ponsonby and Weldrick for Private Circulation, 1895. Quarto. pp. [4], 12, 2 (lithographs). Quarter blue linen on original boards, printed in red and black. Inoffensive water stain to corner of upper cover. […] €675.00 |
 | 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 writing his signature beneath in […] €850.00 |
 | LEWIS, R: The Post Chaise Companion: or Traveller’s Directory through Ireland (HAND-COLOURED COPY) Containing a new and accurate Description of the Direct and principal Cross Roads, with particulars of the Noblemen & Gentlemen’s Seats, Cities, Towns, Parks, Natural Curiosities, Antiquities, Castles, Ruins, Manufactures, Locks, Glens, Harbours, &c. &c. Forming an Historical & Descriptive Account of the Kingdom. To which is added, A Dictionary, or Alphabetical Tables. Shewing the […] €1,250.00 |
 | O’HIGGINS, Brian. Ten Golden Years Ago. A Little Memorial of Easter Week, 1916. Illustrated. Dublin: Brian Ó hUiginn, 1926. pp. 60, [1 (publisher’s list)]. Very good in illustrated wraps. [L4 10 A] €250.00 |
 | 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 accompanying ephemera; the outer presentation […] €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 is in West Saxon but […] €450.00 |
 | COLLINS, Michael. Typed Letter Signed in Irish (“Mícheál Ó Coileáin”) as Minister for Finance of Dáil Éireann, concerning the National Loan. Department of Finance, Mansion House, Dublin, 21 July 1920. One page, quarto, on official bilingual Dáil Éireann / Department of Finance letterhead, dated 21 July 1920, signed in ink “Mícheál Ó Coileáin” as Aire Airgid (Minister for Finance). Addressed to Mr J. P. Cooney, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Collins formally acknowledges receipt of £255 5s. sterling, requests the relevant application forms covering the subscription, and […] €5,750.00 |
 | NEARY, Rev. John. Notes on Cong and the Neale. Revised and enlarged edition. With map and illustrations. Dundalk: Dundalgan, 1938. Crown octavo. pp. 80. Printed wrappers with image of the Cross of Cong on upper cover. A very good copy. [Porch D] €75.00 |
 | FLEMING, Padraic. The Escape From Mountjoy and Other Prison Experiences of an Irish Volunteer Padraic Fleming (Convict E-445). Written by The Rector of an Irish College. ESCAPE FROM MOUNTJOY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MICHAEL COLLINS With a Foreword by Piaras Beaslai, T.D. New York: Reprinted by the Friends of Irish Freedom, Inc., 1920. First edition. Octavo. pp. 36. Recent wrappers with the original upper wrapper preserved. A very good copy. Exceedingly rare. No copy located on JISC. A rare contemporary account […] €475.00 |
 | COLUM, Padraic. Arthur Griffith (Inscribed by Mulcahy and Colum with letter from Richard Mulcahy) Dublin: Browne & Nolan, 1959. First edition. Octavo. pp. xvi, 400. Green cloth, titled in gilt. Signed by the author. Presentation copy inscribed by Richard Mulcahy (Risteárd Ua Maolchatha) to Alice Lyons: “To Alice, 4.12.59, a hot cake, from the oven.” Loosely inserted is a two-page autograph letter signed from Mulcahy to “Dear Alice”, discussing […] €1,500.00 |
 | 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 Richard Mulcahy (1886–1971), one of […] €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, dated Nollaig (Christmas) 1937. One […] €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 cloth, elaborately blocked in gilt […] €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 full red crushed morocco, boards […] €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 Lynch’s reflections on creativity, Transcendental […] €750.00 |
 | G.A.A. All-Ireland Football Championship Finals Programme, 1981. Kerry and Offaly GAA – ALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL FINAL, 1981 Kerry v Offaly. Official Programme. Dublin: Gaelic Athletic Association, 20 September 1981. Illustrated throughout, including team line-ups and diagrams of player positions. Original pictorial wrappers featuring the Sam Maguire Cup and the crests of Kerry and Offaly. A very good copy. Official programme for the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football […] €65.00 |
 | COLUM, Padraic. The Frenzied Prince: being Heroic Stories of Ancient Ireland. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1943. Quarto. First edition. pp. 196. Green cloth, embossed in gilt. A fine copy in very good rare dust jacket. [L3 6C] €295.00 |
 | O’CASEY, Sean. Songs of the Wren – Humorous and Sentimental – New Series No I. Dublin, Fergus O’Connor, circa 1918. Octavo. Single printed sheet folded (pp. 8). A very good unopened copy of this scarce early work by a leading Irish dramatist of the 20th Century. Sean O’Casey (1880-1964), playwright, born in Dublin into a working class family and christened John Casey. His father’s death in 1886 plunged the family […] €275.00 |
 | 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 early twentieth century edition of […] €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 issued to commemorate the historic […] €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 dust jacket. Slocum & Cahoon […] €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 with bright silver lettering and […] €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 the page edges, as often […] €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 crisp, free from inscriptions or […] €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 crisp and clean with only […] €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 champion, but as a global […] €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 clean and bright with the […] €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 bands, black morocco spine labels […] €6,450.00 |
