Rare, Vintage, OP & Collectable

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 modern day sites with religious connections...

Sava, George - A Surgeon in California Hb 1st Ed Faber Uk 1962

A hardcover first edition, first printing, Faber & Faber 1962 of Russian born author George Sava's A surgeon in California. Light edge wear to the dj, two small closed tears to the upper edges of the front cover ( no paper loss)  internally...

H Rider Haggard - She -Vintage PB

On his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. It contains a letter recounting the legend of a white sorceress who rules an African tribe and of his father's quest to find this remote race. To find out...

Kiely, Benedict - 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 removed at some stage. Internally unmarked...

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 light bumping to corners, as well as normal...

Tipperary GAA Yearbook 2006 - Bliainiris Thobraid Árann PB

A paperback large format ( a4) sized, of the annual GAA Tipperary Yearbook, illustrated throughout. The 2006 edition, as is the norm with annuals, covers the events and matches of 2005. Creasing to the back cover, internally unmarked...

Orme, A. R. - 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 ( many from the air ) and line drawings...

Bruce Arnold - A Concise History Of Irish Art - PB 1969 ( Thames & Hudson History of Art) Illustrated

Bruce Arnold traces the complex evolution of Irish art through three millennia, showing how it has drawn on Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Mediterranean sources. The author repatriates Irish artists who are frequently regarded as "English"--including...

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

Ó Dúrois, Seán - Rí na gCearrbhach PB 2001 Gaeilge

Winner of Gradam an oireachtais 2001 for best Irish language novel - a crime thriller set in a small town in County Down, Ulster in 1866. Is as Gaeilge in iomlán atá an leabhar. Publsihed by Coiscéim Teoranta,...

Greg Bear - Tangents ( Science Fiction Short stories) HB Gollancz 1989

Multi-award winning author Greg Bear established himself as the most ambitious and imaginative of the potential successors to Arthur C. Clarke with his bestselling space operas Eon and Eternity. Tangents is his first collection of short stories and...

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 meaning; and how, when it's going badly, when books...

Gerry Adams - Hope and History : Making Peace in Ireland HB - Brandon

A hardcover edition, Brandon, 2003 of IRA and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams's account of the peace process and the Belfast Agreement -  'Hope and History - Making Peace in Ireland' . From the blurb -  Hope and History is a...

Rees, Jasper - Wenger : The Making of a Legend, Hb 1st Ed 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, including some hilarious ones of Wenger as a young...

Noel Malcolm - Kosovo - A Short History - PB 1998 Yugoslavia/Balkans

In this first-ever complete history of Kosovo, Noel Malcolm carefully sifts facts from fiction and lays to rest many of the false claims which have bedevilled all discussion of the region. His account is based on a profound knowledge of both the original...

Frampton, Kenneth Modern Architecture - A Critical History PB 3rd ed 2000

A paperback 3rd revised edition, 2000 , issued as part of the Thames and Hudson World of Art Series.This acclaimed survey of 20th-century architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. Now revised, enlarged and...

Forde, Alleen - Not Fair Catholic Truth Society Pamphlet / Wexford 1950's PB

A 32 page fiction novella, set in rural County Wexford (Kilmyshall, primarily ) - but other locatins mentioned are Glaslacken, Bunclody, Carhill and Drumderry.  A melodramatic tale of a young Wexford man, who, after losing a scholarship as a result...

Forrester, Helen Twopence to Cross the Mersey PB ed - signed by Caitlin Moran

A paperback standard copy of Helen Forester's classic true story memoir of Liverpool Childhood - Twopence to Cross the Mersey, originally published in 1974, and in this edition in 2010. This is NOT signe dby Helen Forrester, it is howver signed...

Robinson, Robert - 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.  Landscape with Dead...

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. True first edition, first printing, with full numberline to 1. Condition - Book - Very Good , SLIGHT spine...

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 basis of the book. Includes transcripts and...

c. Hamilton Ellis- Famous Locomotives of the World ( Globe Books) 1962 HB Railway History

A hardcover ex library copy of C Hamilton Ellis' Famous Locomotives of the World, part of the Globe Books series published by Muller of London, and published in this revised second edition in 1962, originally published in 1957.  Condition - Being...

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 years of independence . Issued in paper covers,...

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 London. Interior illustration by Gordon...

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 and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea;...

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. But the man Clarissa Arden also knows as James Mellor is quite capable of committing murder. James, meanwhile, is...

Brien, Robert F. - Model Sailing Ships : Design and Construction HB UK 1986 Model craft Marine

A hardcover first edition, Batsford UK, 1986. of Model Sailing Ships, Design & Construction, by Robert F Brien. Pictorial boards, some minor shelf wear, very minor wear to edges and corners, in a very good condition. An informative and introductory...

