Rare, Vintage, OP & Collectable

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...

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 novelINTERNALLY VERY GOOD, UNUSUALLY FOR A SCHOOL TEXT, NO MARKS OR DAMAGEThis book...

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...

Paul Bew - C.S Parnell : A Biography - Gill's Irish Lives Series -1980 History

A paperback first edition, 1980, Gill and Macmillan, of historian Paul Bew's biography of Charles Stewart Parnell, issued in the uniform Gill's Irish Lives. This series was issued as a series of succinct biographies of famous Irish historical...

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...

Tim Pat Coogan- On the Blanket -The H Block Story - 1980 1st Ed PB Northern Ireland

A paperback ( Ward River Press, Dublin, 1980) of Tim Pat Coogan's influential account of the H-Block prison 'Dirty Protest' in the 1970's to the time of publication. This is the true first edition, no hardcover was issued. In itself, the book was...

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...

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...

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 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 socialism and the need to aim hefty kicks at our sacred...

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...

John B. Keane - Celebrated Letters of John B Keane - HB Omnibus 1990 ( Letters of a Successful TD, Letters of an Irish Parish Priest, Letters of a a Love Hungry Farmer, Letters of a Matchmaker, Letters of an Irish Minister of State)

 A hardcover omnibus collection of 5 of the noted 'Celebrated Letters' series by John B Keane - published in this series by Irish Life in association with Wolfhound Press, 1990. These were previously published in paperback by the Mercier Press...

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...

Gill & Macmillan Publishing - Pope John Paul II in Ireland 1979 - A Pictorial Record

 The Pope In Ireland - A Pictorial Record - A hardcover first edition of a pictorial souvenir publication, issued by Gill & Macmillan Ireland, 1979, of the visit of then pope John Paul II to Ireland earlier that year. 64pp, large format...

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, otherwise internally excellent. This is the revised...

Hugh Leonard- Home Before Night - HB First Edition 1979 - Dublin Memoir Dalkey

A hardcover first edition, Andre Deutsch, 1979, of Hugh Leonard's bestselling memoir of his youth in Dublin , Home Before Night.  Condition - Dustjacket - tanning and small area of split to the top edge of the dj, , period £IR price sticker...

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

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 J O'Toole, and used a number of family sources and...

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 came to Dublin to study law, and, caught up in the...

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...

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 light – hearted exploration of that...

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...

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 he lost to Mary Robinson in a three horse race that also...

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 ,...

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...

Denys Thompson - Discrimination and Popular Culture ( Vintage Pelican 1966 )

A vintage Pengin Pelican edition, 1966, of the collection of articles and essays on the impact of mass media and popular culture on society. It asks, 'is  a squalid mediocrity the highest common factor of popular culture the best we can...

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...

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...

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

Mystery. A boy drowned, a girl attacked and a constable burnt to death were supposed to be s̀traight forward' cases, but Inspector Kerry finds he has to fight against the odds for the truth to be revealed. Originally 1964

Frank Mitchell - Shell Guide to Reading the Irish Landscape - Hardcover 1986 - Revised Ed

A key popular work on Irish environmental history - The Shell Guide to reading the Irish Landscape, A synthesis of history, archaeology, geology, climate studies, geography and all the life sciences - to give a full picture of the forces and...

George B Collins, - Wildcats & Shamrocks - Oil Gas Exploration Cork - Kinsale Field

A hardcover first edition, Mennonite Press, 1976, on the history and background of the oil and gas discovery in the Kinsale Field off Cork, during the 1970's . This is an account by Collins on the mechanics and political machinations of getting a...