Vintage USED and Collectible - NEWLY ADDED

Anne & Jane Cope - Leatherwork ( Pan Craft Books ) - Vintage PB 1979

Although now a vintage publication ( 1979) - the basic skills and techniques for working with leather have not altered  very much - this clear step by step guide explains basic techniques, technical language is explained, and processess such as...

Duncan Crosbie - Life in an Irish Castle : The Journal of a 17th Century Castle - HB 2007 ( Limerick)

The Journal of a 17th Century Castle in Times of Peace and War - Based on ( real) events in Limerick city in the 1640's, seen through the ( imagined) journal of a young boy - Will Fletcher. He introduces us to the ghost of Sir Humfrey who takes the...

Frederic Arthur De Vere Robertson - Aircraft of the World - HB 1924

First edition, published by Oxford University Press, 1924, illustrated with colour plates, and black and white illustrations.  In illustrated boards, bumped and scuffed, binding tight, all images intact internally.  A history of aviation in...

Marni McGee & Alison Edgson - Gobnait Gé - HB - As Gaeilge

Nuair a deir an sionnach glic le Gobnait Gé go bhfuil a cluasa caillte aici, tá Gobnait an-bhuartha. Cá bhfuil na cluasa? Ansin casann sí ar éan aisteach — atá ag díol péire cluas! Tá...

Fleetway Annual - 2000 AD Annual 1987 - Vintage HB 1986

A vintage 1986 ( published pre christmas 1986 with date of 1987) of the classic SF magazine , here in the annual edition by Fleetway UK.  Hradcover boards, light bumps to corners. internally unmarked. 

Philippe Claudel - Le Bruit des Trousseaux - PB

« Le regard des gens qui apprenaient que j’allais en prison. Surprise, étonnement, compassion. « Vous êtes bien courageux d’aller là-bas ! » Il n’y avait rien à répondre à cela...

Fatima Sharafeddine & Vincent Hardy - Neilín agus an Cat - HB - As Gaeilge

Leagan Gaeilge le Tadhg Mac Donnagáin, clúdach crua, 2008 Product DescriptionWhen the big yellow cat to care for the baby elephant Neilín, Dad was very happy elephant. But then, started learning tricks strange Neilín the cat...

Muireann Ní Chiobháin & Paddy Donnelly- Scúnc agus Smúirín - HB

Tá grá mór ag Scúnc beag dá bhréagán bog, Smúirín. Is é Smúirín an compánach is ansa leis ar domhan. An rud is deise faoi Smúirín ná an...

Judy Blume - It's Not the End of the World - HB 1978 ( Originally 1972)

Can Karen keep her parents from getting a divorce? This classic novel from Judy Blume has a fresh new look.Karen couldn’t tell Mrs. Singer why she had to take her Viking diorama out of the sixth-grade showcase. She felt like yelling, “To keep...

Enid Blyton - The Island of Adventure - Vintage PB 1978

A Piccolo paperback , 1978. 5th printing thus, first published in 1944. Tanning to pages. Unabridged The Island of Adventure is the first thrilling instalment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton, one of the best-loved children's writers of all...

Jim Gasperini - Time Machine 1 - Secret of the Knights : Choose Your Own Adventure- PB (

It is teh year 1340. You have travelled back to the age of Knights. A squire has just accused you of being a sorcerer, you must prove yourself in a duel... You can try to defend yourself or escpae throug teh angry crowd, Your decisions can lead you to...

J.R.R Tolkien - De Hobbit ( Dutch Edition) - PB 2013

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien werd geboren op 3 januari 1892 te Bloemfontein, Zuid-Afrika. In een hol onder de grond woonde een hobbit... Deze woorden schreef hij in 1928 op het onbeschreven eindexamenblad van een van zijn studenten. Het boek dat Tolkien...

