 | Sold OutATWOOD, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. (Signed first edition) Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. pp. 311. Octavo. First edition. Qtr linen on grey boards. With signed bookplate by Atwood, from publisher Houghton Mifflin Company. A good copy in fine dust-jacket. Signed first editions of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood are highly sought-after by collectors, literature enthusiasts, and fans of dystopian fiction. First published […] €575.00 |
 | 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 and sound. A very attractive […] €295.00 |
 | Sold OutAUSTEN, Jane. The Novels Of Jane Austen, Sense And Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey And Persuasion, Minor Works. London: Oxford University Press, 1989. Bound in navy morocco with medallion portrait of Austen in gilt on each volume with top edges in gilt. Titles in gilt on spines with tooling on upper covers. Housed in protective slip-case. A very good set. [WR Top] €275.00 |
 | BINCHY, Maeve. Maeve’s Diary: From Maeve Binchy’s column in the ‘Irish Times.’ Dublin: Published by Irish Times Ltd, 1979. First edition. Octavo. pp. 118. Pictorial wrappers. Ex libris Dalgan Park with shelf number. A fine copy. Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in Ireland, […] €50.00 |
 | BINCHY, Maeve. The Copper Beech (Signed first edition) London: Orion, 1992. First edition. pp. 345. Octavo. Quarter linen on blue cloth boards. Fine in fine dust-jacket [L3 6F] €125.00 |
 | 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 closed tears to edges, otherwise […] €250.00 |
 | BOLAND, Eavan. Limitations (Signed limited edition) New York: Dim Gray Bar Press, 2000. Tall narrow octavo (c. 27 × 10 cm). [12] pp. Set in Goudy Thirty monotype by M & H Type, San Francisco, and printed letterpress on Iyo Glazed paper. Sewn into printed Rossi Medieval Chant wrappers evoking early Gregorian notation. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies, signed by […] €350.00 |
 | Bourke-White, Margaret. A Collection of Light Original 35mm Slides of Iconic Photographs. Including the famous front cover of the first Issue of Life Magazine. United States, c.1960s. Eight 35mm positive transparencies in professional archival mounts (each labelled with title, date of original photograph, and institutional catalogue code “PHO 20TH C US”). Red archival stamp to each mount. In very good. Transparencies clean, colours strong, mounts uniformly labelled […] €850.00 |
 | BOWE, Nicola Gordon. Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art. Illustrated. Mountrath: Dolmen Press & Los Angeles: H. Keith Burns, 1983. First. 4to. pp. 160. Fine in fine illustrated dust-jacket. [L3] €95.00 |
 | Sold OutBOWE, Nicola Gordon. The Life and Work of Harry Clarke [LIMITED EDITION OF 50 COPIES ONLY] Prix de la Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Oeuvres d’Art 1984. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions and several groups of full colour plates. Dublin: I.A.P., 1989. First edition. Quarto. pp. xxix, 301. Edition limited to 50 copies, out of series. Bound in half morocco on marbled boards by Kennys of Galway. Spine with […] €575.00 |
 | BOWEN, Elizabeth. Seven Winters. Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1942. Octavo. pp. 57, [2]. Quarter linen on paper boards, upper cover lettered in black, paper letterpiece along spine. One of 450 numbered [32] copies. In very good condition. Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973), novelist, was born in Dublin. Educated in Kent, she went to London to live and was part of the […] €185.00 |
 | Bush, Kate. How To Be Invisible (Signed first edition) London: Faber & Faber, 2018. First edition, first printing, the number line ending in “1”. Square 8vo. pp. xxix, 192. Publisher’s original black cloth boards lettered in silver and bronze to upper cover and spine. A fine copy. An exceptional signed first edition of Kate Bush’s celebrated collection of lyrics, gathering together more than one […] €950.00 |
 | BUSH, Kate. How To Be Invisible. Selected Lyrics. Signed Edition. London: Faber & Faber, 2023. First paperback signed edition. Octavo. pp. [viii], 192. Original pictorial wrappers with “Signed by the Author” roundel to upper cover. A fine signed copy of the 2023 trade paperback edition, issued by Faber in a limited signed release. Condition: A fine, unread copy with no creasing or wear. Signature bright […] €475.00 |
 | 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. Title in gilt along spine. […] €1,500.00 |
![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. Leonard on front pastedown. A […] €375.00 |
