O’Brien, Sir Edward.

Directions for a day’s Shooting at Dromoland. Written & illustrated by Sir Edward O’Brien 4th Baronet about A.D. 1830.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed at the Dolmen Press, 1961. 20 x 14 cm. 14 pages. Illustrated. Original paper wrappers. Paper sticker on front board. Very good condition. Wrappers a little age darkened with a small biro mark. Internally bright and clean.

Davies, K.G. / Johnson, A.M. / Williams, G. (Introduction).

Northern Quebec and Labrador Journals and Correspondence 1819-35.

Limited Edition No. 669. London, The Hudson’s Bay Record Society, 1963. 23 x 15 cm. lxxix, 415 pages, xv (List of Members and Subscribers). Original black cloth with armorial gilt decoration on front board. Gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket. In original cardboard box. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Mild fading / discoloration to binding. Internally bright and clean.

De Quincey, Thomas.

The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. With illustrations engraved on wood by Blair Hughes-Stanton.

Folio Society Edition. London, The Folio Society, 1966. 14 x 22cm. (16), 230 pages, with text illustrations throughout. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Excellent condition, other than sunning to spine. Slipcase slightly scuffed.

Nichols, John / Clair, Colin (Editor).

Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century.

First Edition. Fontwell, Sussex, Centaur Press, 1967. 22 x 14 cm. 525 pages. With a frontispiece. Original green cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover inside original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Dust jacket is price clipped and has a few small nicks and closed tears. Now in an archival jacket. A nice clean copy.

Wright, Lyle H.

American Fiction. A Contribution Towards a Bibliography. Vol.1: 1774 – 1850 / Vol.2: 1851 – 1875 / Vol.3: 1876 – 1900.

Three Volumes. San Marino, California, The Huntington Library, 1969, 1965 & 1972. 23 x 15 cm. Vol.1: xviii, 411 pages / Vol.2: xviii, 438 pages / Vol.3: xix, 683 pages. Original cloth bindings. Hard covers with gilt title on spine. Inside original price clipped dust jackets, no inside archival jackets. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally very clean. A nice set.

Kinsella, Thomas (Translator) / Le Brocquy (Brush Drawings).

The Tain. Translated by Thomas Kinsella from the Irish with Brush Drawings by Louis Le Brocquy. Dolmen Editions IX.

First Edition. Limited to 1750 Copies. SBN: 19 647 5031. Dublin, The Dolmen Press, September 1969. 28.5 x 18.5 cm. vi, Map, 294 pages (2). Illustrated. Original black cloth with white title and decorations (see images). Inside original illustrated slip case. Near fine in fair slip case. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner and date in ink on half title page. Internally bright and clean. Slip case worn and opening at the corner (see images).

Anon / O’Connor, Frank (Translator) / Yeats, Jack B. (Illustrator).

A Lament for Art O’Leary: Translated from the Irish by Frank O’Connor, with six Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, T.M. MacGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 28 x 19 cm. 32 unnumbered pages, incl. blank and title page. Title page vignette and six further Illustrations. Original quarter cloth over blue paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. Blue end papers. In original plain paper jacket. Fine in very good, somewhat creased dust jacket. See images.

Sotheby & Co.

The Celebrated Library of Boies Penrose Esq FSA FRGS. Removed from Barbados Hill Devon, Pennsylvania. The First Portion: Travel & Exploration, Navigation & Trade. A – L.

First Edition. London, Sotheby & Co., 1971. 107 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Losely inserted list of Prices and Buyers’ Names. Original paper covered boards. Hard cover.

MacLean, Donald.

Typographia Scoto-Gadelica. Or, Books Printed in the Gaelic of Scotland from the Year 1567 to the Year 1914, with Bibliographical and Biographical Notes.

Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition, published in 1915. Shannon, Ireland, Irish University Press, 1972. 23 x 15 cm. x, 372 pages. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Very good condition. Neat gift inscription on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Meadows Taylor, Philip.

Confessions of a Thug. Edited with an introduction by Brian Rawson. Drawings by Clarke Hutton.

London, The Folio Society, 1974. 14.5 x 23cm. 372 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover in protective slipcase. Green stained top edges. Endpapers illustrated with maps.