Ronald Knox ( Translator) - Autobiography of A Saint : Thérese of Lisieux : The Story of a Soul - HB 1958

Born in France, young Thérèse Martin (1873-1897) entered the Carmel Convent of Lisieux at the age of fifteen. Also known as "the Little Flower," her autobiography, written at the request of her Carmelite Superiors in the last years of her...

Richard L.E Ford - 3 Vintage Nature Guides - British Reptiles and Amphibians, Eggs and Nests, British Wild Animals - ( Black's Young Naturalists Series) 1967 reprints

These three books are from the multi volume Black's Naturalist Series, published in teh 1960's. All three copies are former convent school reference library copies, and have a school name stamped on the blank endpapers, as well as brown ghostmarks from...

Walter de la Mare - The Burning-Glass - HB - Faber 1945

A 1945 collection of poems from de la Mare, published by Faber UK. Hardcover, 1st edition, lacks dustjacket, uneven sun fade to spine, titles in gilt, internallu unmarked. 

Walter de la Mare - Broomsticks - HB -1925 ( Short Stories)

Published in London by Constable & Company Ltd,  1925 With woodcut illustrations by Bold, original pictorial orange cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition.  A collection of...

Walter de la Mare - The Three Mulla-Mulgars - HB 1st Edition, Illustrated 1921

A trio of royal monkey brothers — Thimble, Thumble, and Nod — receive a magical amulet from their mother, who instructs them to set out in search of their father. It's been many years since the father vanished after undertaking his own quest...

Walter de la Mare - Three Vintage POETRY - The Fleeting & Other Poems ( 1933 ), Stuff and Nonsense ( 1927) , Memory & Other Poems ( 1938 )

Three vintage hardcover Contable poetry collections from Walter de la Mare, all in unoiform pale green/ khaki cloth covers, two with titles tro front and spine, one without.  All in uniformly sized hardcover, all without dustjackets   Stuff...

Walter de la Mare - Songs of Childhood ( Poems) - HB - Illustrated 1923 ( Originally 1902)

The author's first book ( published under the name Walter Ramal ( read it backwards) in 1902, this is a revised , expanded and illustrated edition published 1923, with black and white illustrations throughout , as well as 8 colour plates by Estella...

Patrick Skene Catling - Freddy Hill : The Story of a Modern Man of Pleasure - Vintage PB - 1970

A 1970'S satire of the erotic classic , Fanny Hill, this switches the gender to Freddy Hill, a young lothario. Probably seen as ' rac at the time of publication', (  and for the time it was) now it seems very tame. What is funny is how much of...

David Kossoff - A Small Town is a World - The Rabbi Mark Stories - Vintage PB

Pan paperback, a mix of wry religion, human nature in stories form an ( imaginary) small town - Klanestetl - in Poland. 

Charles Jackson - The Lost Week-End - HB UK 1960 ( Originally 1945)

The classic tale of one man's struggle with alcoholism, this revolutionary novel remains Charles Jackson's best-known book--a daring autobiographical work that paved the way for contemporary addiction literature. It is 1936, and on the East Side of...

Rudyard Kipling - The Five Nations - HB 1st Edition 1903 - Poetry

A hardcover first UK Edition, ( Methuen london, 1903) of Kipling's ' Five Nations' , including the text of Recessional ( firts published in the Times Newspaper in 1897.  Recessional" contains five stanzas of six lines each. As a recessional is...

Jeremy Bulloch - Flying Solo ( Tales of a Bounty Hunter ) - HB Limited Edition - SIGNED ( Boba Fett)

Flying Solo is the autobiography of actor Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett in the Original Trilogy of Star Wars). The book, which was privately published for collectors in 2004, was limited to 2000 copies. Jeremy Bulloch ( who appeared in a host of films and Tv...

F.A Worsley - Under Sail in the Frozen North - HB 1st Edition 1927 ( With Map) - Polar Exploration

Under Sail in the Frozen North by Frank Worsley, HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION, 1927, ondon.  Hardcover , without dustjacket with gilt-printed sailing ship on cover board, no dust jacket. Fully illustrated and fold-out map of Spitzbergen and environs at...

