Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Inscribed by the Author. J.M. Barrie: ‘May Robert Henrey and Eton flourish together/ yours Sincerely J.M. Barrie/Feb 1919.’
Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date circa 1914. Attractively bound in half red morocco, cloth boards. Spine in six compartments with gilt floral motifs & titles; raised bands. Sixteen coloured plates with captioned tissue guards by Arthur Rackham. A very good copy. Inscribed on first blank by the Author J.M. Barrie: 'May Robert Henrey and Eton flourish together/ yours Sincerely J.M. Barrie/Feb 1919.' Robert Henrey was married to the popular French-born author Madeleine Mathilde Henrey, wrote many charming books, mainly of an autobiographical nature. A rare inscribed copy of Barrie s most famous creation.- $8,747
- $8,747
The Playboy of the Western World. A Comedy in Three Acts. With Ten Illustrations by John Keating, R.H.A. London: George Allen, 1927. Edition De Luxe, One of 1000 numbered copies
Synge, John M. Folio, bound in quarter cloth, pale green paper boards with title printed in black to upper cover and stamped in gilt on spine. Housed in publisher's original cardboard box with title label to upper cover. Box lightly dust soiled & chipped, book in fine bright condition. A very handsome production of Synge's masterpiece with ten plates in colour by Irish romantic-realist painter Seán Keating, each with titled tissue-guards.- $1,375
- $1,375
Rudimentary Astronomy.
Main, Rev Robert Rudimentary Astronomy. London: John Weale, 1852. First Edition. Ppm xx156, [12]. Publisher's soft green cloth boards, decorated in blind with title label to upper cover. Covers lightly faded, light spotting to page margins, overall a nice bright copy. Illustrated with a frontispiece plate and many text drawings throughout. Robert Main served for twenty-five years as First Assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and published numerous articles, particularly on stellar and planetary motion. The lunar crater 'Main' is named after him, and there is also a crater on Mars named in his honour.- $165
- $165
Dracula. London: Constable, 1904. Eight Edition.
Stoker, Bram Dracula. London: Constable, 1904. Eight Edition. Pp vii, 390. Publisher's original red cloth, decorated and lettered in black, in original glacine dust jacket. Housed in collector's solander box. A superb copy seldom found in such fine condition & very rare in the publisher's fragile dust jacket as issued. A scarce edition, the last to be issued by Constable before the rights were passed to William Rider & Son and the only edition in this, more appropriate, Gothic style binding (also issued in black cloth with red lettering & decoration)- $5,446
- $5,446
Station Island. Presentation copy, Inscribed by Seamus Heaney on the front free endpaper, and with three lines of verse from the poem ‘Stone from Delphi’ which appears on page 24.
Heaney, Seamus Station Island. London: Faber, 1984. Pp, 123. First Edition. A fine copy in dust jacket. Presentation copy, Inscribed by Seamus Heaney on the front free endpaper, and with three lines of verse from the poem 'Stone from Delphi' which appears on page 24. Heaney's first new collection of poems since 1979, is set on an island (Lough Derg) which has been a site of pilgrimage in Ireland for over a thousand years.- $1,650
- $1,650
Alfie. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1966. First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to artist & friend Gerard Dillon.
Naughton, Bill Publisher s brown paper boards, title lettered in gilt on spine. Light toning to contents otherwise a nice bright copy. Lacks dust jacket. Housed in custom made solander box incorporating the design of the original dust jacket. A good friend of the author's, Irish artist Gerrard Dillon (1916-1971) designed the dust jacket for Naughton's semi-autobiographical novel 'One Small Boy' published in 1957.- $545
- $545
The Informer. London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. First Edition. Pp, 272. Smooth green buckram boards, title lettered in gilt to spine, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. Bookplate to pastedown, small ownership stamp to front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, very light rubbing to joints and spine ends. Housed in matching collector’s solander box.
