Rare, Vintage, OP & Collectable

Frank O'Connor - The Big Fellow : Michael Collins & the Irish Revolution, HB 1965

Originally published in 1937, this is the revised and expanded 1965 edition of Frank O'Connor's biography of Michael Collins - The Big Fellow, published by Clonmore & Reynolds, Dublin.    Condition - Dustjacket - Good - age spotting and...

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...

Brinsley MacNamara - The Clanking of Chains ( A story of Sinn Féin) - Anvil Press Vintage PB 1965

A paperback first edition, Anvil Press, 1965, of Brinsley Macnamara's The Clanking of Chains, first published in 1919- 20 by Maunsel. Originally titled as The Clanking of Chains - A Story of Sinn Féin. John Weldon, who used the penname Brinsley...

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...

Annie M.P Smithson - Paid in Full PB - Mercier Press 1990 Edition

 Anne MP Smithson's 1946 novel,  Paid in Full . Reprint edition by Mercier Press, 1990, in very good condition, SLIGHT DINK TO FRONT COVER .  Anie Mary Patricia Smithson (26 September 1873 21 February 1948) was born into a Protestant...

Nicholas Monsarrat - 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...

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 -...

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...

George Holmes - Sketches of Some Southern Counties Ireland, 1797- HB facsimile 1987

A hardcover facsimile edition, Ballinakella Press & Boethius Press, 1987 of George Holmes's 1797 Sketches of some southern counties ( of Ireland) , originally published in 1801. Formatted as a series of 'letters' from Holmes, starting in...

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...

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...

A.R Orme - 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ,...