Rare, Vintage, OP & Collectable

Seosamh Mac Grianna - An Druma Mór - HB Novel As Gaeilge Donegal

An Druma Mor, Seosamh Mac Grianna's famous novel, is set in a small Donegal village and explores the clash of local pride with nationalist politics, through the story of the demise of the local pipe...

Stephen Collins - The Cosgrave Legacy - HB 1st Ed Irish Political Dynasty

Hardcover 1st edtion of Stephen Collins's noted study on the Cosgrave family - that gave Ireland two Taoisigh -W.T Cosgrave, and his son Liam Cosgrave. Published by Blackwater Press, 1996, some light...

Pádraic Ó Conaire - M'Asal Beag Dubh - PB Gaeilge Short Stories - Vintage EDCO Schools Edition

M'asal Beag Dubh is perhaps the best known collection of short stories by Pádraic Ó Conaire, published here in an undated ( but 1970's ) edition by the Educational Company of Ireland. No marks or...

Frank O'Connor - The Big Fellow : Michael Collins & the Irish Revolution, HB 1965

Originally published in 1937, this is the revised and expanded 1965 edition of Frank O'Connor's biography of Michael Collins - The Big Fellow, published by Clonmore & Reynolds, Dublin.    Condition -...

G.P Taylor - Shadowmancer - HB Special Edition Fantasy 2003

A hardcover special edition, 2003, published by Faber & Faber UK , of the debut novel by G.P Taylor, Shadowmancer. Gold cover dj, dark blue tint to page block ends, and an additional foreword from...

Litwack, B.H - The Last Shiksa - HB 1ST ED 1978 - Putnam USA

A hardcover 1st edition, Putnam US 1978 of The Last Shiksa by B.H Litwack. A Rabelasian sex romp might be the best way to describe this.  Arnie Gaff is a 45-year-old divorced millionaire, address...

Brinsley MacNamara - The Clanking of Chains ( A story of Sinn Féin) - Anvil Press Vintage PB 1965

A paperback first edition, Anvil Press, 1965, of Brinsley Macnamara's The Clanking of Chains, first published in 1919- 20 by Maunsel. Originally titled as The Clanking of Chains - A Story of Sinn...

Owen Dudley Edwards - The Quest for Sherlock Holmes HB - Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle

A hardcover first Irish edition, Dolmen Press,  of Owen Dudley Edwards biography of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle - The Quest for Sherlock Holmes.  Hardcover, first Irish...

Lee Dunne - SIGNED - Goodbye to the Hill - PB 1986 - Dublin Memoir (Originally 1965)

A signed paperback 1986 edition ( nitial publication in 1965) of Lee Dunne's Dublin classic Goodbye to the Hill.  This is a rich book, narrated by young Paddy Maguire, of his life growing into young...

Emmet Larkin - James Larkin, Irish Labour Leader 1876-1947 - Biography

A NEL paperback first edition, 1968, of Emmet Larkin's biography of James ( Jim ) Larkin. Labour leader, organiser, socialist, orator and agitator, and icon of the left.  Larkin was a hugely...

Geoffrey Trease - D.H Lawrence - The Phoenix & the Flame , A Biography - HB 1st Ed 1973

A hardcover first edition, Macmillan 1973 , of Geoffrey Tease's biography of D.H Lawrence, The Phoenix and the Flame. D.H Lawrence was one of the major english language novelists of the 20th century,...

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Esmond in India - HB UK 1978 - Booker Prize Author

A hardcover 1978 John Murray edition  of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 's Esmond in India. Originally published in 1958, close to the period ( early 1950's) in which the novel is set.    Esmond in India is a...

Diarmaid Ferriter - Judging Dev - The Life and Legacy of Eamon de Valera - HB 2007

Eamon de Valera is the most controversial figure in modern Irish history and as this book argues, the most misundersto

Colm Ó Gaora - On the Run - War of Independence Memoir Rosmuc Galway 'Mise'

A paperback copy of the translation from the original Irish of Colm O Gaora's 1944 book Mise - titled here On The Run - The Story of an Irish Freedom Fighter, and published by Mercier Press in 2011...

Nicholas Monsarrat - 3 Book Lot - Richer Than All His Tribe ( 1968) , The Pillow Fight ( 1965) , Master MarinerRunning Proud - HB

Master Mariner - Hardcover UK 1st Edition , second printing Cassell UK, 1979 .  Some light edgewear to the covers. Period price tag from Liam Ruiséal Bookshop in  Cork on inner front cover. Tells...

Brown, Ivor - Shakespeare - A Pictorial Biography - HB Vintage - Nelson Books - 1958

A hardcover Nelson edition of drama critic and writer Ivor Brown's study of William Shakespeare, his life and influences.  Aimed at a younger audience - primary school ( 5th 6th class levels in...

