1. [Zelnik, Friedrich / Morel, Emma] Brugmans, H. / Loosjes, A.

Amsterdam in Beeld. [From the library of Frederic Zelnik] Met 613 Afbeeldingen.

Zesde Vermeerdere Druk. Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, (ca.1925). 4°. VIII, 372 pages with 613 photographs of Old Amsterdam, prior to the second world war. Original illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Hinge slightly shaky. From the library of Frederic Zelnik / Friedrich Zelnik. Inscribed to Frederic Zelnik by one of his silent cinema actresses, Emma Morel, during the filing of “Vadertje Langbeen”, based on a Novel from Jean Webster and adapted fror the screen by Rudolph Bernauer, the film was made by Zelnik and filmed in Amsterdam. Emma Mourel was one of the stars of the Movie and inscribed the book to Zelnik: “Van ouren voorbeeldigen Regisseur den Heer Friedrich Zelnik, her herinnering van Amsterdam Augustus 1938. Voor alle….Gross-aufnahmen !! Met reeht-hartelycken dank en auf Wiedersehen von Emma Morel”.

2. Bielfeld, Baron [Jakob Friedrich von] / W[illiam] Hooper.

The Elements of Universal Erudition – Containing An Analytical Abridgment of the Sciences, Polite Arts, and Belles Lettres. Translated from the last Edition printed at Berlin by W[illiam] Hooper. [With the printed Dedication “To His Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales”].

Three Volumes (complete set). London, Printed by G.Scott for J.Robson Bookseller in New-Bond Street and B. Law in Ave-Mary Lane, 1770. Octavo. Volume I: XV, 445 pages / Volume II: II, 433 pages plus two pages of an advertising of Books printed for J.Robson plus a large Fold-out- Illustration of musical scores / Volume III: II, 444 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century full-leather with original spine-labels and gilt elemnts on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

3. West, Anthony C.

The Ferret Fancier. A Novel.

Dublin/London/Old Greenwich, Conn., O’Brien press/Allison and Busby/Devin-Adair, 1983. 21 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Classic Irish fiction Bd. 5].

4. O’Kelly, Seumas.

Wet Clay.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / T.Fisher Unwin, 1922. Octavo. 377 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Gift-Inscription on endpaper.

5. O’Duffy, Eimar.

[The Cuanduine Trilogy] Volume I: “King Goshawk and The Birds” (First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1926) / Volume II: “The Spacious Adventures of the Man in the Street” (First Edition. London, Macmillan, 1928) / Volume III: “Asses in Clover” (First Edition. London, Putnam, 1933).

First Edition. Three Volumes (Complete Trilogy). London and New York, Putnam ad Macmillan, 1926-1933. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: 319 pages / Volume II: 407 pages / Volume III: 331 pages. Hardcover / All three Volumes in original publisher’s illustrated cloth (no dustjackets). Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of foxing only. Stronger signs of staining to cover of Volume I and minor sign of staining to cover of Volume II only. All three bindings firm and sturdy. Very rare first edition set of the complete Trilogy.

6. O’Driscoll, Dennis.

Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams. Selected Prose Writings.

Oldcastle, County Meath, The Gallery Press, 2001. 14.5cm x 22cm. 360 pages. Hardcover/ Original cloth with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Minor tear to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

7. McLiam Wilson, Robert.

Eureka Street – A novel of Ireland like no other.

First North American Edition. New York, Arcade Publishing Inc, 1997. 14.5cm x 21.5cm 395 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

8. Duffy, Carol Ann.

Standing Female Nude.

Third Edition. London, Anvil Press Poetry Ltd., 1989. 21.4cm x 13.5cm. 62 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Carol Ann Duffy: “Best wishes Carol Ann”.

9. Quinn, Niall.

Voyovic and Other Stories.

First edition. Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1980. 15 x 22 cm. 163 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on dustjacket.

10. Moore, Brian.

The Feast of Lupercal.

Second Impression of the First Edition. London, Deutsch, 1975. Octavo. 240 Seiten. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket with some strange, severe staining to the rear. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare !

11. Stuart, Francis.

Black List, Section H. A Novel. With a preface and postscript by Harry T. Moore.

First Edition. Carbondale and Edwardsville / London and Amsterdam, Southern Illinois University Press / Feffer & Simons, Inc., 1971. 15 cm x 22 cm. VII, 442 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. Slight spotting/discolouration on page edges. Clean inside with intact binding.

12. Stuart, Francis.

The Pillar of Cloud.

First Edition. London, Victor Gollancz, 1948. Small Octavo. 232 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare and even rarer in the original dustjacket. Tiny Bookseller-stamp to endpaper.

13. Williams, Niall.

Four letters of Love.

First edition. London, Macmillan Publishers, 1997. 14 cm x 22,5 cm. 342 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With the author’s signature and his dedication to Kruger and his wife Nell on title page.

14. Williams, N. & Breen, Chr.

When Summer’s In The Meadow.

First edition. New York, Soho Press, 1989. 14 cm x 22 cm. 224 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

15. Viney, Michael.

The Broken Marriage – A Study in Depth of a Growing Irish Social Problem. Reprinted from The Irish Times.

Dublin, The Irish Times, 1970. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 26 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers.

16. Viney, Michael.

A Year’s Turning. Written and Illustrated by Michael Viney.

First Penguin edition. Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1998. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. VIII, 232 pages. With numerous illustrations by the author. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to title page and his markings and annotations in the text.

17. Stuart, Francis.

Black list, section H.

London, Penguin, 1996. 20 cm. 416 pages. Softcover / Paperback. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare / Out-of-Print ! [Penguin twentieth-century classics].

18. Ó Drisceoil, Con / O’Donnell, Édain.

The spoons murder and other mysteries. Illustrated by Édain O’Donnell.

Dublin, Craft Recordings, 2006. 25 cm. xii, 82 pages. Illustrated with a CD included. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

19. Taylor, Alice / Ní Choileáin, Orna / Taylor, Patrick / et al.

Be Inspired – Gems from Irish Publishing. Extracts from 30 Great Irish Books.

Dublin, Publishing Ireland, 2009. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 207 pages. Several black and white photographs and drawings throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

20. Stephens, James.

The Crock of Gold. With decorative headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie.

Fifth printing. New York, Collier Books, 1972. 13,5 cm x 20 cm. 228 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to half title.

21. Mattews, Aidan.

Adventures in an Bathyscope.

First Sceptre edition. Sevenoaks, Hodder and Stroughton, 1990. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 225, (3) pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Signed by the author on title page. Enclosed is a newspaper clipping about the author. [Sceptre Editions].

22. MacManus, Seumas.

The Little Mistress of the Eskar Mor.

Dublin, Gill, 1960. Octavo. 376 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare with the original dustjacket.

23. [Mac Liammóir, Micheál / Ó Conaire, Pádraic] O’ Neill, Eamonn.

The Woman at the Window and Other Stories. Translated from the Irish of Pádraic Ó Conaire by Eamonn O Neill. New Edition – With Illustrations by Micheál Mac Liammóir.

Dublin and Cork, The Talbot Press, no year [c. 1931]. Octavo (15 cm x 22,5 cm). Frontispiece, 127 pages. Original Hardcover with original, beautifully illustrated dustjacket in protective Collector’s Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Privately inscribed on the endpaper “For Jim – Christmas 1947”. A very unusual condition of this amazzing publication.

24. Gwynn, Stephen Lucius.

Irish Literature and Drama in the English Language. A Short History.

London, Thomas Nelson, 1936. 21 cm. IX, 240 pages. Original hardcover. Poor condition but with signs of external wear. There is noticeable rubbing to and fading of the spine, and foxing on inside and selective pages. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

25. Gwynn, Stephen.

Memories of Enjoyment.

Tralee, The Kerryman Limited, 1946. Octavo. 148 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare, original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of fraying and some external wear to the jacket.