Hadfield, John, 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, otherwise internally excellent. this is the revised editioon...

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 weakened by stupidity and greed. Peter Benton, the young...

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 corners, otherwise internally unmarked, no other...

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 Logue ( of The King's Speech fame) , in his...

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

Arthur Rimbaud - Un Poete - Collection en poesie - French Poetry

A 1982 edition of poetry and short fiction by Arthur Rimbaud, published by Gallimard. Condition - Very good, the book has no marks internally, there are some small creases to the book covers. Une édition de 1982 de la poésie et...

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 strengths, weaknesses and more uncovered. Find the...

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 of the protagonist, Ellen Burton are based on the...

Brian Carthy - Football Captains - The All Ireland Winners - 1993 HB GAA 1st Edition

Interviews with some of the most notable captains in GAA history from 1940 to 1993. Both a history of the best of the game, and an examination of the qualities - leadership, perseverance, that are found in succesful sportspeople.  Illustrated ,...

Jane Ellen Wayne - Crawford's Men - Hollywood Actress Joan Crawford Hardcover Biography

Joan Crawford's personal life often mirrored and exceeded her most entertaining film roles. In 1925 Lucille LeSueur, a young chorus girl from the wrong side of the tracks, stepped off a train in Hollywood and quickly parlayed an ability to do an...

Robert Charles Wilson - 3 Novels - Bios, Darwinia & The Chronoliths - Science Fiction

3 paperback science fiction novels by Robert Charles Wilson, as follows - Bios - UK paperback edition, 1999. Tanning to page block, light edgewear. Fade to spine. It is the 22nd century. Interstellar travel is possible, but colossally expensive, so...

Campbell, Bruce - Bird Watching For Beginners - Vintage Puffin 1959 - Paperback Ornithology

Illustrated with b&w line drawings, this is a revised 1959 edition, based on the original 1952 edition. Condition - very Good, the only flaw being a small area of damage to the base of the spine, which is a different colour to the paler green of...

Joyce Cary - Spring Song : Vintage Penguin Short Stories - Paperback 1963

A paperback first Penguin edition, of Donegal born author (Arthur ) Joyce Cary - Spring Song & Other Stories, 1963, originally published by Michael Joseph in 1960, and a collection of all his short fiction, some of which only appeared in this...

Durrell, Lawrence - Mountolive - ( Alexandria Quartet - Book 3 ) Faber Paperback 1975 ( Originally 1958)

1 of the novels from Lawrence Durrell's connected Alexandria Quartet - Justine, Balthazar, Clea - Mountolive, published by Faber & Faber UK. Although linked, all the novels can be read as standalone books. Mountolive- Faber reprint paperback , a...

Bernard Montgomery - The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery - HB -1958

A hardcover, Collins 1958 - the Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery , internally unmarked, (  good overall - in an edgeworn dustjacket that shows small closed tears to the edges)  Perhaps known to history best as the victorious general at the...

Ashford, Jeffrey - Enquiries Are Continuing - Mystery Guild Book 1965 Crime

Thomas, Bob - THE ONE AND ONLY BING - Bing Crosby SINGER - Film star Actor 1978 Hardcover

A hardcover 1978 edition of a photographic history of Hollywood actor and singer Bing Crosby. This is a large format hardcover, 152 pages, numerous black and white photographs. Issued after his death in 1977.  Bing Crosby was the bestselling...

James Agate - Noblesse Oblige - Hardcover First Edition 1944 WW2

A hardcover first edition, 1944, of James Agate's Noblesse Oblige, published by Home & Van Thal in October 1944.  It was written as a reply to Osbert Sitwell's A Letter to my Son, about advice to a son in time of war. This is...

Somer, John & Daly, J ( Editors) - Scribner Book of Irish Writing - Paperback Edition 2001 Short Fiction

This is a collection of short fiction that shows the power, vitality and diversity of the modern Irish story. Fresh voices are represented alongside those synonymous with contemporary Irish literature, such as Emma Donoghue , Colum McCann and Joseph...

Francis MacManus - The Greatest of These - Vintage Mercier Paperback 1969 ED

The Greatest of These was first published in Dublin in 1943 by the Talbot Press.Set in the late 19th century,  It presents a very sympathetic portrait of Bishop Ned Langton, who feels impelled to bring a maverick priest, James Phelan, back into...

Lawson, Henry / While The Billy Boils - PB Australia

52 short stories, originally published 1896, and classics of Australian 19th century writing, evoking the rural Australia that Henry Lawson knew himself.  Light edgewear only, this edition published 1977, Australia.