Rare, Vintage, OP & Collectable

Joe Joyce & Peter Murtagh - The Boss - Charles J. Haughey in Government PB Irish Politics 1st Ed 1983

A paperback first edition , 1983 of the classic study of Charlie Haughey as Taoiseach in the early 1980's - The Boss, published by Poolbeg Press. Controversial and groundbreaking in it's time, it centers on the dramatic events of 1982 , a year that...

Tom Forester - The Mircoelectronics Revolution - Vintage 1980 Technology & Predictions

A collection of 1980's essays on the 'silicon chip revolution' - an examination from 1980 on how the industry and technology would alter society and the world of work. A collection of essays from academics, journalists and industry insiders. Some , given...

Pádraig Puirséal - The GAA in it's Time - A History - PB 1984 Ward River Press

First publised in 1982, this is a 1984 edition ( issued for the GAA centenary) of sports journalist Pádraig Puirséal's The GAA in it's Time.  Puirséal traces the issues and events that went into the making of the movement - its...

Giraud - Cassell's Vintage French-English & English French Dictionary HB 1968 Thumb Index Hardcover Ed

One of the standard French-English-French  dictionaries, The Cassell Dictionary was first published in 1920, and is here in the 55th revised edition from 1968, revised by Denis Girard. Thumb Index, part 1 is french English, part 2 is English-...

John Gorman - Gory Tales - The Autobiography - SIGNED HB Football, Tottenham , Celtic, Scotland England

A signed hardcover first edition of footballer and coach John Gorman's autobiography Gory Tales, and given who he played for and managed over the years - he knew almost everyone of note in teh English and Scottish game - Jock stein, Kenny Dalglish,...

Ford, Boris ( Editor) - The Age of Chaucer - Penguin Pelican Guide To English Literature - Vintage 1959 PB

The first ( standalone)  book in the The Pelican Guide to English Literature, ( and literature in English ) under the general editor Boris Ford. Essays on each period, further reading, individual essays on authors by noted critics.  (1) The...

Guy Savile - Madagaskar Plan & Afrika Reich - Alternate History - 2 BOOK SET

(1) Afrika Reich - Hooder & Stoughton UK , First Edition, 2011 1952. It is more than a decade since humiliation at Dunkirk brought an end to Britain's war and the beginning of an uneasy peace with Hitler. In Africa, the swastika flies from the...

Philip Wylie - TRIUMPH - US HB 1ST Edition -1963 Post Apocalyptic Fiction ATOMIC WA

A hardcover US first edition, unstated but presumed of the 1963 [1962] novel by  Philip Wylie, TRIUMPH. Wylie was also the author of the classic SF disaster novel When Worlds Collide.  Condition - Book - Very good + , age darkening...

Thomas Friedman - the World is Flat - A Brief History of the Globalized World in the 21st Century HB 2005

The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization - a `flattening' of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that...

Langland - Piers the Ploughman - Penguin Classics - Medieval

Written by a fourteenth-century cleric known only as Langland, this allegory explores man in relation to his ultimate destiny against the background of teeming, colourful medieval life. Combines comedy, a view of medieval life, as well as prophecy and...

Ó Grádaigh, Eoghan - An Siondacáit - PB Crime Gaeilge Vintage 1969

A short crime novel as gaeilge, published by Sáirséal & Dill, 1969. An Chéad chló.  Light edgewear , and two inner book stamps - from a school library  -i nside both covers.   

Domalain, Jean-Yves - Panjamon - I was a Headhunter - HB 1973 Borneo Travel

A US first edition, second printing, published by Morrow USA, 1973.  The true account, originally published in French, of the authors travel to Borneo, where, deep in the jungles, and lost, he was unwittingly taken in by two Iban headhunters, and...

Mary McCarthy - The Group - HB UK ED 1964 - Vintage Book Club Ed

A hardcover UK Book Club edition, 1964, following from the 1963 first edition, of the novel by Mary McCarthy - The Group.  Tanning to page block, and edgewear to the folds of the dustjacket, some small ghostmarks from tape internally on front...

Mainchín Seoighe - Portrait of Limerick - 1982 Local County History HB 1st Ed

A hardcover 1985 reprint of Mainchín Seoighe's Portrait of Limerick , originally published by Robert Hale Publishing in 1982.  Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, there's a small nick at the top edge of the spine, no...

Leon Ó Broin - Fenian Fever - An Anglo-American Dilemma - HB 1971

A hardcover first edition, Chatto & Windus , 1971, of historian Leon Ó Broin's study of the translatlantic impact of the Fenian movement in the 1860's. He examines how the movement was influenced for former US civil war soldiers, how it...

