1. Anonymous.

Blessed Mary of Saint Euphrasia Pelletier, First Superior-General of the Congregation of our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angers.

London, Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1933. 14 x 22cm. (8), 419 pages, with black and white plates. Original hardcover. Spine faded, minor signs of shelf wear, otherwise excellent condition. Pre-owner’s stamp on title page.

2. [Aquinas, St. Thomas] de Wohl, Louis.

The Quiet Light – A Novel of St.Thomas Aquinas.

New York, Image Books, 1962. 10.5 cm x 18 cm. 319 pages. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some evidence of dogears. Minor discoloration inside covers and endpapers. Rare.

3. [Ayer, A.J.] Rogers, Ben.

A.J. Ayer: A Life.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1999. 16 cm x 24 cm. XII, 402 pages including photographs. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains two photocopies from a newspaper review pasted on back endpapers. Clean inside with solid binding.

4. [Barry, Denis] Barry, Denis.

The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923. [written by the nephew of Denis Barry who carries the same name]. With a foreword by Cathal McSwiney Brugha.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. xiv, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps, portraits, facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author with his name in gaelic.

5. [Blaney, Neil] Rafter, Kevin.

Neil Blaney – A soldier of destiny.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1993. 21 cm. 151 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including several interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

6. Brayfield, Celia:

Glitter. The truth about fame.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1985. 23 cm. 215 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

7. Brooke, Geoffrey.

The Glad Companion. With Drawings by Lucy Dawson.

London, Constable Publishers, 1946. 14.2 cm x 21.8 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated Colour Frontispiece. Five full page black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners and spine only very lightly rubbed. Some stains to front board. Title slightly faded on spine. Minor foxing to edges, half-title and endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner’s name in black ink on front endpaper. Also black ink inscription to front pastedown.

8. [Burgess, Anthony] Lewis, Roger.

Anthony Burgess.

London, Faber & Faber, 2002. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXXVII, 434 pages with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

9. Canetti, Elias.

Party in the Blitz – The English Years. Translated from the German by Michael Hofmann ; with an introduction by Jeremy Adler.

London, Harvill Press, 2005. 23 cm. 266 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover. Some very minor underlinings in pencil. Corners slightly bumped. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. [Cardinal Manning / Dr. Arnold / General Gordon / Florence Nightingale] Strachey, Lytton.

Eminent Victorians.

London, The Folio Society, 1967. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 286 pages. With 7 illustrations. Original hardcover with original slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

11. [Cather, Willa] Edel, Leon.

Willa Cather. The Paradox of Success.

Washington, Reference Dept, Library of Congress, 1960. 8°. 17 Pages. Stapled softcover wrappers. Good condition. No text markings. Browning along spine. Staples rusted. Front wrapper and first few leaves slightly creased. [″A Lecture Delivered Under the Auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, October 12, 1959.]

12. Charhadi, Driss ben Hamed / Bowles, Paul (Recorded and Translated by).

A Life Full of Holes. A novel tape-recorded in Moghrebi and Translated into English by Paul Bowles.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1964. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 310 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Paul Bowles on the halftitle.

13. [Columbus, Christopher] Houben, H.H.

Christoph Columbus – Tragödie Eines Entdeckers. Historische Erzählung.

Berlin, Volksverband der Bücherfreunde Wegweiser Verlag, 1932. 12.5 Cm x 18.5 cm. 383 pages. Original Hardcover. Red painted top edge. Gilt debossed lettering and ship emblem on spine. Original ribbon book mark. Previous owner’s name in pencil on endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. End papers slightly discoloured. Minor crack in rear cover hinge.

14. Condon, Eddie.

We Called It Music – A Generation of Jazz. Narration by Thomas Sugrue.

Fourth Printing of the first edition. Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1970. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 341 pages. Eight pages of black and white photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (yellow cloth) / No dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear with occasional pencil markings.

15. [Conrad, Joseph], Jean-Aubry, G.

Joseph Conrad. Life & Letters.

Two Volumes. London, William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927. 16.5 cm x 25 cm. (VII) 339 pages, (V) 376 pages. Black-and-white illustrations: Volume I – 11, Volume II – 5. Original Hardcover (Dark blue cloth – title in embossed gilt on front and spine). Former library-copy in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Library stamp on frontispiece of Volume I and facing half-title page Volume II. Very slight foxing of pages. One or two faint pencil marks.

16. Corbett, Jim.

My India.

Delhi / Bombay / a.o., Oxford University Press, 1989. 14 cm x 21 cm. 190 pages. One black and white map. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

17. Corkery, Simon.

Step by Step – The Golden Years of an Irish Emigrant.

Ifracombe, Stockwell, 1991. 22 cm. 170 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Corkery. Including a related newspaper-clipping with Corkery’s obituary.