26. Flanagan, Thomas.

The Year of the French.

London, Macmillan London Limited, 1979. 16 cm x 24 cm. 516 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small paper defect. Out of print.

27. Durcan, Paul.

A Snail in My Prime. New and Selected Poems.

London, Harvill, 1993. 13 cm x 21 cm. XIII, 272 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

28. Donleavy, J.P.

The History of the Ginger Man. An Autobiography.

First American Edition. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1994. Large Octavo. 517, (1) pages. With numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

29. Donleavy, J.P.

Schultz.

London, Allen Lane, 1980. 14 cm x 2237 cm. 375 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. First Edition with only very minor signs of external wear.

30. [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.

31. 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.”

32. 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.

33. Keane, John B.

The Change in Mame Fadden.

Cork / Dublin, The Mercier Press, 1973. 11 cm x 18 cm. 114 pages. Original softcover. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some marks on cover. Clean inside with intact binding.

34. Healy, John.

Nineteen Acres.

Galway, Kenny’s Bookshop, 1988. 20.1cm x 14cm. viii, 141 pages. Frontispiece photograph: Mary O’Donnell. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

35. Craig, Maurice.

Poems – Selected and Edited by Andrew Carpenter. With an Introductory Essay by Lucy Collins.

Signed / Limited Edition No.4/50. Dublin, Liberties Press, 2011. Octavo. 73 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and a small paper-fault to endpaper/pastedown.

36. 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.

37. Stephens, James.

Insurrections.

Dublin, Maunsel, 1912. 10.5 cm x 17 cm. 55 pages. Original Hardcover. Endpaper missing. Otherwise in very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription from eminent irish artist Brian Lalor to Erik and Myrna Haugaard in September 1975.

38. MacNamara, Brinsley.

The Clanking of Chains.

First Anvil edition. Tralee, Anvil Books, 1965. 11 cm x 18 cm. 173 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

39. Marcus, David (Editor).

State of the Art – Short Stories by the New Irish Writers.

London, Sceptre, 1992. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 377 pages. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages discoloured. Dogear.

40. Smithson, Annie M.P.

Her Irish Heritage [″With the Printed Dedication: Dedicated to the Men who died Easter 1916”].

First Edition of her first book. Dublin, The Talbot Press, [no year (1917)]. Octavo. 270 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth-binding with decroative Celtic-Knot-Design. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the best preserved version of this work we have ever seen. With a gift-inscription from the year 1934 (not from Smithson).

41. Higgins, Aidan.

Balcony of Europe. Revised by the author. Edidted and with an Afterword by Neil Murphy.

Champaign and London, Dalkey Archive Press, 2010. 8°. 358 pages. Original Softcover. Inscribed and signed by Aidan Higgins to irish photographer John Minihan on the front free endpaper.

42. Donleavy, J.P.

A Singular Country.

Peterborough, Ryan Publishing, 1989. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 198 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing and smudging to endpapers.

43. Conyers, Dorothea.

Old Andy. Author of “Sandy Married”.

Fourth Edition. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1916. 11 cm x 16.5 cm. 253 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Pages tanned. Some foxing throughout. Smudging to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner’s names endpapers. Bar code sticker on rear endpaper.

44. Shorter, Dora Sigerson.

The Tricolour – Poems of the Irish Revolution.

Dublin, Maunsel and Roberts, Limited., 1922. 11 cm x 17 cm. 71 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor smudging and discolouration to pastedowns and endpapers. Foxing to edges.

45. Sheridan, John D.

The Right Time.

Dublin, The Talbot Press Ltd., [c.1951]. 13 cm x 19 cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some tearing, fraying to dustjacket. Otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Private inscription to front free endpaper.

46. Sheridan, John D.

Joking Apart. Illustrated by Paul Noonan.

Dublin, The Talbot Press Ltd., 1964. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 202 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

47. McMahon, Sean (Edited by).

The Best from The Bell – Great Irish Writing.

