Rare, Vintage, OP & Collectable

Landon, Margaret - Anna and the King of Siam - Vintage Panther - PB Ed Film Tie in

The screenplay for the renowned musical The King and I was based on this title -  Anna and the King of Siam, written in 1944 by Margaret Landon. ... The book took inspiration from the memoirs of a lady...

Phyllis Clinch & R. Charles Mollan ( Editors) - A Profit and Loss Account of Science in Ireland - HB RDS 1983

A collection of essays on industrial and resource development in Ireland, published by the RDS , 1983, with cover design by Brian ó Nualláin , heavy sun fade to spine, some closed tears to dustjacket edges.  Large format hardcover,...

Patrick Kavanagh - Collected Poems - PB Edition - ( Originally 1964 ) - Monaghan

Monaghan born Patrick Kavanagh was one of modern Ireland's greatest poets. From a harsh, humble background that he himself described so brilliantly, Kavanagh burst through immense constraints to redefine Irish poetry - a poetry appropriate for a fully...

Ross, Tony - Puss in Boots - PB - Illustrated Children's 1982

A first edition of one of Tony Ross's classic illustrated books - his version of Puss in Boots, illustrated in colour , published by Andersen Press.  A re-imagining of the classic tale. Condition - very good - light edgewear , no marks or...

Wallace, Edgar - The Square Emerald - Vintage Pan PB 1966 Ed

A body on Barnes Common, clutching in its lifeless fingers a Square Emerald, A young man just out of prison After serving a sentence for forgery.. add a smart woman detective and you have one of the most intriguing taes to come from the pen of a master...

Shaw, George Bernard - Plays Pleasant : Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny, You Never Can Tell - Vintage Penguin PB - 1946 ( Originally 1898)

A vintage Penguin paperbacks ( Horizontal band editions) of plays by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw - as follows - Plays Pleasant - comprising Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny & You Never Can Tell - Heavy age spotting and...

Mary Brigid Pearse - The Home Life of Pádraig Pearse - Vintage Mercier PB

Originally published in 1934, and here in a Mercier Press reprint from 1979 ( issued for the centenary of Pearse's birth in 1879) this is The Home Life of Pádraig Pearse , by Brigid Pearse, his sister.  This book was originally serialised in...

Michael Forde - Company Law in Ireland - 1st Ed revised 1987

The first edition of the now standard work on Irish company law, this is currently up to the fifth edition ( 2017) - this is the first edition, 1985, here revised and reprinted from 1987.  Commercial law had long been based on the 1963 Companies...

Saint Therese de l'Enfant-Jesus - Histoire D'une Ame - PB In French En francais

Histoire d'une âme est un livre combinant les récits autobiographiques de sainte Therese de Lisieux. Publié en 1898, juste après la mort de l'auteur, l'ouvrage a immédiatement connu un très grand...

Fletcher, H.L.V - Herefordshire : The County Book Series - Vintage HB with Map, Illustrated 1948

A hardcover first edition, Robert hale publishing, 1948 of a volume in their County books series covering Herefordshire, by H.L.V Fletcher.  Internally, in very good condition, illustrated throughout, with the fold out map undamaged and in very good...

Ó Floinn, Críostóir - Lá Dá Bhfaca Thú - HB 1st ed 1955 As Gaeilge - ÚRSCÉAL

Clo Morainn, Dublin, 1955. Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition in a faded lightly chipped dustjacket, 272 pages. The story of a young man Ruairí Ó Daill who has given up his teaching position in Dublin to...

Edmund Van Esbeck - Irish Rugby Scrapbook - Illustrated 1982

Cork born Van Esbeck was the rugby correspondent for the Irish Times since the 1960's, and also wrote the official centenary history of the IRFU .  This is a pictorial history of the highlights in Irish rugby history, centered in particular on the...

A.T.Q Stewart - Edward Carson : A Biography - ( Gill's Irish Lives Series ) PB 1981 - Unionism

A 1981 first edition , Gill & Macmillan, Ireland, of the historical biography forming part of the (updated) Gill's Irish Lives series - a biography of Edward Carson, 1854-1935 , the Dublin born barrister and politician, whose name became synonymous...