Boielle, James - Cassell's New French English-French Dictionary - HB Vintage 1903

A vintage hardcover French - English / English - French dictionary, 1903 Cassell , London, would be aimed at second level or third level grade, also useful as a comparison dictionary with a modern...

Richer, William - Despair to Resurrection - First Lisburn Presbyterian Church 1688-1988 HB Antrim

HardcoverPublisher: 1st ed. First Lisburn Presbyterian Church Lisburn, 1988Condition, - Good, some small closed bumps/nicks to the front cover.  66 p. Well illustrated with superb colour...

Nikolaus Pevsner - An Outline of European Architecture - Penguin Pelican 7th Ed 1966

A 7th revised edition of Nikolaus Pevsner's masterful study of the entire scope of European architecture from the early medieval to the mid 20th century. Penguin Pelican edition ( but larger than the...

McCarthy, Mary - Memories of a Catholic Childhood - Penguin PB Ed 1963 USA

A first Penguin PB Edition, 1963, of the 1957 memoir by Mary McCarthy, Memories of  a Catholic Childhood. This unique autobiography begins with McCarthy s recollections of an indulgent, idyllic...

Witton-Davies, Carlyle - Journey of a Lifetime Hb 1962 Israel & Palestine HB Travel

A hardcover second printing, 1962 of A Journey of a Lifetime, a TV tie in series with ABC ( ITV - UK) , of a journey taken to Israel , Palestine and Jordan, primarily examining biblical locations and...

Len Deighton - Fighter - The True Story of the Battle of Britain - HB 1977

Summer, 1940: western Europe has been conquered, and all that stands between Hitler and the invasion of England is the matter of air supremacy. And the RAF...Hitler's top-secret Directive No. 16,...

Johan Huizinga - The Waning of the Middle Ages - Life Art & Thought PB

A paperback Pelican edition, 1972 of the classic study by the Dutch historian  on ( to give the book its full subtitle) - A study of the forms of life , thought and art in France and the Netherlands...

Patrick Pearse - Complete Works of P.H Pearse - 5 Volume Uniform Set HB c1924-32

A collected 5 volume set circa 1924-1932 (most volumes are undated), of the collected works of Patrick Pearse, published by Phoenix/ Talbot Press,  Dublin. These were first published in this uniform...

Benedict Kiely - The Cards of the Gambler - Vintage PB 1973 1ST PB ED

A vintage paperback, Millington, 1973, of Benedict Kiely's novel, The Cards of the Gambler,  first published in hardcover in 1953. Scuff damage to the back cover where an original pricetag was...

Payne, Robert - The Great Charlie - Vintage Pan PB 1957 Charlie Chaplin Biography

A vintage paperback first Pan edition, 1957, of Robert Payne's biography of film star Charlie Chaplin, revised for this 1957 edition, illustrated with b&w photographsIn excellent condition, some very...

Maurice Walsh - Blackcock's Feather - Vintage PB Schools Edition

Blackcock's Feather, published by Longmans Browne & Nolan Ltd, Dublin a school edition, originally published 1933. An historical swashbuckling romance/ adventure novel. INTERNALLY VERY GOOD,...

A.R Orme - Ireland ( World's Landscapes Series ) PB 1st ED - 1970 - Geography Environment

A paperback first edition, 1970, or Orme's history of Irish landscape and geography from the end of the last glaciation to the twentieth century. Illustrated throughout with maps, b&w photographs (...

Yonge, Charlotte M - The Heir of Redclyffe - HB 1914 Kate Greenaway Illust

Hornby, Nick - The Complete Polysyllabic Spree Hb 2006 1st Ed - Writing about Reading

So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading - about the way that, when reading is going well, one books leads to another and to another, a paper trail of theme and...

Tom Barry - Guerilla Days in Ireland - Vintage Anvil Press PB - War of Independence - 1971 Edition

A paperback edition, (the first decimal priced edition) - 1971 Anvil Press/ Kerryman of the classic account by Tom Barry of the War of Independence - Guerilla Days in Ireland. Originally published in...

Jasper Rees - Wenger : The Making of a Legend, HB 2003, Arsenal Football

Hardcover first edition, 2003, an account of Arsene Wenger's first six years at Arsenal. Some very light edgewear to the edges of the dj, internally unmarked. With two sections of photographs,...

Robert Robinson - Landscape With Dead Dons - Gollancz Crime HB

A hardcover Gollancz Crime Detective reissue, 1982 of the 1956 novel, Landscape With Dead Dons, in the classic Gollancz yellow jacket. Not an ex library copy, as was the fate of many Gollancz titles...

John Irving - A Son of the Circus - Hardcover 1st Edition UK

A hardcover first UK edition, first printing of John Irving's eighth novel, A SON OF THE CIRCUS, published by Bloomsbury UK , in April 1994.