O'Flaherty, Liam An excellent copy of the scarce first impression of O'Flaherty's famous novel concerning the underside of the Irish Civil War, set in 1922.- $4,016
- $4,016
The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory. With a Preface by The Most Rev. Dr. Brownrigg, Lord Bishop of Ossory. Four volumes. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1905. First Edition. Autograph letter (loosely inserted) signed from Rev. Abraham Brownrigg to the publisher’s commending them of the quality of this edition & enclosing payment for ten copies ordered. Rev. Brownrigg served as the Bishop of Ossory from 1884 until his death in 1928. He wrote the preface to this edition & there is a frontispiece portrait plate of Brownrigg to volume one
Carrigan, Rev. William Four volumes. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1905. Pp (1) xxxi, 300, folded map at rear; (2) viii, 397; (3) vii, 512, folded map; (4) vii, 433. Profusely illustrated with plates and text illustrations. Publisher's olive green covers, front covers ruled in gilt with crest of the dioceses gilt embossed in centre. Scattered foxing to preliminary leaves, light water staining to upper margin of frontispiece plate of volume (3) otherwise a very good set. The first volume gives an overall history of the diocese from its pre-Christian Celtic origins through its various Bishops and Clergy. The other three volumes examine Ossory's parishes in detail. Each parish's buildings, churches, castles, monuments etc, are described and examined. Written between 1897 and 1903, one thousand sets were printed. The work was well received on its publication and although other diocesan histories exist, none match it for its scope and depth.- $1,925
- $1,925
The Search for the Dice Man. London: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition. Black cloth boards, in pictorial dust jacket. a nice bright copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Author on front free endpaper: “For Carsten With much thanks for all your help on our screenplay- past and future! George”
Rhinehart, Luke The official sequel to The Dice Man written by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. The Dice Man was first published in 1971, this sequel is set twenty years after the end of the first novel. The dedicatee Carsten Lorenz is a movie producer & screenwriter best known for his work on Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Midway (2019) and Greenland (2020).- $655
- $655
The Dice Man. New York: William Morrow, 1971. First Edition. Quarter cream paper boards, in publisher s pictorial dust jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Author: “For Carstein, I’m really looking forward to working together. Whenever we disagree we’ll shake the dice (my dice and I shake!) George.”
Rhinehart, Luke Light toning to jacket & cloth spine, otherwise a nice bright copy. The dedicatee Carsten Lorenz is a movie producer known for his work on Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Midway (2019) and Greenland (2020). Cockcroft meet & consulted with Lorenz possibly with a view to a movie of The Dice Man which in the event was never made.- $1,980
- $1,980
Intentions. The Decay of Lying, Pen Pencil and Poison, The Critic as Artist, The Truth of Masks. London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Company, 1894. First Edition. Presentation Copy, Inscribed by the Author
Intentions. The Decay of Lying, Pen Pencil and Poison, The Critic as Artist, The Truth of Masks. London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Company, 1894. First Edition. Pp, 258. Original olive green cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt; light soiling to covers, contents very good. Housed in quarter morocco slipcase. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WILDE on front free endpaper: 'With the Compliments of the Author.' The recipient's name heavily deleted in ink (the name of the recipient of this copy has been obliterated by dense scoring, possibly by a descendant or relative who desired to conceal the connection after Wilde's trial and conviction). Intentions collects five essays by Wilde that had previously been published in periodicals, and then extensively re-worked by Wilde for publication in volume form. 1,500 sets of first edition sheets were printed, of which 900 were issued in England and 600 were issued in the United States under Dodd, Mead and Co.'s imprint with a cancelled title. [Mason 341]. Ex Libris 'Mary Pinkerton Carlisle.'
Shooting in China. Methodist Publishing House, 1908. First Edition
Pp xiv, 313. Publisher's cloth, title in gilt to spine . Covers faded & lightly worn, small piece cut from top right corner of title page, front inner hinge cracked (but holding firm). Scattered foxing to contents pages. Illustrated with 23 plates.
