De Rebus In Hibernia Gestis. Antwerp (Christopher Plantin) 1584. First Edition. Woodcut device on title page. Pp 264, [6], errata leaf at end. Ex library copy, with stamps. Early calf binding, decorated in blind. Heavily scuffed, upper hinge weak. Fore-edges in red, contents pages in fine bright condition. Housed in collector’s solander box.
Stanihurst, Richard Richard Stanihurst was a notable Dublin intellectual, his 'De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis' is a historical work focusing on the Norman conquest of Ireland. While relying heavily on Giraldus Cambrensis' works 'Topographia Hiberniae and Expugnatio Hiberniae,' Stanihurst's language and style exhibit the influence of classical authors, particularly Cicero. Blending classical influences with historical accounts. It remains a valuable resource for understanding the Norman presence in Ireland during that pivotal period.- $1,428
- $1,428
Historical and Picturesque Guide to the River Blackwater in Munster. London: Jeremiah How, 1844. First Edition. Pp, vii, 176; with double page map of River Blackwater and its Vicinity, two pates and numerous illustrations throughout the text (full list of illustrations printed at rear along with index). Dedicated to Sir Richard Musgrave, 4 page Subscriber’s List. Ex library copy, with stamps. Rebound in light blue cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. Contents in fine bright condition. A scarce work.
O'Flanagan, James Roderick Engravings by T. Armstrong, J. T. Willmore and S. Fisher, after Francais and T. Creswick. Wood-engravings in text by T. Armstrong, T. Gilks, E. Evans, S. Sly, Landells, Green, and Wakefield, after J. C. Timbrell. James Roderick O'Flanagan was a member of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society and contributed to its journal. He died 25 March 1900 at his Fermoy residence. His historical works are useful both in their own right and as reflecting the mindset of that important and largely ignored group, the upper-middle-class catholic whigs of Victorian Ireland. [DIB]- $628
- $628
Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Brian Feeney, Seamus Kelters, David McKittrick, David McVea and Chris Thornton. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 2001. Third Impression.Revised & Updated. Pp 1648. A fine bright copy in lightly creased pictorial dust jacket.
David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney and Chris Thornton The first edition of the book details the lives of 3,636 people who died as a result of The Troubles from 1966 to 1999. This third issue updates to April, 2001. The information detailed includes the "name, date of death, location, profession, religion, age and marital status, together with a brief summary of the circumstances of the particular death."- $451
- $451
Brave New World. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First Edition. Publisher’s blue cloth boards, title & decorative motif to spine, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. Boards in near fine condition, foxing to fore-edge, vertical crease to front free endpaper, minor spotting to preliminary leaves front & rear but overall contents in fine bright condition. Dust jacket with a little loss to top right corner of front & fraying to head of spine, light spotting to flaps & upper cover, generally in very good condition.
Huxley, Aldous One of the few science fiction novels of the 1930s that was considered a major work by the critics. Alongside Orwell's 1984, Brave New World stands out as one of the classic dystopian novels of the 20th century.- $6,799
- $6,799
The Northern Muse. Claddagh Records Ltd. 1968. Vinyl album (33 1/3 rpm) in original sleeve designed by Barrie Cooke & clear plastic pouch as issued. Minimal wear to sleeve edges. Overall in fine condition. An LP released in 1969 with poets Seamus Heaney & John Montague reading a selection of their works. Heaney reads from ‘Death of a Naturalist & his forthcoming collection ‘Door into the Dark.’ With printed introductions by both poets on the back of the sleeve.
Heaney, Seamus Signed by Seamus Heaney & John Montague at their respective introductions; and additionally with a presentation inscription from Heaney to his publisher at Faber Charles Monteith: 'For Charles Monteith, in lieu of the penny payment.' Heaney's great early encourager at his publishers, Faber & Faber, was a fellow Ulsterman, Charles Monteith. Literary editor at Faber for over twenty-five years, Monteith was responsible for publishing, among others, William Golding, Samuel Beckett, John Osborne, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, P. D. James & Philip Larkin.- $451
- $451
A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. Two Volumes. London: Parker, 1862. Fifth Edition. Pp (1)xvi, 535; (2) xii, 550. Bound in full calf, spines with raised bands, compartments embellished in gilt, with itle labels to 2nd & 4th. School crest stamped in gilt to upper covers, with prize bookplate to front pastedowns. Minor scuffing but overall a very nice bright set. First published by John W. Parker in 1843.
John Stuart Mill- $657
- $657
Unforgettable Fire: The Story Of U2. London: Viking, 1987. First Edition. Pp, 320. Blue cloth boards, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. Housed in collectors’ solander box. Signed, verso front free endpaper, by all four band members & dated 1988.
Dunphy, Eamon Chronicles the early days of U2 in Dublin, their struggles to be heard against the anarchic sound of punk, their first recording contract with Island Records, their flirtation with fundamentalist Christianity, and their triumph at Live Aid where they stole the show from the legends of rock music and established themselves as the driving musical force for a new generation. Signed copy, with contemporary signatures and rare thus.- $2,228
- $2,228
Inscribed and Dated Stones and Sundials in and Adjoining the Ancient Parish of Rochdale.Commenced 1906 Concluded 1925. Privately Printed at the Cambridge University Press, 1926.