Smith, Gus - 'Terry Wogan, Chat Show Host Extraordinary' - Biography 1986

A paperback  copy of a biography of Terry Wogan by Gus Smith, an associate of his from the early years at RTE and  who spoke to a huge number of his colleagues and fellow broadcasters to form the...

Ward, Noel - The Teacher's Club - A history 1923-1998 INTO Parnell Square

A paperback copy, first and only edition, of historian Noel Ward's account of The Teacher's Club, the building on Parnell Square, Dublin, that houses the club, since it's foundation in the early...

Waterworth, E.M _ Twice Saved , or Somebody's Pet and Nobody's Darling Illustrated ( 1894)

A hardcover undated edition ( but with a schoo prize gift inscription dated 1898) of E.M Waterworth's Twice Saved , in an attractive period illustrated cover, published by Partridge , paternoster Row...

ICRC - Geneva Conventions of August 12 1949 - Full text - War Crime Red Cross Warfare

The four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 are international treaties, ratified or acceded to by virtually all States. They protect the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field; wounded, sick...

John Kelly - Belling the Cats : Selected Speeches & Articles - Politics Dáil 1992

This collection presents a selection of John Kelly's Dáil speeches and public statements on subjects as diverse as the day-to-day life of a TD, the humbug of Irish neutrality, the scourge of...

John Creasey - Kill The Toff - Panther Books - 1963 - 1st PB Edition Vintage Crime

Judith Lorne is distraught; her fiance, James Mellor, has disappeared. He's accused of murder - something she finds impossible to believe. B

John Hadfield - Shell Book of English Villages HB 1985 Revised England Rural

Revised 1985 edition of this general guide to the rural villages of England, published by peerage Press in 1989. Solid in laminated boards, there is a small are of peel to the top of the spine,...

Peter Pearson - Between the Mountains and the Sea - HB - Dublin 1999

A REPRINT, 1999 (Originally 1998) , of the bestselling history of South Dublin /Dún Laoghaire, - Between the Mountains and the Sea - published by O'Brien Press Ireland. Internally, in excellent...

Pádraig O'Toole - The Glory and the Anguish - 1984 PB GAA History 1901-1929

A paperback first edition, 1984 of an uncommon book on the early years of the GAA, circa 1910-1925. The author, a native of Loughrea, was the grandson of the Secretary of the GAA from 1901-1929, Luke...

Terence de Vere White - Kevin O'Higgins - Anvil Press - 1st PB Ed 1966 - Irish Free State

On 10 July 1927, Kevin O'Higgins was shot dead in Booterstown, County Dublin. He fell under a rain of bullets and died forgiving his enemies. He was thirty-five years of age. Born in Stradbally, he...

Nicholas Monsarrat - The Time Before This - Hardback - SF 1962

On the icy slopes of the great ice-mountain of Bylot Island, set against the metallic blue of the Canadian Arctic sky, Shepherd has a vision of the world as it used to be, before the human race was...

Gaunt Leonard Focal Guide to the 35mm Single Lens Reflex, Vintage Camera Photography

A paperback revised edition ( 1980) of the Focal Press Guide to 35mm Single Lens Reflex cameras, in this 8th edition, originally published in 1973. Condition - Light edgewear, scuffing to external...

Rumsey, Henry St. John Clear Speech for Stage, Platform & Pulpit 1938 Speech Therapy

A hardcover first edition, Frederick Muller, London 1938, of Henry St John Rumsey's Clear Speech for stage , platform and Pulpit. Rumsey was a noted speech therapist and was an influence on John...

John Tickner -Tickner's Pub -1965 First UK Edition Illustrated in DJ Humour

First UK edition 1965, hard back with dust jacket.  also illustrated by the author – artist John Tickner, also famed for his interests in farming, field sports, horses and dogs, offers the reader a...

John B. Keane - Owl Sandwiches - Brandon - Humour Kerry Journalism - First Edition 1995

A paperback copy (Brandon - 1985) of John B Keane's collection, Owl Sandwiches. A collection of short essays, many showing the keen observational humour that most of his lighter writing was full of,...

Brian Lenihan - For the Record - Blackwater Press - Politics Ireland - 1991 - Fianna Fáil - Presidency Elections

A first edition copy of Brian Lenihan ( Snr) 's 1991 autobiography, For The Record, published by Blackwater Press 1991. Primarily a response by Lenihan to his failed Presidential bid in 1990, where...

Wrath of the Lich King World of Warcraft Blizzard Ent and BradyGames 2008

Get inside the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and play to win. "World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Official Strategy Guide" features complete coverage of each race in the game with...

Stinetorf, Louise WHITE WITCH DOCTOR - 1st Ed - HB DJ 1951 - Congo - Nursing Missionary 1930's

A hardcover first impression ( Frederick Muller, London 1951) of the  fictional account of missionary nursing activity in the then Belgian Congo by Louise Stinetorf. Although a novel, the activities...