Seán Ó Mulláin - Fir Chlaimh - PB 1976 Gaeilge YA in a Karl Uhlemann DJ

A paperback copy, first edition, 1976 of Seán Ó Mulláin's Fir Chlaímh ( translates as Sword Men), published by FNT.  No inscriptions, no other marks, binding is solid , light tanning to pages throughout...

Patrick C Power - A Literary History of Ireland - Vintage Mercier Press PB 1969

 A paperback first edition, Mercier Press, Cork,  1969, of Patrick Power's study of Irish literature and writing ( mostly concentrating ON Irish writing as Gaeilge, from circa 900 to the 1950'S . Also includes an outline study of Irish writing...

Lorcán Ó Treasaigh - An Doras Grianlasta HB 1st ED 1983 Gaeilge

A hardcover first edition, 1983 by FNT , of Lorcán Ó Treasaigh 's novel 'An Doras Grianlasta' ( The Sunlit Door) .    Section internally of publishers ads.    Ó Treasaigh was  Dublin based author, musician,...

Patrick MacGill - The Rat-Pit - - Brandon PB

Published by Brandon Books UK, 1983, originally published ( as a sequel to Children of the Dead End) in 1915. MacGill was born near Glenties , County Donegal, in 1890, and had been a spalpeen and tatie hooker ( potato picker) in Scotland from the age of...

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 the author on some of the Yorkshire myths that...

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 Park Avenue, with a dirty mind like you shouldn't...

Isaac Bashevis Singer - In My Father's Court - HB 1st ED Memoir Poland

A hardcover 1st UK edition , Secker & Warburg,1967, following on from the 1st US edition, 1966, of Polish American author Isaac Bashevis Singer's memoir - In My Father's Court. Singer won the Nobel Prize in 1978, and his work has been filmed a number...

Daniel Farson - With Gilbert & George in Moscow HB Art Bloomsbury Uk 1991

With Gilbert & George In Moscow by Daniel Farson. Hardback first edition published by Bloomsbury UK in 1991. Approximately 10"x8" illustrated with colour and B&W photographs. In the spring of 1990, Daniel...

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 edition 1983, a simultaneous UK edition was...

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, and the first novelist to break through the confined...

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 novel of maneuver and misunderstanding...

Kathrin Perutz - Reigning Passions - 1978 - Masochism - Hb Uk 1Ed

A hardcover first edition, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1978, of Kathrin Perutz's novel based on the life of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , the man who gave his name to masochism.  Encompassing six decades of history, and a fascinating range of...

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 misunderstood. 'Dev' has been characterised as a stern, un-bending, devious and divisive politician, in scholarship and in popular culture. Here,...

The Playboy Interviews: They Played the Game, 2006, Hardcover Sport Interviews USA

A hardcover first edition, Playboy, 2006 of a collection of some of their most notable interviews with sporting personalities, ranging from 1968- 2005. The listing includes such notables as Mike Tyson, O@J Simpson( from 1976 and 2003) , Shaquille...

Monsarrat , Nicholas - 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 the story of the British...

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 modern usage) Explores Shakesperare's early...

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 edition. 616 pages, there are two previous owners...

Timothy Wharton - Trample The Wind - HB 1st Ed 1945 Wicklow Black and Tans Fiction

A hardcover first edition, 1945 Talbot Press, Dublin of Timothy Wharton's Trample the Wind - Set in Wicklow in 1921 at the end of the War of independence- it concentrates on  the activities of an IRA unit and Black and Tans, with a a love element...

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 illustrations of the stained glass windows -...

Maurice Walsh - Blackcock's Feather - HB

This book tells the story of David Gordon, born of an Irish mother and a Scottish father. It starts with him setting sail from Bristol for Ireland in the early days of the Nine Years' War, soon after the Battle of Clontibret in 1595. The story takes...

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 childhood tragically altered by the death of her...

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...

George Sava - 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...

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 removed at some stage. Internally...

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...

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

Mick McCarthy - Early Days - 1990 - Kerry Autobiography

Light edgewear to the covers, internally there is a gift inscription to the title page in neat blue ink. An account of growing up in rural Kerry ( Listowel and environs) during the first half of the 20th century.  Crease to centre of front...

Hugh Oram - Bygone Limerick - The City & County in days gone by - PB Illustrated Mercier 2010

A paperback first edition, Mercier Press 2010, of Hugh Oram's illustrated guide to historic Limerick county and city - with a host of black and white photographs. In excellent condition, as new ( although 2010)  Has images of many rural...

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...

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, including some hilarious ones of Wenger as a young...

Kenneth Frampton - 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...

Helen Forrester - Twopence to Cross the Mersey - PB - 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...

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.  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...