Dublin, The O’Brien Press Ltd, 1983. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 191 pages. With illustrations of books on the last four pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

48. McDonnell, Hector (Illustrator).

The Night Before Larry was Stretched [with signed etching]. With an introduction by Terence de Vere White.

Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1984. 20.5 cm x 13 cm. IX, 96 pages. Original Hardcover in original slipcase. Number 48 out of a limited edition of 500 copies / Excellent, close to new condition. Includes orignial, signed etching.

49. MacManus, M. J.

Adventures of an Irish Bookman. A selection of writings of M.J. MacManus. Edited by Francis MacManus.

First Edition. Dublin, Talbot Press, 1952. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of M.J.MacManus, XVI, 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. One passage in the text with underlining and annotation “Carrick”. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the rare jacket.

50. Leonard, Hugh.

Home Before Night.

London, André Deutsch Limited, 1979. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 202 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some brown spots on edges. Clean inside with solid binding.

51. Kilroy, Thomas.

The Big Chapel.

First Edition. London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1971. 20.6cm x 13.6cm. 254 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Thomas Kilroy to John O’Meara on the endpaper. Edge stained ! Some minor staining to the dustjacket as well. Very Rare and wonderful collectable !

52. Kelly, Eamon.

In My Father’s Time. A Night of Storytelling with Eamon Kelly.

Eighth Printing. Dublin, Mercier Press, 1987. 11 cm x 18 cm. 104 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his markings and annotations in the text. Previous owner’s name on the front pastedown.

53. [Gogarty, Oliver St. John] Ussher, Arland.

The Face and Mind of Ireland.

Third Impression. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1950. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 142 pages. Modern Hardcover binding (grey cloth with black lettering on spine andnew endpapers). Excellent condition. This book comes from the library of Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty and was signed and inscribed to him by Arland Ussher on the halftitle in May 1950. A very nice association copy.

54. Gogarty, Oliver St. John.

Tumbling in the Hay.

First Edition. London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1939. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 325 Pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

55. Fitzgerald, Barbara.

We Are Besieged.

Second Impression. Bantry, Somerville Press, 2011. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 364 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

56. Deane, Seamus.

Reading in the Dark. A Novel.

First American Editon. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 8°. 246 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Fine condition. Signed by the author on the title page.

57. [de Vere, Aubrey] Cronin, Patrick J.

Aubrey de Vere, The Bard of Curragh Chase. A Portrait of His Life and Writings.

Askeaton, Askeaton Civic Trust, 1997. 15 cm x 21 cm. 232 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

58. Costello, Mary.

Academy Street.

Edinburg / London, Canongate, 2014. 14 cm x 22cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

59. Glass, Philip (born 1937).

Original Portrait Photograph – signed in green ink by Philip Glass.

Original Black-and-White Photograph on archival paper. no place, no year (c.1990). Framed: 31 cm x 36 cm. Image size: 14 cm x 18 cm. Excellent condition, mounted and framed. Signed photographs by Glass are extremely rare !

60. Hawkes, John.

The Blood Oranges.

First Edition. New York, New Directions, 1971. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

61. Kozer, José.

La Garza sin Sombras.

Signed First Edition. Barcelona, Edicions del Mall, 1985, 14,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 158 pages. Softcover in a protective mylar dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author. [Llibres del Mall; Sèrie Ibèrica].

62. Carroll, Michael J.

The Castles and Fortified Houses of West Cork.

Bantry, Bantry Studio, 2001. Octavo. 166 pages. With a folded map. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare, out-of-print publication !

63. [Lear, Edward and others] The Fine Art Society.

Spring ‘91 – 7 May – 7 June / Illustrations with descriptions include for example: George Frederic Watts – “Sir Galahad” / Edward Lear – “Campagna di Roma” / Edward Lear – “Dar Mar Sabbas, Palestine, 30th April, 1858” / Edward Lear – “Karyes”, 12th September 1856 / John Frederick Lewis – “An Arab” and “Interior of the Mosque of Santa Sophia, Constantinople 1840-41” etc. etc.