18. [Costello, John A.] McCullagh, David:

The reluctant Taoiseach – A biography of John A. Costello. [With two lossely inserted newspaper-clippings with very interesting articles about Costello]

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2010. 24 cm. viii, 530 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

19. [Craig, James] Buckland, Patrick.

James Craig – Lord Craigavon.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1980. 19 cm. 143 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Gill’s Irish lives].

20. Crawley, Tony.

Bébé: The Films of Brigitte Bardot.

London, LSP Books, 1975. 21.5 cm x 27.5 cm. Frontispiece.256 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor wear to cover and spine. Minor discolouration to edges and endpaper. Otherwise clean, bright and binding strong.

21. Cullen C.F.C., W.B. / O’Toole C.F.C., A.L.

Steadfast in Giving: The Story of Edmund Rice, Founder of The Christian Brothers and The Presentation Brothers.

Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum. no year (c.1965). 14 cm x 21 cm. 60 pages. Softcover / Original pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

22. Cullen, Mary / Luddy, Maria [Editors].

Female activists – Irish women and change 1900-1960. [Mary Galway / Louie bennett / Kathleen Lynn / Hanna Sheehy Skeffington / Margaret Cousins / Helena Molony / Rosamond Jacob]

Dublin, Woodfield Press, 2001. 23 cm. 206 pages with several portrait illustrations. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! Out-of-Print !

23. [Dante Alighieri] / [Thomas Hobbes] / [Sir Isaac Newton] / [Edmund Halley] / [Malkin, Arthur Thomas].

Gallery of Portraits of important philosophers, scientists and men of letters [with Portraits of Carl von Linne / Portrait of Thomas Hobbes / Portrait of Edmund Halley / Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton / Ignatius von Loyola / Cromwell / Sir Humphry Davy etc.].

No Place [London], [Charles Knight & Co.], No Year [1832]. Circa 225 pages. Features thirty black and white portraits, with many black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with half-leather and buckram boards. Gilt lettering and blind design on spine with raised bands with gilt ornament. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only minor foxing throughout. Some tissue guards loose. With marbled edges and marbled both endpapers and pastedowns. Name of previous owner written in blue ink on free front endpaper “Richard Allen”, also featured within in pencil and dated ‘1832’. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.

24. D’Aponte, Lorenzo / De La Chavanne, M.C.D.

Mémoires De Lorenzo D’Aponte. Poète vénitien et collaborateur de Mozart.

Paris, Pagnerre, 1860. 13.3 cm x 21.9 cm. XXVII, 356 pages. Original Hardcover. With quarter leather and marbled boards. Raised bands on spine with gilt title. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners, spine and boards rubbed. Moderate foxing to edges and pages throughout. Front pastedown contains small sticker: “Kenneth Mummery Books and Music Bournemouth, England”. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

25. [De Foe, Daniel] Chadwick, William.

The Life and Time of Daniel De Foe with Remarks Digressive and Discursive.

New York, Burt Franklin, 1968. 14.5 x 22cm. Frontispiece, (8), 464 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition, as new other than some very mild spotting to top edges. [Burt Franklin: Research and Source Works Series 328, Essays in Literature and Criticism, 19].

26. Desmond, Barry [Seán].

Finally and in conclusion – A political memoir.

Dublin, New Island, 2000. 22cm. 411 pages with several illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

27. Driscoll, Charles B.

Kansas Irish.

London and Glasgow, Art and Educational Publishers Ltd, 1946. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 320 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. Signed name of preowner on front endpaper.

28. Du Maurier, Daphne.

Gerald- A Portrait.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1934. 14.1 cm x 22.2 cm. 317 pages. Black and white Frontispiece-Portrait. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing and discoloration to spine. Moderate foxing to edges, half-title page and endpapers. Front endpaper missing. Pages lightly tanned.

29. Faulkner, Pádraig.

As I saw it – Reviewing over 30 years of Fianna Fáil and Irish politics.

Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 2005. 22 cm. 194 pages with 8 plates / illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

30. [Fielding, Henry] Thomas, Donald.

Henry Fielding.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. X, 436 pages. Dustjacket design by Anita Turpin with a further 12 pages of black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Front of jacket with an illustration of an engraving of Henry Fielding by John Basire after a sketch by Hogarth, 1733. Back of Jacket ‘The Laughing Audience’ by Hogarth, 1733. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

31. [Frame, Janet], Alley, Elizabeth

The Inward Sun – Celebrating the Life and Work of Janet Frame. Selected and Edited by Elizabeth Alley.

Wellington, New Zealand, Daphe Brasell Associates Press, 1994. 14 cm x 22 cm. 214 pages. One black and white portrait photograph of Janet Frame by Jane Ussher on frontispiece. Softcover. Designed by Margaret Cochran. Edited by Ruth Munro. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! Out-of-Print !

32. [Gallé, Emile] Garner, Philippe.

Emile Gallé.