 | IRISH LAND IMPROVEMENT – Irish Land Improvement Acts (1). An Act for the improvement of landed property in Ireland. 10 Vict.cap.32. [1847]. Demy octavo. pp. 29, [1]. Title from caption. Imprint from colophon. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. COPAC with 1 location only. (2). Act to Facilitate the Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland. Instructions to Persons Employed […] €1,250.00 |
 | 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. A handsome American first edition […] €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 to the Irish views of […] €150.00 |
 | Bacon’s Jigsaw Map of Ireland. Counties in colour. A SCARCE EDUCATIONAL JIGSAW MAP OF IRELAND London: Bacon, [c. 1900]. Printed on paper, mounted on wood and dissected into 12 pieces, with inset map of Dublin and Belfast. Browning to edges, otherwise very good. 205 x 160mm. Rare. For over two centuries jigsaw puzzles were one of the best loved games with children and […] €375.00 |
 | Large Panoramic View of the City of Dublin. Being number 1 of a series of views of the principal capitals in Europe. Coloured. Originally published in London, from the Illustrated London News, 1846. Large oblong ma. Now reprinted by Philip Maddock in Barrington Rhode Island. 380 x 1080mm. Framed and glazed. In fine condition. Scarce. One of the most attractive nineteenth-century views of Dublin, this magnificent bird’s-eye panorama presents the city from an elevated perspective, allowing the principal public buildings, streets, bridges, and landmarks to be seen in […] €850.00 |
 | A Map of Ireland. By Herman Moll. Divided into Provinces, Counties and Baronies, wherein are distinguished the Bishoprics, Borroughs, Barracks, Bogs, Passes, Bridges, &c. with the Principal Roads and common Reputed Miles. According to the Newest and most Exact Observations by Herman Moll, Geographer. 64 x 120cms (map); 84 x 127cms (frame). London: Printed for H. Moll, over-against Devereux-Court in ye Strand, L. Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. P. Overton Map & Printseller near St. Dunstan’s Church, Fleetstreet, and T. Bowles, Print & Mapseller, next […] €1,250.00 |
 | The Kingdom of Ireland by Robert Morden. Engraved map with contemporary or early outline hand-colouring. Counties are clearly delineated and named, with an extensive network of towns, cities, boundaries, rivers, roads, woods, settlements, islands. Title within decorative cartouche. Scale in Irish and English miles. Lines of latitude and longitude. 125mm x 140mm. Sold by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchill, [1695]. 36 x 43cms (map). Coloured in outline. Framed and glazed. In fine condition. JISC locates the Bodleian and RGS copies only. Bonar Law 42. Dated from the earliest […] €375.00 |
 | Eryn. Hiberniae, Britannicae Insula, Nova Descriptio. Irlandt. Cum Priuilegio. 1588. [A new description of Eryn (or) Ireland, a British island. Ireland. Original hand-coloured engraved map with Latin text on verso from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.With privilege]. 480 x 360mm. Framed and glazed. Antwerp: Circa 1588. In fine condition. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), the celebrated Flemish cartographer and geographer, transformed the study of geography with the publication […] €1,850.00 |
 | LEWIS, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Three volumes, including Atlas. Comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate, market & post towns, parishes & villages, with historical and statistical descriptions; embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishoprics, corporate towns, and boroughs; and the seals of the several municipal corporations. Together with: Lewis’ Atlas of the Counties of Ireland. Three volumes. London: Published by […] €775.00 |
 | Irish Map: Neville (Arthur), cartographer. Map of Stillorgan Park, the Property of James Price Esq An important original manuscript estate map, surveyed in June 1833, executed in ink and original hand-colouring on linen, with title cartouche and extensive manuscript tables recording tenants in possession, lessees, acreage and observations. The survey depicts the demesne, cottages, gardens, fields and adjoining lands along Newtown Road and Carysfort Avenue, together with a contemporary manuscript […] €1,450.00 |
 | CARRICKFERGUS – Capt. Greenville Collins. A hand-coloured map of Carreck Fergus Lough and surrounding coastline by Capt. Greenville Collins, n.d. [1693]. To the most Potent and Heroick Prince William the III of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & c. This is most humbly Dedicated and Presented by Your Majes. most Dutifull and Loyall Subject & Servant Capt. G: Collins. Depicted are towns, mountains, woods, rivers, fortifications, hills, islands and headlands, a […] €575.00 |
 | 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 captures the essence of the […] €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, first published in 1996. The […] €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 The Commitments, a band with […] €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 of the most sought-after of […] €175.00 |
 | BARRY, Commandant General Tom. Guerilla Days in Ireland (Signed first edition by Tom Barry in rare dust-jacket) Dublin: Irish Press Limited, 1949. First edition. Octavo. pp. 228. Blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with sixteen photographic plates and two folding maps. A particularly desirable association copy, inscribed by Tom Barry on the front free endpaper: “Cork. 11.9.1954. On the occasion of the visit of […] €875.00 |
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