London, The Fine Art Society PLC., 1991. 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 70 pages. 72 colour photographs throughout. Original Softcover catalogue. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

64. Somerville, E. OE. / Ross, Martin (Edith Somerville and Violet Martin).

The Big House of Inver.

London / Melbourne / New York, Quartet Books, 1978. 11 x 20cm. 312 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on half-title page.

65. Various.

Ardnamurchan: annals of the parish.

Edinburgh, Summerhill Press, 1990. 15 cm x 21 cm. VII, 64 pages and fold out map. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

66. Kemal, Ali (aus Amasya).

Grundlagen, Bedingungen und Aufbau der Forstwirtschaft in der Türkei.

Dresden/Ankara, Yüksek Ziraat Enstitüsü, 1935. Gr.-8°. VII, 142 Seiten. 1 gefaltete Waldkarte der Türkei. Softcover / Broschur. Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar. Titelblatt zur Hälfte abgerissen. KEINE Anstreichungen.

67. [Carolan, Turlough] O’Sullivan, Donal [and Arthyur O’Neill].

CAROLAN – The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper. In Two Volumes. Volume I: The Life and Times and The Music / Volume II: The Notes to the Tunes and The Memoirs of Arthur O’Neill.

First Edition. Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1958. Quarto (18.7 cm wide x 24.7 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Carolan, XV, 285 pages plus the often missing Fold-Out-Map of Ireland bound to the rear / Volume II: Frontispiece-Illustration of Carolan entertaining a small crowd (From the Painting by J.C.Timbrell in 1844), XIII, 200 pages. Volume Two also includes a Portrait of Carolan’s Biographer, Belfast Harpist Arthur O’Neill (this Portrait is cleanly detached and loosely inserted). Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Portrait of Arthur O’Neill cleanly detached but loosely inserted.

68. Lewis, Sinclair.

Fantastic Set of Sinclair Lewis’ Works which were published within the Library of America. [Both Volumes Books in “As New Condition” with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Main Street – Babbitt (LOA Volume 59) / II. Arrowsmith – Elmer Gantry – Dodsworth (LOA Volume 133).

Mixed Editions (One in First and on in later printings). Two Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1992-2002. Octavo. 2200 pages of Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

69. Whelan, Paul.

The Lichens of Ireland – An Introductory Guide.

Cork, Collins, 2011. 21 cm. 154 pages / With colour illustrations. Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

70. Shepherd, Ernie.

Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway.

Hinckley, Midland Publishing, 2005. Quarto (22 cm wide x 29 cm high). 159 pages with many old photographs. Illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

71. Kingston, W.J.

The Story of West Carbery.

First edition. Waterford, The Friendly Press, 1985. 14 cm x 20 cm. VI, 133 pages. With a number of photographs and maps. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear.

72. Gorham, Maurice.

Ireland from Old Photographs.

London, Batsford, 1979. Quarto (18.7 cm x 24.7 cm). 156 unnumbered pages with 206 stunning, historical photographs of 19th century Ireland. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Small personal inscription (not by the author).

73. St. John Joyce, Weston.

The Neighbourhood of Dublin – Its Topography, Antiquities and Historical Association. With numerous Illustrations from the Author’s Photographs & Sketches.

Fourth Impression of the First Edition. Dublin, M.H.Gill & Son, 1939. Large – Octavo. XX, 512 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. The Volume in firm and excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

74. Quiney, Anthony.

Period Houses – A guide to authentic architectural features.

London, Philip, 1989. Octavo (19.5 cm wide x 27 cm high). 191 Spages / Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

75. Lenihan, Liam.

The writings of James Barry and the Genre of History Painting, 1775-1809.

Farnham/Burlington, VT, Ashgate, 2014. Octavo (16.2 cm wide x 24 cm high). XII, 206 pags / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Liam Lenihan.

76. [Ireland, Patrick / Brian O’Doherty,] Lippard, Lucy R.

Patrick Ireland – Drawings 1965-1985.

