1. Ashton, Robert / Michelburne, John.

Two Historical Plays: The Battle of Aughrim, or the Fall of Monsieur St. Ruth / Ireland Preserved, or the Siege of Londonderry.

Dublin, C.M. Warren, No date [c.1880] 9 cm x 14 cm. 144 pages. Softcover / Original, titled brochure. Good condition with signs of external wear. Damage to corners of front page. Spotting on page edges, front and rear page and several pages within. Otherwise clean inside and intact.

2. Bhaldraithe, Tomas de / Corkery, Daniel / and many others.

Collection of over eighty (80) publications on the Gaelic Language (Gaeilge), the History of the Gaelic Language, Gaelic Grammar, gaelic exercise books (new and old), publications on gaelic conversation etc. etc. including a Dictionary by Tomas de Bhaldraithe, a publication by Daniel Corkery on “The Fortunes of the Irish Language”, etc. etc.

Dublin and others, c.1950 – c.1990. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover Volumes. Some of the publications in poor condition but the majority in very good condition (see images).

3. Binchy, Maeve.

Firefly Summer. [SIGNED / Inscribed by Maeve Binchy].

First Edition. London, Century Hutchinson Ltd, 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 572 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

4. Boland, Bridget.

At My Mother’s Knee.

London / Sydney / Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1978. 22.3cm x 14.3cm. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Boland, Bridget.

The Wild Geese. A Novel.

London / Toronto, William Heinemann Ltd., 1938. 19.5cm x 13cm. 264 pages, including a map showing A Part of the Baronies of Iveragh, Dunkerron & Glanerought in the County of Kerry. Original Hardcover (green cloth) without dustjacket. The binding with some darkening and slightly stained. Else in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Bridget Boland: “Going away present (alas) for the Goughs [British Actor Michael Gough] – from Bridget B.”

6. [Brown, Christy] Jordan, Anthony J.

Christy Brown’s Women – A Biography Drawing on His Letters. Includes the Founding of Cerebral Palsy Ireland by Robert Collis.

Dublin, Westport Books, 1998. 20.8cm x 14.7cm. 178 pages. With illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. Bruadair, Dáibhí Ó. / Bruadair, David Ó.

Duanaire Dhaibhidh Ui Bhruadair – The Poems of David Ó Bruadair. [3 volumes – complete]. Part I – Containing Poems down to the Year 1666 / Part II – Containing Poems from the Year 1667 till 1682 / Part III – Containing Poems from the Year 1682 till the Poets Death in 1698. Edited with Introduction, Translation and Notes also with Glossary and an Index of proper Names to the three Parts by Rev. John C. Mac Erlean.

Bilingual Gaelic – English Edition. London, Published for the Irish Texts Society, 1910-1917. 8°. Volume I: VIII, 207 pages plus 26 pages of advertising for publications of the ITS / Volume II: XXXIX, 288 pages / Volume III: XII, 275 pages plus 28 pages of Member Lists and General Rules of the ITS. Original, very decorative Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and emblemata on frontcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. Few library – stamps. Three pages of the advertisement-sections with minor tears. Rare as a complete set and in this very good condition. [The Irish Texts Society – Volumes XI, XIII and XVIII]

8. Byrne, Donn [Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne].

The Power of the Dog.

No.103 of a Limited Edition of only 516 copies. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., no year [1929]. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispiece, 473 pages. Hardcover / Original quarter vellum with gilt lettering to spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription on endpaper from 1929: “Eva M. Clarke from O.W.L. – Christmas 1929”. Donn Byrne was owner of Coolmain Castle (near Kilbrittain) until his death in a car accident in 1929.

9. Cahalan, James M.

Great Hatred, Little Room. The Irish Historical Novel [with a chapter: The Realistic Visions of Seán Ó Faoláin and Francis MacManus].

Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 1983. 16 x 24 cm. 240 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

10. Cary, Joyce.

Cock Jarvis. Edited by A.G. Bishop.

London, Joseph, 1974. 21 cm. xvii, 267 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.