 | CONLON, Lil. Cumann na mBan and the Women of Ireland: 1913-25. Illustrated. Kilkenny: Printed by the Kilkenny People, 1969. Crown octavo. First edition. pp. viii, [5], 312. Pictorial wrappers. Some mild foxing to upper cover. A very good copy. Scarce. This book was written “as a tribute to those Women, organised and unorganised, who rendered such gallant and heroic assistance during the years 1913-1925, and of […] €175.00 |
 | CROMMELIN, Maria Henrietta de la Cherois. Orange Lily. [A novel.] By M. Crommelin author of “Queenie”, “My Love She’s but a Lassie” “A Jewel of a Girl”. London: George Routledge & Sons, New York: 416 Broome Street, 1880. pp. 374, 12. Pictorial green papered boards. Ex libris with stamp. Minor wear to extremities, otherwise a nice copy. COPAC locates 4 copies only. No copy on WorldCat. Loeber C498. Maria Henrietta de la Cherois Crommelin, known as May de la Cherois Crommelin, (1850-1930), […] €375.00 |
![CUSACK, M.F. [The Nun of Kenmare] The Liberator: his Life and Times, Political and Social. Two](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CUSACK.-Liberator-610x813.webp "CUSACK, M.F. [The Nun of Kenmare] The Liberator: his Life and Times, Political and Social. Two volumes.") | Sold OutCUSACK, M.F. [The Nun of Kenmare] The Liberator: his Life and Times, Political and Social. Two volumes. Illustrated. Kenmare: Kenmare Publications, n.d. [1872]. Octavo. pp. (1) xlviii, 354, 23, (2) viii, 355-774, 16 (list of subscribers and Kenmare Publishing Catalogue). Bound by Galwey of Dublin in green cloth decorated in black over bevelled boards. Covers with an intricate interlaced Celtic design border in black with the arms of the four provinces in […] €325.00 |
 | CUSACK, M.F. A History of The Irish Nation. Social, Ecclesiastical, Biographical, Industrial and Antiquarian (In fine binding) Illustrated. London: J.G. Murdoch, 41 Castle Street, Holborn, [1876]. First edition. Large quarto. pp. viii, 968. pp. xvi, 956, [18 (unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations, portraits)]. Additional engraved titlepage. Handsomely bound in contemporary half green morocco, spine richly decorated with gilt harps and shamrocks, title in gilt on red label, name of Sgt. James O’Malley, […] €750.00 |
 | CUSACK, M.F. A History of The Irish Nation. Social, Ecclesiastical, Biographical, Industrial and Antiquarian. Illustrated. London: J.G. Murdoch, 41 Castle Street, Holborn, [1876]. First edition. Large quarto. pp. viii, 968. pp. xvi, 956, [18 (unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations, portraits)]. Additional engraved titlepage. Handsomely bound in full contemporary morocco, richly decorated in gilt and blind to covers and spine, with elaborate Celtic and heraldic panels, the upper cover featuring […] €950.00 |
 | CUSACK, M.F. An Illustrated History of Ireland: from the Earliest Period. WESTPORT HOUSE COPY WITH THE EARL OF ALTAMONT BOOKPLATE With historical illustrations by Henry Doyle. With coloured half-title and three folding maps. London: Longmans, Green, 1869. Octavo. Third edition. pp. [vi], 671. Bound in contemporary full green morocco. Covers elaborately tooled in gilt with a blind floral roll enclosing in the centre a gold shield with a harp, surmounted by a crown and legend […] €475.00 |
 | Sold OutCUSACK, M.F. The Case of Ireland Stated; A Plea for my People and my Race. Dublin: Gill, 1881. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. [xviii], 414, lv. Mauve cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover and on rebacked spine. some occasional foxing, cover faded. A good copy. JISC locates the Bodleian copy only. The Struggle for the Land; Landlord and Tenant; Irish Outrages and Cause; Social Relations between Landlord and Tenant; […] €75.00 |
 | CUSACK, M.F. The Life of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland. Kenmare Series Lives of Irish Saints. Illustrated with numerous engravings. London: Longmans Green. Dublin: Elwood. Boston: Donohoe. Australia: Robertson: 1871. Quarto. pp. xii, 656. Pages printed within decorated boards. With engraved half title depicting the Church and Convent at Kenmare. Gilt decorated mauve cloth over bevelled boards. Some mild foxing. All edges gilt. A very good copy. Scarce. [Cat 161] €275.00 |
 | CUSACK, M.F. The Story of My Life. With portrait from a photo by Elliott & Fry. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1893. Third edition. Octavo. pp. xi, [1], 403, [2]. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Occasional foxing. A very good copy. Very scarce. Margaret Anne Cusack (1832-1899) social activist, feminist, writer was born into an aristocratic background in Dublin. Also known as Sister Mary Francis Cusack and Mother Margaret, was […] €225.00 |