Heape, Richard Original buckram, Hand-made paper, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. A fine bright copy. Frontispiece plate of the entrance to Healey Hall. It is believed that only 100 copies were printed. Inscribed by the Author on front free endpaper.- $400
- $400
Testimonials of Austin Clarke, M.A., Candidate for Professorship of English at University College, Galway. Five singly printed sheets, (including title sheet). Pin-hole mark to top left corners and paper lightly dust soiled. The first a cover letter form Austin Clarke applying for the post where he outlines his academic achievements and refers to his first book of poetry (The Vengeance of Fionn) in preparation for publication after the war. The remaining sheets are testimonials from: George O’Neill (Professor of English Literature, UCD); R. Donovan (Professor of English Literature, UCD) and Denis J. Coffey (President, University College, Dublin). Dated 1st, 11th & 19th February, 1917 respectively.
Clarke, Austin Austin Clarke (1896-1974) was one of the leading Irish poets of the generation. A student of University College Dublin from 1912 to 1916, he obtained his BA in English language and literature (1915) & an MA in 1916. In 1917 he was appointed assistant lecturer in English to replace Thomas MacDonagh, who had been executed for his part in the Easter rising. He lost his position at UCD in 1920, reputedly because he had married in a registry office. He moved to England for a time, where he earned his living as a reviewer. His first published book of poems 'The Vengeance of Fionn' (1917) was well received. Review by George Russell who commented "I read The Vengeance of Fionn with an ever growing appreciation of the accomplishment of so young a poet and with still more hope for his future."- $628
- $628
The Lemon Tree. With an Introduction by W.B. Yeats. London: J M Dent, 1937. First Edition. Publisher’s grey paper boards, title lettered in blue along spine, in original printed dust jacket. A fine bright copy. With a six-page introduction by W.B. Yeats, followed by his poem ‘At Bracelona’ and a essay entitled ‘Almost I Tasted Ecstasy’ by Margot Ruddock.
Ruddock, Margot Marguerite Ruddock, or better known by her stage name Margot Collis, had a tumultuous love affair with the renowned poet, W.B. Yeats when they met in 1934 - Yeats was 69 and Ruddock was 27. Their relationship took a toll on Ruddock, who became mentally unstable after the affair ended. Tragically, she would later pass away in another institution, St. Ebba's Hospital in Epsom, at the young age of 44. Yeats was forever inspired by Ruddock, and his poem "A Crazed Girl" is believed to have been written about her. Their correspondence was published as 'Ah, Sweet Dancer,' edited by Roger McHugh, in 1970. [Wade 284]- $657
- $657
Bog Poems. Illustrated by Barrie Cooke. Printed by John Roberts Press, London, on Italian Paper, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. The Work Completed in May 1975. One of 150 Numbered Copies, Signed by the Author (this copy number, 79). Pages, 36. Quarter morocco with morocco fore-edge strip and line cloth boards lettered in gilt. Pale spotting to endpapers, otherwise a nice bright copy. Housed in publisher’s linen slipcase.
In Heaney's second book of poems, 'Door in the Dark' (1967) the final poem of the collection, Bogland, declared his fascination with the peaty wetlands that are a unique feature of the Irish landscape. In other bog poems, like The Tollund Man and the Bog Queen, these ancient preservers of the past become for Heaney the archaeological links with the violent politics of modern Ireland. One of Heaney's most beautifully printed books. Sligo. London: Wishart, 1930. First Edition. Pp, 158. Green cloth boards, title lettered in gilt to spine, in publisher’s dust jacket printed in green. Light wear to jacket, ownership ink stamp to title page; contents pages in nice bright condition. Signed & Dated by the Author on the front free endpaper.
Reminiscences on the artist's life in Sligo where he spent most of his childhood. Sligo and the West of Ireland had a profound influence on Jack Yeats creative practice. Having spent his childhood in Sligo town in the care of his grandparents and extended family, he was deeply inspired by the people and landscape of the area. The King of the Great Clock Tower. Commentaries and Poems. Dublin: Cuala Press, 1934. First Edition, Limited Issue. Pp, 53. Quarter cloth paper boards, lettered in black. A very good copy. Signed by Yeats on the title page. One of 400 Copies Printed.
The text of the 'King of the Great Clock Tower,' (first performed at the Abbey Theatre in 1934), along with four poems each with an extensive cometary. The Amaranthers. London: Heinemann, 1936. First Edition. Pp, 273. Blue cloth boards, in publisher’s dust jacket. A fine bright copy. Signed & with a drawing by JB Yeats on a small oval piece of paper, pasted to the front free endpaper.
