Dublin: O'Donoghue & Co., 1904. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's paper-covered boards, printed paper label mounted to upper cover; 56pp.; frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats. Spine entirely perished, boards a bit rubbed and faintly dampstained, upper cover label darkened; overall Good, internally sound. Includes poetry by Padraic Colum..... More
![Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion [William McSherry's Copy]. Anonymous,...](/pictures/thumb/7358.jpg?v=1601133589)
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First American Edition. Small octavo; publisher's cloth, printed paper spine label; viii,[13]-328pp. Some shelf wear, especially at spine ends, spine cloth toned and label's text mostly effaced, light foxing throughout textblock, else Very Good and sound. Pencil and ink ownership inscription of..... More
Dublin: Published by Colm O Lochlainn at the Three Candles, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's red simulated cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xi, [1], 509pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, folding map plate bound in rear. Ex-Lancaster Theological Seminary with their usual markings, spine rather sunned, corners bumped, else Very Good..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Portland: Four Courts Press, 2012. Printed dustjacket over black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. 200p. Jacket is clean and crisp with very light shelfwear but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More
New York: John S. Taylor & Co., 1844. Second American Edition. 12mo (16cm.); publisher's blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xiv,[15]-322pp. Boards rather scuffed at extremities with some exposure at corners and spine ends, foxing to text block, else Very Good, internally sound. Anti-Catholic historical novel of the 1689 Siege of..... More
Ann Arbor: Her-Self, Inc. June 1972. Newsprint periodical (11.5 x 8.5 inches); [16] pp. Black and white illustrations. Minor edgewear. Unfolds to tabloid format. Second-wave feminist newspaper featuring articles about contraception, women and credit cards, profiles of local women, ERA updates, and instructions for how to change a fuse. More
![The Little Red Chairs: A Novel [Signed]. Edna O'Brien](/pictures/thumb/7340.jpg?v=1600875881)
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2015. Stated First North American Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; [xiv], 299 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $27.00 price intact; book in blindstamped creame cloth with red foil lettering to spine. Jacket is clean..... More
London: John Streater, 1659. First Edition. Quarto (26cm); removed; 4pp. [A2]; printer's emblem to title page, text printed almost entirely in blackletter. Slightly ex-library with tiny faint de-accession stamp to A2 verso, title page torn horizontally across with later fairly expert repair though with small loss affecting emblem, the whole..... More
![The Real Charlotte [Signed]. dith, OE Somerville, Martin Ross, pseud. Violet Martin](/pictures/thumb/6554.jpeg?v=1594923645)
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1928. New Impression. Signed twice by Somerville -- once on front free endpaper with inscription, "To Josephine Choate Perkins, with love from Scortha, and E. OE Somerville, June 1930," then again on title page without inscription. Scortha was Somerville's horse. Octavo. 384 pages..... More
[London]: Duckworth, [1976]. First Edition. Slim octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 128pp.; pictorial endpapers, text illus. throughout, including photographs. Small partially removed price sticker to front jacket flap, else in Fine condition. Historical and physiological account of Patrick Cotter, the "Irish Giant," whose hidden coffin was..... More
First Edition. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. Limited First Edition, privately printed for subscribers and numbered 24 of 1250 copies. Rebound by Marguerite Duprez Lahey with her "M.J.D. Lahey" stamp on bottom turn-in of front board. Octavo; 313pp. Black leather with gilt lettering to spine, gilt page edges, and..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"); [viii], 374p. Illustrated dustjacket with original $8.95 price; book in green paper-covered boards with burn orange spine and gilt lettering and yellow topstain. Jacket lightly edgeworn with some toning and a narrow band of..... More
![Nightspawn [First U.S. Edition]. John Banville](/pictures/thumb/6611.jpeg?v=1595615075)
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Ex-library with usual internal markings. Grey boards in red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is lightly chipped at extremities with some general spotting. Short closed tear to bottom..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Stated Second Printing, March 1993. Signed by the author on front free endpaper "For Tom (?), with good wishes, John McGahern, 1994." Octavo; [viii], 408pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $24.00 price intact; book in gray paper-covered boards with sage cloth spine and gilt..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2015. First Edition. Pictorial dustjacket over blue buckram with silver lettering to spine; xxxii, 321p. As new except for a slight curve to covers and a small smudge at fore-edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not an ex-library copy. More
Belfast: Co-operative Publishing Resource, [1979]. Assumed First Edition with no additional printings listed. Signed by the author on title page with inscription "With my love, respect, and fun, you are far greater than sometimes you can imagine." Side-stapled chapbook; 28pp. Printed paper covers with yin-yang illustration. Covers lightly edgeworn with..... More
Rochester, NY: Cruithne Press / Boydell & Brewer, 1994. Large Octavo. 356 pages. Illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket slightly creased at edges and crown, else fine. Binding is tight and square. Pages unmarked. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1972. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); publisher's maroon pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and grey; [2],45pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, illus. in text. Light edge wear, else Just About Fine. Book Club publication no. 142. More
![The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan [Library of English Classics]. Richard Brinsley Sheridan](/pictures/thumb/5782.jpg?v=1574773148)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. Library of English Classics. Octavo; viii, 455pp. Rebound in textured blue leather with gilt rules and red title card with gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers with gilt-ruled leather overlays, and gilt to all page edges. Binding unsigned. Boards bowing outward a bit at fore-edge..... More
![Seeing Things [Signed]. Seamus Heaney](/pictures/thumb/6333.jpg?v=1591205372)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. Stated First American Edition. Signed by the author without inscription and dated January 1992 on front free endpaper. Octavo; 107 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $19.00 price intact; book in blindstamped black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Near fine with only..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. Stated First American Edition. Signed by the author on flyleaf with inscription "To Margaret Stuart Hunter in the Folger, Seamus Heaney, April 1991." Additional gift inscription addressed to the same familiarly on front free endpaper "To Peggy - With appreciation for your service..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936. First Edition. Large Octavo. 609 pages. Printed unclipped dust jacket over green boards with gilt lettering to spine and decoration to front. Frontis of Queen Medb; black and white map of Ireland; plate of Cu Chulainn; foldout genealogical table. Jacket is..... More
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842. Four Volumes from the Fourth (British) Edition. Octavos. Lacks maps. Full contemporary sheep; five raised bands to spine; spine titled and ruled in gilt. Bookplate of Alexander Little Page Green to front pastedowns of volumes 2, 3, and 4. Appears to have been..... More