 | CUSACK, M.F. The Story of My Life. With portrait. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1893. Third edition. Octavo. pp. xi, [1], 403, [2]. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Occasional foxing. Wanting portrait. A very good copy. Very scarce. [Cat 161] €265.00 |
 | CUSACK, M.F. Woman’s Work in Modern Society. Kenmare: Kenmare Publications, 1875. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. xii, 373, [1], 6 (Publisher’s List). Green cloth over bevelled boards, title in gilt on upper cover and spine. Some mild spotting to prelims and fore-edge. Presentation inscription and neat library stamp ‘Convent Poor Servants of the Mother of God’ on front free endpaper. A very […] €265.00 |
 | CUSACK, Sister M.F. The Liberator His Life and Times, Political and Social. (In fine binding with signature) Illustrated. Kenmare Publications. New York: Sadleir, [1872]. Quarto. pp. xlviii, [2], 803. Full brown morocco. Upper cover elaborately decorated in gilt to a panel design, enclosing in the centre a gilt oval portrait of Daniel O’Connell, surrounded with portraits of Grattan, Burke, Curran and Doyle. With tipped-In signature of Daniel O’Connelldated 28-March-1833. Spine divided into […] €1,750.00 |
 | DE CELTIS [M. Louise O’Byrne] The Pale and the Septs, or, The Baron of Belgard and The Chiefs of Glenmalure. A Romance of the Sixteenth Century. By Emelobie De Celtis. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1876. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 906. Green blind-stamped cloth, title in gilt within an armorial shield on spine. A fine copy. Loeber O51. Allibone Suppl., ii, p.1186; Brown, p. 234. M. Louise O’BYRNE, (known as M.L. O’Byrne), pseud. ‘Emilobie de Celtis’, fl. 1876. Historical novelist. She was a Catholic […] €375.00 |
 | Sold OutDE VALERA, Sinéad. The Verdant Valley, and other stories. SIGNED BY SINÉAD & EAMON DE VALERA Illustrated by John Skelton. Dublin: Fallons, n.d. [1960s]. pp. 96. Pictorial boards. Signed on front endpaper by the author, Sinéad and her husband, Eamon De Valera. Typed biography of Eamon on front pastedown. Previous owner’s signature. Light stain to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy in frayed dust jacket. Copies signed jointly by Sinéad and […] €275.00 |
 | EDGEWORTH, Maria. Moral Tales. New edition, complete in one volume. With three plates with designs by Harvey. London: Simkin, Marshall … and Tegg, 1856. 12mo. Bound in full crimson morocco, covers elaborately decorated in gilt to a floral and panel design. Spine divided into six panels by five raised bands, title in gilt direct in the second, the remainder elaborately tooled in gilt; cream endpapers; red and gold endbands; purple silk marker. […] €575.00 |
 | EDGEWORTH, Maria. Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces. Fourteen volumes. London: Printed for B. Hunter, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy … J. Duncan, Smith and Elder, 1825. The first collected edition. Small octavo. Engraved titlepages, with half titles. Sumptuously bound in contemporary full straight-grained crimson morocco, covers framed by double gilt fillets and a wide floral roll; turn-ins gilt; gilt decorated spines; green endbands. All edges […] €2,250.00 |
 | 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 Gore-Booth (1870-1926), poet, dramatist, suffragist, […] €875.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. Coole. Completed from the manuscript and edited by Colin Smythe, with a foreword by Edward Malins. Dolmen Editions X. Dublin: Dolmen, 1971. pp. 107. Folio. Quarter cream linen on paper boards, title in gilt on spine. Occasional mild foxing to prelims. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Miller 180.A fuller edition including extra material not in the Cuala edition. The endpapers are from an engraving of a cross-section of Coole […] €95.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. Hugh Lane’s Life and Achievement, with some account of the Dublin Galleries. (Rare in Dust-Jacket) London: John Murray, 1921. Illustrated. Octavo. pp. 290. First edition. Publishers green cloth. Label with title on spine. A very good copy in repaired dust-jacket. [L3 6F] €275.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. Hugh Lane’s Life and Achievement, with Some Account of the Dublin Galleries [PRESENTATION COPY WITH ALS FROM COOLE PARK TO LADY MARGOT ASQUITH] Illustrated. Portrait on frontispiece. London: John Murray, 1921. First edition. Octavo. pp. xv, 290, 6 (publisher’s list). Worn grey cloth. Presentation copy with ALS from Lady Gregory to Mrs. [Margot Asquith] in envelope laid on front pastedown. A well read copy. A good copy with a very interesting letter. A very good Autograph Letter Signed from Lady Gregory […] €1,450.00 |