"A satirical fantasy about an Island which is sometimes recognizable as Ireland." Better known as an outstanding artist, Yeats was the author of several books & plays including Sligo (1931), The Amaranthers (1936) and The Charmed Life (1938). The Collected Poems. London: Macmillan, 1933. First Edition Thus. Pp xvi, 476. With frontispiece portrait of the author by Augustus John. Maroon cloth boards, title in gilt to spine, top edge in gilt, in publisher’s dust jacket printed in black. Spine of jacket lightly chipped at head, otherwise a nice bright copy. Inscribed by the Author on the front free endpaper: “An Aimless Joy is a Pure Joy,” & dated 30/4/34. The line is from Yeats’s the poem ‘Tom O’Roughley,’ which was first published in ‘Nine Poems’ (1918) and then in ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’ (1919).
The poems are arranged chronologically from his first collection 'Crossway' (1889) to 'The Winding Stair and other Poems' first published in 1933. [Wade 172] The Tree Clock. Belfast: Linen Hall Library, 1990. Bound in linen spine with hand-marbled sides, title lettered in gilt to upper cover; sewn with Barbour thread and hand-bound by Sydney Aiken; housed in matching marbled slipcase. A fine bright copy. One of twenty numbered copies printed on Atlantis hand-made paper and containing a poem in holograph. This copy number 9 with poem titled “The Point” in the Author s hand. (Additionally with presentation inscription by Heaney to the title-page & signed by the binder on the colophon page)
Issued on behalf of the fundraising campaign for the Linen Hall Library, the charitable body of which Seamus Heaney was a patron The Tree Clock includes seventeen poems delivered at a joint reading in aid of the Library, in 1989. This limited issue of 20 copies, each with a poem in the author s hand, is rare in commerce. An Ideal Husband. By the Author of Lady Windermere’s Fan. London: Leonard Smither’s and Co., 1899. First Edition. One Thousand Copies printed. Pp, 211, uncut. Bound in publisher’s salmon pink cloth covers, gilt design by Charles Ricketts. Cloth lightly faded and soiled, corners lightly bumped; contents pages very good condition. Housed in custom made quarter morocco clamshell box. [Mason 386]. Pasted next to title page on a small sheet of notepaper is Oscar Wilde’s signature and autograph address: ‘Oscar Wilde, ‘9 Charles St., Grosvenor Sqre., London.’ This address, 9 Charles Street (now named Carlos Place) off Grosvenor Square in Mayfair, was the principal London residence of Wilde until his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, soon aft
The play opened on January 3rd, 1895, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, to a standing ovation from the Prince of Wales and prominent members of the British Government, and continued for 124 performances. That very same establishment would soon turn its back on Wilde after his fall from grace in April of that year (Ellmann: Oscar Wilde, p. 411) Many Mansions. Designed and published by Stoney Road Press for the Ireland Chair of Poetry, November 2009. Containing twelve new unpublished poems, two each, by John Montague, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Paul Durcan, Michael Longley, Ciaran Carson and Seamus Heaney. Seamus Heaney has also written a Foreword to the volume. This special edition is limited to one hundred and twenty five copies and each numbered copy is signed by all the contributors [copy 100].
The text is composed in 12.5 point Book Antiqua and printed by hand at the National Print Museum, Dublin. The paper is 250gsm BFK Rives Blanc paper and the inside papers are Somerset velvet black. It is quarter-bound in mid-blue goatskin leather and beige bookcloth with matching slipcase by Antiquarian Bookcrafts, Dublin. A fine bright copy The Catechism, or Christian Doctrine by way of Question and Answer. Drawn Chiefly from the Express word of God, and other Pure Sources [An Teagasg Críosduidhe De Réir Ceasda agus Freagarta]. English & Irish Text. [With]: Bonaventure O’Hussey’s rhyming Irish catechism and ‘The Elements of the Irish Language’ by Hugh MacCurtain at end. Paris: Printed by James Guerin, at S. Thomas of Aquin’s in S. James Street, 1742. First Edition. Pp lvi, 518. Early calf boards, rebacked, raised bands with title in gilt on spine, and library number. Irish title page with a little loss to margin (not affecting text), otherwise contents pages in very good condition.
Originally from Co. Sligo, Donlevy was rector of the Irish College in Paris and this catechism was designed for the instruction of the great masses of Irish people who knew no English. As he states in the preliminary advertisement he was prompted to write this book by 'the great scarcity of those large Irish Catechisms published upwards a hundred years ago. and the Consideration of those great evils which arise from ignorance, partly from want of instructive books, together with a great desire of contributing to the Instruction of the poor Irish youth.' The English and Irish are printed on facing pages. 'The Elements of the Irish Language' by Hugh MacCurtain was included for the benefit of those who wished to learn and read Irish. The attractive Irish type was first used in Begley & MacCurtain's Irish-English Dictionary published, Paris in 1732. Travels Through Sicily and the Lipari Islands, in the Month of December, 1824. Illustrated with Views and Costumes Captured Through Drawings Made on the spot and Skillfully Rendered on Stone by L. Haghe. London; T. Flint, 1827. First Edition.
Pp xvi, 367. Contemporary half calf cloth boards. Spine heavily worn, scattered foxing to contents pages & margins of plates, a small dark spot affecting the last six pages, obscuring a letter or two of the text, otherwise generally in good condition throughout. Complete with a frontispiece and seven uncoloured plates along with four coloured plates in the text.