Joe Steve Ó Neachtain - Lámh Láidir - PB - 2005

Tá rian na drámaíochta ar phlota cliste an leabhair seo, rud a mbeifeá ag súil leis ó fhear a bhfuil cáil go forleathan air mar aisteoir i sobaldráma TG4, Ros na Rún. Is thar thrí...

Robert Scott - Around and About Cong - PB 2017

Around and About Cong introduces the Cong area ( a small town on the Mayo Galway border)  through its history, people, places and legends. Over 5,000 years of history, from prehistoric Cong to the Quiet Man are presented in words and pictures. The...

E. O Plauen - Vater und Sohn - HB - SLIPCASED

Vater und Sohn - e. o pLAUEN  Die 3 bekannten Bände mit je 50 Streichen und Abenteuern gezeichnet von e. o. plauen und eine 36-seitige Biographie. ( Three Slipcased Volumes, in an illustrated box, with a 36 page brief biography. Originallyt...

E Lipson - Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries 1815-1939 - PB 1972 ( Originally 1940)

'A historically concise and connected analytical account of the interaction and history of the chief European states between 1815 and 1939.  With folded maps and illustrations. 

Deirdre Purcell - Follow Me Down To Dublin : The City Through the Voices of It's People- HB - Illustrated 2007

In Follow Me Down to Dublin, Deirdre Purcell takes to the streets of Dublin to meet those who inhabit her city and who, like her, love it. illustrated throughout, hardcover in dustjacket, published by Hachette Books, 2007. 

Joan Kahn ( Editor) - The Edge of the Chair : A Collection HB ( 1968)

An anthology containing the following ( a mix of mystery / tales of teh uncanny and true crime) Hardcover, published by Arlington Books, 1968 ( 1967 in the USA, although this is uncredited)  Light edgewear only, binding tight CONTENTS -  The...

Ian & Zenka Woodward - The Beaver Book of Creepy Verse - Vintage PB ( Poetry for Children)

A collection of poems and rhymes on ghosts, witches, weird houses, phantoms, spells, graveyards and horror, both classic ( 19th and 20th century poets like Tennyson and Walter de la MARE, to modern poets such as Roger McGough.  1981, MODERATE...

Charles Cruickshank - The German Occupation of the Channel Islands - PB -1975

Charles Cruickshank provides a full account of the German invasion, the subsequent landings of various British agents, raids and an attempt to end the occupation using psychological warfare. He also looks at how the islanders and Wehrmacht lived, the...

Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures of Gerard - HB -1903 - US 1st Edition

Adventures of Gerard (The Adventures of Gerard in some editions) is a volume collecting 8 linked short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published on 22 september 1903 by George Newnes , London. These short stories have been...

Georges Conchon - The Hollow Victory - HB 1961 ( Translated by Elisabeth Abbott)

Originally published in France as *La Corrida de la Victois*, and winner of the Prix des Libraires, 1959, this is teh first edition in English, 1961, published by Alvin Redman.  Translation by Elisabeth Abbott.  Set in Madrid at the end of...

E.H Carr - The Bolshevik Revolution 1917-1923 - HB -1950 ( A History of Soviet Russia : Volume 1 )

Somwhat confusingly titled Violume 1, the book itself was subsequently published by Pelican in three PB's , and also there were further hardcover volumes ( forming a History of Soviet Russia)  this has the contents of books 1 to 3 , Volume 1 in...

Alfred Duggan - God and My Right - HB - 1963 ( Originally 1950)

The clash of the Two Swords, of spiritual and temporal power, rings through the 12th century. In England its most famous instance was the dispute between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury, a complicated story which cannot be understood unless the...

Sophocles - The Three Theban Plays : Antigone / Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus ( Translation by E.F Watling)

Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, Sophocles' The Three Theban Plays are among the most enduring and timeless dramas ever written. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Robert Fagles with introductions and notes by Bernard Knox. Collected...