Washington, D.C., Published for the National Museum of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Quarto (23 cm wide x 23 cm high). 63 pages / With illustrations (some color). Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

77. Higgins, Tom.

The History of Irish Tennis [Three Volume Set complete] – Volume I – The Sporting irish / The Evolution of Tennis / Tennis as a Social Development / The Organisation of Tennis in Ireland / The Irish Lawn Tennis Association etc. / Volume II – Elements of Competition – The Wimbledon Factor / The Olympics / The Davis Cup / Who’s Who in Irish Tennis / The Irish Close Championships / The South of Ireland Championships / The West of Ireland Championships / The East of Ireland Championships / The Ulster Championships / etc. Volume III: More than just a Racquet / Tennis in the North West etc. etc.

Sligo, Tom Higgins / Sligo Tennis Club, 2006. Quarto (21.5 cm x 30.5 cm). 1397 pages with hundreds of illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very rare, complete set of this sought after work !

78. Finkelpearl, Tom.

Dialogues in Public Art. Interviews with Vito Acconci, John Ahearn, David Avalos… (et al.).

Cambridge (Mass.)/London, M.I.T. Press, 2000. Small Quarto (19 cm wide x 23.5 cm high). 453 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

79. Brehony, Tony.

West Cork – “a sort of a history, like…”

Dublin, AB Books, 2001. 15 cm x 21 cm. XII, 154 pages. Original softcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Rare !

80. Barrington, T.J.

Discovering Kerry: Its History, Heritage and Topography.

Dublin, The Blackwater Press, 1976. 25cm x 25.5cm. 336 pages, with photographs, illustrations and fold-out maps. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition.

81. Minihan, John.

Signed Poster from John Minihan’s Inanna Rare Books – Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025). One of only a few Posters of John’s famous New York Precinct – Handshake, signed by John Minihan during his reading at the Masonic Hall in Skibbereen.

Printed by Inanna Rare Books / City Print, 2025. Folio / A3 (30 cm wide x 42 cm high). 1 Page. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. Will be sent rolled in a tube !

82. [Minihan, John].

The London Magazine – A Review of Literature and the Arts. December / January 2003 [Including: John Minihan – Six photographs” – Photographs of Desmond O’Grady / William Trevor / William Burroughs / John Betjeman / Allen Ginsberg & Hugh MacDiarmid / Samuel Beckett].

8°. 127 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan this is Johns reference – copy.

83. Minihan, John.

Mirror with a Memory – John Minihan Retrospective Exhibition.

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, 2000. Octavo. 35 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by John Minihan.

84. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John / Beckett, Samuel].

“Samuel Beckett – A Celebration” – Wonderful piece of Ephemera / Printed Program for the Special Collections Department of the university of Delaware, using photographs of John Minihan to exhibit and celebrate first editions of Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” etc. [Signed by John Minihan].

University of Delaware Library, 2003. 8°. 6 pages. Softcover. Signed by John Minihan. From the personal library of John Minihan !

85. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John / Beckett, Samuel].

“Samuel Beckett – A Celebration” – Wonderful piece of Ephemera / Printed Program for the Special Collections Department of the university of Delaware, using photographs of John Minihan to exhibit and celebrate first editions of Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” etc. [Signed by John Minihan].

University of Delaware Library, 2003. 8°. 6 pages. Softcover. Signed by John Minihan. From the personal library of John Minihan !

86. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

Photographs of John Minihan at Auction in 1994 [Original Catalogue of Phillips, London, September 1994 – showing Minihan’s Photograph of Beckett on the cover and two more on pages 41 and 42 inside].

Cork, Crawford Gallery, 2010. Quarto. 95 pages. Illustrated with stunning images of irish literary figures. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. With notation of auction results by John Minihan, next to the catalogue-entry. From the personal library of John Minihan.

87. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

Literary Lives – Portraits from the Crawford Art Gallery and Abbey Theatre, Ireland [With John Minihan’s iconic photograph of Samuel Beckett on page 70 / Signed and inscribed by John Minihan]

Cork, Crawford Gallery, 2010. Quarto. 95 pages. Illustrated with stunning images of irish literary figures. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. SIGNED and Inscribed by John Minihan on the titlepage.

