Strong, Eithne.

Flesh … the Greatest Sin.

First Edition. Monkstown, The Runa Press, 1980. 22 x 16 cm. 48 pages. Unpaginated. Line drawings. Stiff cardboard covers. Paperback. Very good condition. Some shelfwear. Internally clean.

Mill, John Stuart.

England and Ireland. The Separation of the two Countries Considered. 1868 – 1918 A Lesson for To-Day.

Dublin, Wilson, Hartnell & Co., 1918. 18 x 12 cm. 48 pages. Green wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Name of previous owner on half title. Internally clean.

POGGIOLI, Renato.

The Phoenix and the Spider, a Book of Essays about some Russian Writers and Their View of the Self.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957. 24x16cm, 238pp. First English language edition of Poggioli’s first book to be translated into English. This work covers nine Russian writers including Tolstoy, Goncharov, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Bunin and Babel. A scholar of comparative literature in the European tradition, Poggioli’s areas of expertise encompass literary historiography, the theory of the avant-garde, the notion of modernity, decandence and barbarism, Russian literature, and Dante. His daughter Silvia is European correspondent for National Public Radio. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

Pollard, A.W. / Redgrave, G.R. / Jackson, W.A. / Ferguson, F.S. / Pantzer, K.F.

A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475 – 1640. Volume 2: I – Z.

Volume 2 ONLY! London, The Bibliographical Society, 1976. 32 x 24 cm. xi, 494 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now in protective archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little dust dulled. Some short closed tears to dust jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Gilbert, W.S.

The BAB Ballads. With which are included Songs of a Savoyard.

Sixth Edition. London, Macmillan, 1906. 19 x 13 cm. xii, 563 pages plus 32 pages publisher’s list. With 350 illustrations by the author. Original green cloth with gilt decoration on front board and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing anf bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Binding a little shaky, but holding. Name on half title page reads ‘a.m. Pelly 3rd ap. 1909’.

Hogan, E.

Documenta De S. Patricio. Hibernorum Apostolo. Ex Libro Armachano. [I]: Vita Sancti Patricii.autore Muirchu Maccumachtheni et Tirechani collectanea de S Patricio; – Pars II: Liber Angueli; Confessio S Patricii; glossae; index et glossarium Hibernicum.

Brussels, Typis Polleinis, Ceuterick et Lefebure, 1884. c 24 x 16 cm. 204 pages. Green cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Name of previous owner on front free end paper.

Connell, John.

Wavell. Scholar and Soldier To June 1941.

First Edition. London, Collins, 1964. 23 x 14 cm. 573 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Original cloth with gilt title on red on spine. In original dust jacket. Top edge coloured. Map-decorated end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Some damp staining to first few pages of book. Fore edge of frontispiece a little frayed. Dust jacket dust dulled and edge worn; now in archival jacket.

Kiddell-Monroe, Joan.

Ingulabi.

First Edition. London, Sylvan Press – Nicolson & Watson, [1943]. 27 x 20 cm. 48 unnumbered Pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. New (2020) green cloth hard cover. Original paperback front cover has been used for new hardback front board (see images). New green end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Neat (Child) Ex Libris on half title page. Some coloured pencil marks on one page, otherwise bright and clean inside. A nice copy in a new hardback binding with gilt title and author on spine.

Gillis, Alan.

Scapegoat.

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 2014. 87 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. Hard cover. Near fine. Corners clightly bumped. Internally bright and clean.

O’Donoghue, Hughie.

Episodes From The Passion.

First Edition. Dublin, RHA / Gallagher Gallery, ND [1998]. Oblong 29 x 23 cm. 84 pages. Illustrated. Some plates folding. Original black cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with a scratch to the back (see images).