Church, Richard - Kent : The County Book - Vintage Hardcover 1948 WITH MAP

One of a set of books describing the traditional counties of the Britain as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst...

Wright, Finbar - Private Friends - HB Poetry Limited Edition 2001 - SIGNED & Dedicated

Finbar Wright has been a member of the Irish Tenors from 2000 to present. Private Friends is a collection of some of Wright's poetry published in 2001 and dedicated to his brother, Robert, who, at age 47, had died suddenly the same year...

Taafe, Frank - Athy Golf Club Centenary History 1906-2006 - Hardcover Co. Kildare

A handsome and well produced club history of Athy Golf Club, County Kildare, published on the occasion of the club centenary in 2006. Hardcover, with photographs in both colour and black and white, and with a full history of past members, captains,...

Gibson, W.H.G & McDonald, Joseph - A Century of Golf at Carlow : From Gotham to Deerpark 1899-1999 HB

A history of golf in Carlow, covering the centenary of Carlow Golf club, from the early origins in 1899, illustrated throughout, with coverage of tHe initial course at Gotham, and the move to the modern current location at Deerpark.  illustrated...

Cornelius Ryan - The Longest Day : The D-Day Story HB Gollancz 1st Edition 1959

A reprint, Gollancz UK, 1971, of the classic ( and standard account ) of the D-day landings in Normandy - The Longest Day , by Cornelius Ryan ( originally 1960)  .    For the forces of the Allies, this would be their ultimate day of truth,...

Ó Suilleabháin, Diarmaid - Muintir - Hb As Gaeilge Gearrscéalta 1971

Foilsithe ag Sáirséal & Dill, 1971, cnuasach gearrscéalta leis un údar Diarmuid ó Suilleabháin.  As Gaeilge in iomlán atá na scéalta Ba as Béarra i gcontae Chorcaigh an...

Pauline Hall - Grounds - HB - 1st Edition - Brandon 1983 Dublin 1950's 1950's

Pauline Hall was born in Dublin, Ireland. She spent periods of time in France, Italy, Spain and the United States before returning home to live in Ireland permanently. Having originally worked in the Irish public service, she now writes full-time, both...

Jacqueline O'Brien & Ivor Herbert - Vincent O'Brien's Great Horses - HB - Ballydoyle 1984

A hardcover first edition Pelham Books, 1984, on the hugely successful business built by Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle, Tipperary - in breeding and raising some of the best horses in racing history. Co-written by Jacqueline O'Brien, who also took all the...

International Football Book No 2 - Souvenir Press 1960 - Illustrated Vintage Football

With features on the European Cup, article by Matt Busby, and contributions by Alfredo di Stefano, Danny Blanchflower, Tom Finney Brian Glanville and many more.  With black and white photography throughout. Lacks the original dustjacket, but...

Elizabeth Beresford - Travelling Magic - PB 1975 Vintage Target Edition

A child arrives in London without a parent, met by a woman  who takes her home to her guesthouse in South London, a slightly gothic looking house with leaky guttering, whose back garden meets three others, to form a 'triangle' of unclaimed,...

Maeve Binchy - The Lilac Bus & Dublin 4 - Omnibus HB Edition - Irish Life Classics Collection - Best of Maeve Binchy

A hardcover copy , an omnibus edition ( including two books previously published separately) - The Lilac Bus and Dublin 4 - here issued by The Irish Life Classic Collection, 1991.  Dublin 4 comprises 4 short stories originally published in the...

Paddy Devlin- The Fall of the N.I Executive 1974 - PB 1st Ed Northern Ireland

Published by Anvil Press /Kerryman, this is Paddy Devlin's collection of essays and commentary on the circumstances that led to the fall of the first Northern Ireland Executive in 1974. Paddy Devlin, formerly a union organiser,  was one of the...

