Lysaght, Charles Edward.

Brendan Bracken. A Biography by Charles Edward Lysaght.

First Edition. London, Allen Lane, 1979. 23 x 15 cm. 372 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good; inside very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Collins, William / Mr. Hammond.

The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins. To which are added Mr. Hammond’s Elegies.

Glasgow, Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, 1770. 12.5 x 7 cm. (2)[Contents], 106 pages. Contemporary calf. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Plain boards. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Gilt decorations and title label worn and faded. Front joint started to crack, but holding. Internally very clean.

Delanty, Greg (author) / Burnett, Archie (editor).

Selected Delanty [Signed]. Poems and translations by Greg Delanty chosen and introduced by Archie Burnett.

First Edition. Boston, Un-Gyve Press, 2017. xxi, 244 pages. Scarce Hard Cover Copy. Pale cloth hard cover with blue line design across boards. Authors name and book title on front board and spine. Dark blue end papers. Frontispiece. Fine textured paper and deckle fore edge. Near fine. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the titel page. A very attractive copy. From the library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Millar, Florence M.

The Lone Kiwi.

First Edition. Dublin, Dawson Publications, 1948. 18 x 12 cm. 234 pages with six full page B&W Illustrations. Original orange cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Cloth binding dust dulled with minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket has some large paper losses to spine and rear (see image). Marked by colour pens on front cover. Dust jacket now inside archival jacket.

Archer, Rev. James.

Sermons on various Moral and Religious Subjects. For all the Sundays, and some of the principal Festivals of the Year.

The Third Edition. Two Volumes – complete. Dublin, Printed for P. Byrne, 1799. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: viii, 498 pages / Vol. 2: 6, 476 pages. Full brown calf with spinal labels. Gilt title and decorations on spine. Good condition. Seriously rubbed and bumped. Some material losses to bindings. Bindings similar, but not 100% identical. Both joints on volume 2 cracked, boards still attached. Internally age darkened and dust dulled. Some signatures.

Ingram, Kenneth.

The Steep Steps. A Detective Story.

First Edition. [London], Philip Allan, 1931. 18 x 12 cm. vii, 319 pages. Original red cloth with title on spine. Black line decorations. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and faded / stained. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two names of previous owners on front free end paper (in pencil). Internally clean.

Bayle St. John.

Purple Tints of Paris. Character and Manners in the New Empire.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. 19 x 12 cm. xxii, 322 pages / xi, 330 pages. Contemporary black half morroco over marbled boards. Very good condition. Seriously rubbed and bumped with small material losses to spine ends and corners. Some foxing to first and last few pages of each volume. Library sticker on front board of volume 2. No further library marks or stamps. Ex libris of previous owner (‘Maurice Brooks’) on front paste down of both volumes. Top of front hinge of volume 1 started to crack. Bindings sound.

Robinson, J.C.

Memoranda on Fifty Pictures. Selected from a Collection of Works of the Ancient Masters. With Notices of some Italian, Spanish, German, Flemish and Dutch Painters.

First Edition. London, Privately printed, at the Chiswick Press, by Whittingham and Wilkins, 1868. 21 x 15 cm. 79 pages. Original cloth. Gilt title on front board. Bevelled boards. Inscribed by the author. Top edge unopened. Fore edge and tail edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Boards faded (see images). Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Delany, Ruth.

Ireland’s Royal Canal 1789 – 1992 [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1992. 23 x16 cm. vii, 216 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original dark blue cloth. Hard cover in original decorated dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed to Sean Fitzsimons, signed and dated on Title Page.

Grimble, Augustus.

The Salmon Rivers of Ireland. With seventy-eight Illustrations from Photographs and two Maps.

Second Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner, & Co., 1913. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 296 pages. Illustrated. Contemporary green cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Top edge black, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little fading to spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice clean copy. See images.