The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Years 1758 to 1806. 32 Volumes. Lacking 16 Years [1759, 63,6 4, 66 69, 77, 86, 91, 92, 94,1800-1803]. London: Printed for J. Dodsley. Mixed Editions. Contemporary quarter leather marbled boards. All volumes in very good condition (except for 1784 which is heavily worn & damp affected at top right corners however the text is generally in good condition)
Of notable interest are the years 1774, 1783 &1787 which provide a contemporary account of the events leading to the American Revolution and during the American Revolutionary. 1776, covers the events of the American Revolutionary year, and prints the American Declaration of Independence, one of its earliest publications in book form. Also 1786 containing one of the earliest printing of the Constitution of the United States, 7th September, 1787. 1774: A report on the Boston Tea Party. Of particular Irish interest are reference & reports on the 1798 Rebellion (May-October 1798). The Annual Register was created in 1758 by the publishers James and Robert Dodsley, under the editorship of Edmund Burke.
A Rare Copy of Swinburne Poems Illustrated & Inscribed by Harry Clarke* – Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne, with Illustrations and Decorations by Harry Clarke and an Introduction by Humbert Wolfe. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1928. First Edition. Pp xxvi, 217, uncut, top edge in gilt. Magenta cloth boards, with title and decoration in gilt on upper cover and on spine. In publisher’s matching dust jacket. Light wear to head of spine of jacket, otherwise a very good copy. Housed in collector’s solander box
Presentation copy Inscribed: "For my friend Lennox Robinson from Harry Clarke. Page 52 has an illustration intended for reproduction but not reproduced in any copy other than this and my own copy. March 7 1929." Clarke's note is referring to an illustration which accompanies the poem 'Aholibah.' This was omitted from other editions as judged to be too erotic. In his introduction Humbert Wolfe deliberately disassociates himself from Clarke's visual interpretation of Swinburne's work. Wolfe, an Italian-born British poet, was one of the most popular British authors of the 1920s. Harry Clarke was one of Ireland's greatest, and most controversial, modern artists. Emerging during the later phases of the literary and dramatic movement known as the Celtic Revival, he joined the ranks of literary greats W. B. Yates, J. M. Synge and Sean O'Casey in shaping the international reputation of Ireland as a modern sovereign state. Lennox Robinson was a major force in the Irish Literary Renaissance and Abbey Theatre his entire life.
The Rare Prospectus Issued by Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare & Company in Advance of the Publication of ULYSSES – Ulysses by James Joyce will be published in the Autumn of 1921. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [1921]. Pp 4. Bifolium (218 x 164mm). Minor browning to paper, but a very good copy of this fragile publication. Housed in collector s solander box.
Publisher's woodcut device to front cover with photograph of Joyce mounted on page:1 above reviews by Ezra Pound, Richard Aldington, Valery Larbaud and others. Page:3 with details of the three issues of the 1,000 copies. Page:4 comprised of an order form. Joyce's continuing revisions, and his wish that the work appear close to his birthday meant that publication was delayed until February 1922.
The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies. A Fragment from Work in Progress. Designs by Lucia Joyce. The Hague: The Servire Press, 1934. Number 20 of 29 Copies on Simili Japon Van Gelder Zonen, bound in parchment (actually linen) numbered I-XXIX (of which numbers V-XXIX are for sale). Signed by Mr. James Joyce and Miss Lucia Joyce.
Original blue linen boards, upper board ruled in gilt with lettering to spine. Publisher's dust jacket with design by Lucia Joyce on front cover, title to front and spine. Light creasing to rear of top margin of jacket, overall a fine bright copy. Housed in custom made solander box. In his ongoing struggle to improve his daughter's spirits, Joyce asked her to participate in the making of this beautiful book. Lucia who had spent most of her adult life in institutions, designed the initial letter, tail-piece and front cover. Due to its small limitation, it is one of the rarest of pieces in the Joyce cannon.