Tipperary GAA Yearbook 2010 - Blianiris PB Illustrated Gaelic Games

Terry Wogan - 2 Book Lot : The Day Job & Chat Show Host Extraordinary - PB Biography

Two books on the late Limerick born TV presenter , Terry Wogan, as follows : 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...

David Storey - This Sporting Life - Vintage Penguin PB Film Tie In Ed 1963 Richard Harris

Originally published in 1960, this is the award winning debut novel from David Storey, This Sporting Life, in this film tie in edition from Penguin UK, 1963, with an image from the film of Richard Harris on the cover. Light tanning to the page block,...

D H Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover & The Trial of Lady Chatterley 1961 Vintage Penguin

Two vintage Penguin paperbacks, as follows -  (a) A 1973 reprint of  Lady Chatterley's Lover, originally published in 1928, and in this edition by Penguin in 1960. this edition has an introduction by Richard Hoggart, in very good condition ,...

Resuhi Akdikmen - Langenscheidt Standard English Turkish Dictionary HB İngilizce–Türkçe - İngilizce

Uzun ve titiz bir calismanini urunu olan bu yeni cep sozlugu, 80000'i askin kelime haznesiyle, ogrencilerin, ogretmenlerin, cevirmenlerin, kisacasi Ingilizce ile iliskili herkesin gereksinimlerini buyuk olcude karsilayacak bicimde hazirlanmistir...

Gwyn Jones & Thomas Jones - The Mabinogion - Wales - PB Everyman Edition Myth

Cover art by Alan Lee. Published as part of the Everyman/Dent series, originally published 1949, in this edition 1984.  Destiny, magic and chance, human strengths and weaknesses-The Mabinogion's stories are among the most compelling and beautiful...

Joe Broderick - Fall From Grace : the Life of Bishop Eamonn Casey - PB 1st ed 1992

Examines the story of Eamonn Casey from his childhood in rural north Kerry to his sudden resignation as bishop of Galway in May 1992. The author traces the evolution of Casey's life , describing his work for the homeless in Britain in the 1960's, his...

Patterson, Austin M - German English Dictionary for Chemists 3rd ED HB 1963

A hardcover third edition, 1963, of the German to English Dictionary for Chemists ( does not include English to German)  Published by Wiley USA, the first edition had been 1917, and was revised and added to greatly in the two later editions...

Pat Lynch - Clane's Golden Era : Gaelic Games 1985 - 2000 HB Kildare GAA

A hardback 1st edition history of Clane GAA, 1985-2000, by Pat Lynch - covering the County Kildare club. No ISBN, unpriced, hardcover with pictorial covers with titles in white to spine and front. Published by Clane GAA in 2007, illustrated in colour...

King , Rufus - A Variety of Weapons - Vintage PB Pulp USA 1943

Ann Lebrick cheerfully accepted an assignment to photograph the ocelots of Miss Estelle Marlow. On arrival at the Marlow estate, Black Tor, where she was to stay for a week, she found herself in a brooding atmosphere of great wealth, guarded...

Savile, Steven & Kontis, Alethea ( Eds) - Elemental - Science Fiction Stories - Tsunami Relief Anthology

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Carolyn Swift - Robbers in the Theatre - Vintage Irish HB - Children's 1984

A small format HARDCOVER published by the Children;s Press, Dublin, 1984 of Carolyn Swift's Robbers in the Theatre, the fourth ( but standalone) book in her Robbers In ..series. Cover art  by Terry Meyler.  Stoicker residue on back cover. 

O'Hara, John - The Ewings HB UK 1st Ed 1972 - Family Saga

Published posthumously in 1972, after the author's death in 1970, this is a family saga set in the US midwest on the eve  of WW1.  A rather dark family saga of heart-and-soulless women in warmer bodies; and the double-breasted suited men who go...

Philip Bobbitt - The Shield of Achilles : War, Peace and the Course of History - HB UK 1st Ed

An attempt to reinterpret the history of the 20th century as a long war in which conditions of outright military confrontation or of frantic "cold" competition lasted from the outbreak of World War I until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The author...