Mary Renault - The Charioteer - Vintage PB 1963 ( Originally 1959)

A reprint edition, Four Square Books, (  NEL ) UK, 1963, having been originally published in 1959.  Mary Renault’s landmark novel about a wounded soldier who returns from the front and must choose between relationships with two very...

A.A Milne - The House at Pooh Corner - Vintage PB 1975 ( Originally 1928 )

Tanning to pages, illustrated by E.H Shepherd.  "In that enchanted placed on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing." This is the second classic children's story collection by A.A.Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh and his...

Walter de la Mare - The Picnic and Other Stories - HB 1941

A collection of short stories ( most previously published in magazines and short story collections) , publisher by Faber UK, 1941.  Solid in faded grey cloth covers, titles in green to front and spine. 

Benedict Kiely - The Captain with the Whiskers ( Vintage Paperback ) ( 1980 - Originally 1960)

A seminal novel by one of Ireland's greatest living writers In Bingen House, guarded by shale-white Ulster mountains, and on the edge of the Atlantic, lived Captain Conway Chesney: small, neat, efficient, and a diabolical domestic tyrant. Owen Rodgers,...

Seamus G O'Kelly - The Glorious Seven - 1916-1966 - PB

Published by Irish News Service & Publicity , Dame Street, Dublin.  A 48 page booklet, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the 1916 rising , 1966.  short biographies of teh seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation

Enid Blyton - The Circus of Adventure - Vintage PB 1981 ( Originally 1952)

Adventure fiction. Why on earth did Bill have to bring the wimpish Gustavus with them on holiday? Neither Jack nor Kiki the parrot like the boy at all. But when Gustavus is kidnapped, along with Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann, Jack must bravely follow them...

Anthony Powell - The Acceptance World - Vintage Fontana PB (

'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. In this third volume, determined to make a...

Anthony Powell - Casanova's Chinese Restaurant - Vintage PB ( A Dance to the Music of Time - Book 5 )

'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it...

Anthony Powell - Venusberg ( Vintage PB 1961, Originally 1932)

An English journalist encounters dangerous hijinks on the Baltic Sea in this satirical novel by the author of A Dance to the Music of Time.Written from a vantage point both high and deliberately narrow, the early novels of Anthony Powell...

James Joyce - Ulysses - Vintage PB 1969

A Penguin Mosdern Classics Edition UK ( Penguin Number 3000) - full text with a brief Hiistory of Ulysses by Richard Ellman at rear.  Taller than a standard Penguin, there is heavy yellowing to page block, and the book covers were covered in a...

Anthony Powell - The Military Philosophers - Vintage PB 1968 ( A Dance to the Music of Time - Book 9 )

Mackie, as ever, presents well-balanced arguments and produces his own views with a degree of clarity and style which makes him stand out amongst the writers of philosophy. His Ethics is no different, presenting a clear refutation of objective morality...

Primo Levi - Si c'est un homme - PB ( Traduit de l'italien par Martine Schruoffeneger)

Si c'est un homme ( ITALIEN: Se questo è un uomo prononcé :) est un témoignage autobiographique de Primo LEVI sur sa survie dans le camp nazi d’Auschwitz où il est détenu de fervier...

Arthur Quiller-Couch ( Editor) - The Oxford Book of English Verse : 1250-1900 - HB 1931 ( Originally 1900)

First published in 1900 ( and thus covering poetry in English to the end of the 19th century, this is a 1931 reprint of the revised 1939 edition,  Arranged chronologically, from the earliest anonymous poem c 1250 ( Cuckoo Song - Sumer is icumen in....

Alfred Cobban - A History of France 1715-1799 & A History of Modern France 1799-1945( Vintage Pelican PB ) 2 Book Vintage Pelican

Cobban's narrative commences with the death in 1715 of Louis XIV after 54 years of personal rule. Louis XIV had used those five decades to perfect a system of absolutist monarchy and to exert French power and influence throughout the continent of Europe...