88. [John Minihan Collection] – Minihan, John.

John Minihan’s Cork. Foreword by William Trevor.

London, Robert Hale, 2004. Small-8°. 95 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. SIGNED and Inscribed by John Minihan on the titlepage.

89. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

“John Minihan in West Cork – Conversations in Silence” [in:″Irish Arts Review – Spring 2003”]

Irish Arts Review, 2003. Quarto. 6 page-article. Softcover. From the personal library of John Minihan !

90. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minian, John] Bushe, Paddy.

To Ring in Silence. New and Selected Poems. [Inscribed and signed by Paddy Bushe to irish photographer John Minihan]. Introduction by Bernard O’Donoghue.

Dublin, Dedalus Press, 2008. 8°. XVII, 217 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition.

91. [John Minihan Collection] – Agee, Chris.

Next to Nothing [Inscribed and signed by Chris Agee to irish photographer John Minihan].

Cambridge, Salt Publishing, 2008. 8°. 113 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Inscribed and signed by Chris Agee to irish photographer John Minihan. From the library of irish photographer John Minihan.

92. Minihan, John.

Signed Poster from John Minihan’s Inanna Rare Books – Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025). One of only a few Posters of John’s famous New York Precinct – Handshake, signed by John Minihan during his reading at the Masonic Hall in Skibbereen.

Printed by Inanna Rare Books / City Print, 2025. Folio / A3 (30 cm wide x 42 cm high). 1 Page. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. Will be sent rolled in a tube !

93. Minihan, John.

Signed Poster from John Minihan’s Inanna Rare Books – Exhibition at The Still Mill, Skibbereen (July-September 2025). One of only a few Posters of John’s famous New York Precinct – Handshake, signed by John Minihan during his reading at the Masonic Hall in Skibbereen.

Printed by Inanna Rare Books / City Print, 2025. Folio / A3 (30 cm wide x 42 cm high). 1 Page. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition. Will be sent rolled in a tube !

94. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] McDonnell, Kevin.

Newspaper-clipping of a very early article about “John Minihan – Poet and Photographer”. Signed and dated by John.

c.1971. A4. 3 pages. Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan.

95. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John] Bacon, Francis.

Invitation card to John Minihan’s “In Retrospect” – Exhibition, 11th of September 2009 / Waterford [Signed Francis Bacon Image – Postcard by John Minihan].

Waterford, Greyfriars Gallery / Waterford Fringe fetsival, 2009. Oblong Octavo (21 cm wide x 14.8 cm high). 1 page. Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan.

96. [John Minihan Collection] – [Minihan, John].

Suite of six (6) signed Proofs for a John Mimihan Publication. Each page signed beneath a bilingual poem (Gaeilge – English).

c.2005. 6 pages. Softcover. SIGNED by John Minihan.

97. Hockney, David.

“David Hockney” by David Hockney. Introductory Essay by Henry Geldzahler.

Second Edition. London, Thames and Hudson, 1980. 22cm x 27.5cm. 312 pages with 434 illustrations, including 60 plates in full colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

98. Hockney, David.

A Retrospective – Organized by Maurice Tuchman and Stephanie Barron / With a Foreword by R.B.Kitaj.

First Edition. LA / New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Harry N.Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1988-1989. Quarto ( 288 pages plus an Appendix with an additional, stunning, 24 colour-pages titled “Commercial Printing is an Artists Medium”. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with some minor signs of external wear.

99. [Calder, Alexander] Sweeney, James Johnson.

Alexander Calder.

First Edition. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1943. Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 26 cm high). 64 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

100. [Calder, Alexander] Prévert, Jacques.

Couleurs de Braque, Calder, Miró. Préface de Jacques Dupin.

Maeght éditeur, 1981. Quarto (23.5 cm wide x 31.3 cm high). 137, 4 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.