Munchen, Prestel-Verlag, 1979. 24 cm x 31 cm. 107 pages. Illustrated throughout with numerous colour and black-and-white plates. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Excellent monograph on Gallé.

33. [Gifford Girls] Clare, Anne.

Unlikely rebels – The Gifford girls.

Cork, Mercier, 2011. 22 cm. 319 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. One page dogeared.

34. Gilmour, David.

The Long Recessional. The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling.

London, John Murray, 2002. 16 x 24 cm. XII, 351 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

35. [Golding, William] Carey, John.

William Golding, The Man and his Books, A Tribute on his 75th Birthday.

London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1986. 14 cm x 22.5 cm 191 pages. Dustjacket with a photograph by Phil Sayer and eight further photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear with a short inscription and date in ink by the previous owner on the front free endpaper.

36. Graham, Henry Grey.

Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1901. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 441 pages. Includes an illustrated Frontispiece with a reproduction of a mezzotint after Allan Ramsay (protected with a tissue guard). With a further 31 black-and-white illustrations (portraits). Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering). Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some foxing evident with one illustration plate detached. An interesting Exlibris / bookplate with the engraved Motto: ‘Semper Paratus’ from the library of Albert A. Smith on front pastedown.

37. Guralnick, Peter.

Sweet soul music. Rhythm and blues and the Southern dream of freedom.

London, MOJO, 2002. 15.5 x 23.5 cm. 438 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

38. [Gurion, Ben] Edelman, Maurice.

Ben Gurion. A political Biography.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1964. 14.4 cm x 22.5 cm. 214 pages. With numerous photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small tear on the front of dustjacket. Minimal rubbing.

39. Haberland, Detlef.

Von Lemgo nach Japan – Das ungewöhnliche Leben des Engelbert Kaempfer 1651 bis 1716.

Bielefeld, Westfalen Verlag, 1990. 19.9 cm x 30 cm. 223 pages. With many black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor wear to cover. Otherwise very clean and bright. Contains label on front endpaper ’ Bücherstube Ilona Hodes’.

40. [Hannington, James] Dawson, E.C.

James Hannington – First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. A History of his Life and Work, 1847-1885.

London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1899. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 392 pages. Fold-out map at rear of “Eastern Central Africa”. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering and blind tooling on spine and front board. Gilt design on front board. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue guard shows foxing. Interior is bright and clean.

41. [Hannington, James] Michael, Charles D.

James Hannington – The Merchant’s Son Who Was Martyred For Africa.

London and Glagow, Pickering & Inglis, no year (c.1930). 13 cm x 18.7 cm. Frontispiece, 183 pages. 8 additional illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with lettering on spine and front board with design. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean with sharp corners. Binding is firm and strong.

42. Harris, Mary Emma.

The Arts at Black Mountain College.

Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1987. 23.6 cm x 31.8 cm. 314 pages. Richly illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. As new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Original green cloth with blind signature design on front cover. Contains Erik Haugaard illustrated Exlibris on front pastedown. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

43. Harte, Paddy.

Young tigers and mongrel foxes – A Life in Politics.

Dublin, O’Brien Press, 2005. 24 cm. 351 pages with 8 pages of plates with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

44. [Healy, Timothy Michael] Callanan, Frank.

T.M. Healy.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1996. 25 cm. xxvii, 754 pages : illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

45. Hébras, Robert / Desouteaux, André.

The Slaughter of Our Village.

Saint-Maur, Les Chemins de la Mémoire, 2001. 21 cm x 29.7 cm. 224 pages. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs. Original Softcover. As New condition with only minor signs of external wear.

46. Hickey, Margaret.

Irish Days – Oral histories of the Twentieth Century. Compiled by Margaret Hickey with photographs by Tom Kelly.

London, Kyle Cathie, 2001. 24 cm. 288 pages. With photographs. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

47. [Hogan, James] Ó Corráin, Donnchadh.

James Hogan – Revolutionary, historian, and political scientist. [including an interesting newspaper-clipping with a review of this book]

Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2001. 25 cm. xi, 249 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Cork studies in history and culture ; 1].

48. Honeyman, T. J.

Art and Audacity.

London, Collins, 1971. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 256 pages. With many illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

49. Hotchkiss, Willis.

Then and Now in Kenya Colony. [SIGNED / INSCRIBED by Willis R. Hotchkiss]. Forty Adventurous Years in East Africa.

New York, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1937. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece, 160 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with lettering on spine. Edge stained but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Sharp cornered interior bright and clean. Signed / Inscribed by the author on titlepage: “Yours in this great game – Willis R. Hotchkiss”.

50. [Jekyll, Gertrude], Massingham, Betty.

Gertrude Jekyll 1843 – 1932. An Ilustrated Life of Gertrude Jekyll.

Haverfordwest, Shire Publications, 1992. 15 cm x 21 cm. 48 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Lifelines 37]