 | 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 Des Smith and Des Breen […] €875.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. The Image and Other Plays. London & New York: Putnam’s, 1922. First American edition. Crown octavo. pp. iii, [1], 253. Blue cloth, title on printed label on spine. A very good copy. [Porch E] €145.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. The Kiltartan History Book. Illustrated with coloured plates by Robert Gregory. Dublin: Maunsel, 1909. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. viii, 52, 4 (publisher’s list). Quarter coarse linen on blue papered boards, title on printed label on spine. Brown printed wrappers. Occasional light spotting and darkening to spine. A very good copy. The folk-history of the Kiltartan poor, illustrated by […] €165.00 |
 | GRUBB, Sarah. Some Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb. With an Appendix containing an Account of Ackworth School, Observations on Christian Discipline, and Extracts from many of her Letters. Dublin: R. Jackson, No. 20, Meath-Street, 1792. 12mo. pp. 435. Modern full sprinkled calf gilt. Signature of John Gardner on front endpaper, dated 1793, with later signature of Geo. D. Parrish. A very good copy. Rare. Edited by and sometimes attributed to Lindley Murray. Sarah Grubb, 1756-1790, was born at York in England of a […] €265.00 |
![HALL, Mrs. S. C. [Anna Maria Hall]. Sketches of Irish Character.](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/HALL.-Sketches-610x813.webp "HALL, Mrs. S. C. [Anna Maria Hall]. Sketches of Irish Character.") | HALL, Mrs. S. C. [Anna Maria Hall]. Sketches of Irish Character. Illustrated Edition. London: How and Parsons, 1842. Illustrated edition. Octavo. pp. xii, 384. Contemporary green cloth elaborately blocked in blind, rebacked preserving the original gilt-decorated spine with red morocco title label. Some light foxing to preliminary leaves and occasional scattered spotting, otherwise internally clean and bright. A very good copy. A charming and influential collection […] €125.00 |
 | HARRY, Debbie. Face It. [Signed limited edition, specially produced by the publisher] New York: Dey Street Books, 2019. Illustrated. First edition. pp. 352. Signed by the author on a special publisher’s page in silver pen. No dust jacket as issued. Pictorial boards. “Signed Copy” label to front board. [WR] €275.00 |
 | HIGHSMITH, Patricia. RIPLEY TRILOGY FOLIO (3 VOLUMES) Illustrated by Tom Burns. London: Folio Society. 2011 Contains: The Talented Mr Ripley; Ripley Under Ground; and Ripley’s Game. Grey pictorial paper boards. A fine set contained in publisher’s slipcase. Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was an American novelist known for her psychological thrillers and crime novels. She gained fame with her debut novel, “Strangers on a Train” (1950), which was […] €275.00 |
 | Sold OutHUTTON, Mary A. The Táin. Illustrated by Seaghan MacCathmhaoil (John Campbell) )Presentation Stamp from the Author to front free endpaper) ILLUSTRATED BY SEAGHÁN MAC CATHMHAOIL Dublin: [1948]. pp. xii, 495, [6 (leaves of plates)]. Decorative titlepage. Small quarto. Publisher’s brown cloth with black Celtic pattern and titles to upper board and spine. Ex libris with neat circular stamps. “This volume / has been presented by the author / Mrs Mary A. Hutton, / D. Litt. […] €575.00 |
 | KILROY, Patricia. Fall of the Gaelic Lords. 1534-1616. Dublin: By Éamonn De Búrca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 2008. Royal octavo. pp. x, 192. Illustrated. Fine in illustrated dust jacket. No period in Irish history is quite so full of drama, heroism and tragedy as the eighty-odd years from the mid 16th to the early 17th centuries: the age of the fall of the […] €30.00 |
 | 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 her early life with her […] €275.00 |
 | Sold OutKING, Marion. Nodlaig. Illustrated. Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, n.d. pp. 48. Coloured pictorial wrappers. A very good copy. [L3 3A] €275.00 |
 | LAVIN, Mary. The Becker Wives and Other Stories. London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 223. Red cloth, titled in silver. A near fine copy in fine unclipped dust jacket. The first edition of this collection of short stories from Katherine Mansfield Prize winning author Mary Lavin, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of Irish writer Mary […] €75.00 |
 | LYNCH, Patricia. Eibhlín agus Séamus. Maighread nic Mhaicín a rinne an leagan Gaedhilge. George Altendorf a rinne na pictiúirí. Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig an tSoláthair, 1942. Crown octavo. An chéad Chló. pp. 339. Red papered boards, titled in black. A very good copy. Scarce. [L3 3F] €65.00 |
 | 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 her father’s death and she […] €245.00 |
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