Easton Ellis, Bret - Lunar Park - HB - Slipcased UK 1st Edition

He became a bestselling novelist while still in college, immediately famous and wealthy. He watched his insufferable father reduced to a bag of ashes in a safety-deposit box. He was lost in a haze of booze, drugs and vilification. Then he was given a...

Julian Gough - Jude, Level 1 - SIGNED Hardcover 1st Edition 2007

A signed hardcover first edition, of Jude, by Julian Gough, and published by Old Street Publishing 2007.  This is the tale of Jude, a Tipperary-reared orphan, who on his 18th birthday, sets off to discover the wide world and his true parentage. If...

Science Research Associates Ltd - Better Living Booklets ( for parents and teachers- Boxed set of 10 Vintage

A collection of 10 uniformly sized vintage booklets, presented in a custom cardboard box, covering various aspects of childcare and education, including many that deal with issues for children. First issued in the 1950's,  these are later updated...

Raymond McClean - The Road to Bloody Sunday - PB 1st Ed 1983 - Northern Ireland Derry 1972

A paperback copy, Ward River Press, 1983, fade to spine but internally unmarked. Doctor McClean witnessed the events on Bloody Sunday in January 1972, and the book is,  in his own words - 'not a political tract, rather it offers a heartfelt...

Richard Llewellyn- Chez Pavan - Hardcover 1st Ed- Vintage - 1959

A story of a young man going into high end hotel and restaurant world - running one of the finest Parisian Hotels in the 1920's. 1st UK hardcover edition, 1959, internally very good, in an edge worn and chipped dustjacket, which is now in a removable...

Collins, V.H - A second Book of English Idioms - language Reference HB 1st Ed 1958

Despite being published in 1958 , this could nearly pass as a new boo - no tanning to pages, internally unmarked, binding tight, only some very light edgewear to the corners.  Published by Longmans UK, it gives an explantion, examples of use and...

Yeoman, R.S - A Guide Book of United States Coins 18th Ed 1965 - 1600's-1960's

HardcoverPublisher: Whitman Publishing Co., Racine, WI, 1964Used - Very Good. This book is the 18th edition, has 255 pages and is in very good condition with no tears, markings or inscriptions. Cover boards show minor wear to lower spine. Bright red...

James Fisher - The Shell Bird Book UK & Ireland - HB 1st Edition - 1966 Ebury Press

A hardcover first edition, 1966 , published by Ebury Press & Michael Joseph of James Fisher's Shell Bird Book, illustrated by E.A R Ennion with 48 colour and b&w illustrations, and with maps , photographs etc.  Used - Good. 1st Edition, 344...

Dell, Ethel M - Charles Rex - HB Vintage Romance 1922

Not being a family man, the sailor Charles Rex travels widely and to some point aimlessly. On his last night in Italy, he rescues a young man from a beating by his employer. What leads thereafter is an entanglement of duty, loyalty, love and honor bound...

Mount Sackville Annual 2015-16 - School Yearbook Chapelizod Dublin

The school annual/yearbook for the academic tear 2015-16, issued by Mount Sackville School, Chapelizod, dublin.  PB, with every class pictured, school tours, sports, events, staff and school buildings. Small section of paper curl to back corner of...

Norris, Frank - The Pit - A story of Chicago HB 1906

A hardcover later printing ( October 1906) of Frank Norris's The Pit - A Tale of Chicago, originally 1903. Period name to front endpaper dated 1907. Fade to the spine, internally unmarked, spine lean, and circular white heat mark? stain on front cover...

Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy - Part 3 - Paradise - Vintage Penguin Classics - translated Dorothy Sayers

Paradise - the final book of Dante's ( 1265-1321) masterwork, the Divine Comedy - Paradiso ( or Heaven) translated by Dorothy Sayers.  Black cover Vintage penguin, 1982 reprint of this translation, first published 1962 . Fold out map inside back...

Dexter, Gary - Why not Catch-21 HB - Books on books 1st Ed 2007

Most book titles simply describe the contents of the book they are attached to. Crime and Punishment is about crime and punishment, and Brideshead Revisited is about revisiting Brideshead. But a small number of book titles have a rather odd, separate...