Rushdie, Salman.

Fury.

First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 2001. 15.5 x 24cm. 259 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Coward, Noel.

Future Indefinite. Signed and with a handwritten Letter by Coward to FM Alanbrooke. A second volume of autobiography.

First Edition. London, William Heinemann, 1954. 21 x 13 cm. viii, 336 pages. Illustrated. New (2018) black cloth with gilt title on spine. New pale blue end papers. In original unclipped dust jacket. Good condition. Binding and end papers new. Internally mildly foxed / browned, mainly to first and last pages. Tipped intwo-sided hand written and signed letter by Noel Coward to Lord Alanbrooke, in which Coward writes about Alanbrooke’s War Diaries and his own autobiography. Book also inscribed by Coward to Alanbrooke ‘with best wishes and great admiration’. Dust jacket seriously worn with several tears and some paper losses. Now in archival jacket.

Gougaud, Dom Louis.

Gaelic Pioneers of Christianity. The Work and Influence of Irish Monks and Saints in Continental Europe (VI th – XII th Cent.). Translated from the French by Victor Collins. With a Preface by Father Augustine, O.S.F.C.

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, Ltd., 1923. 19 x 13 cm. xxiii, 166 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket with significant losses to spine. Internally clean.

Lynd, Robert.

Galway of the Races. Selected essays edited and introduced by Sean McMahon.

Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1990. 21.3cm x 13.8cm. 296 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Henry, William / Nally, Tom / Burke, Ray / Martyn, Hilary (prefaces).

Galway Through Time & Tide. Volumes 1 – 4.

Four Volumes – Complete Set. Galway, Published by Galway Independent Newspapers Ltd., 2010, 2011, 2013 & 2014. 27 x 21 cm. 181, 201, 195 & 194 pages. Illustrated. Original decorated trade paperbacks. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. Three volumes are signed by the Author.

Elizabeth Craig.

Gardening. A new, filly illustrated book for the gardener with little money to spend, covering flowers, vegetables and fruits.

London, Books of Dignity and Service Limited, Not Dated (after 1937) 13 x 18 cm, 256 pages. With many B&W illustrations and photographs. Original hardcover. Blue cloth boards with brown spine (discolored?). Gilt title and author on spine. Decorative blind stamping on boards and spine. Very good to good condition. Some shelf wear. Corners and spine a little bumped. Not clear whether spine is discolored by age or was brown originally. Some foxing and age darkening. Name of previous owner inscribed on front free end paper. Front joint strting to open over about 8 cm, but still holding.Frontispiece coming lose, but still connected. Elizabeth Craig’s Household Library.

Feheney, J. Matthew.

Gentlemen of the Presentation: Brief Biographies of Twenty-Five Presentation Brothers (1762-1999).[Signed].

Dublin, Veritas, 1999. 14 x 21cm. 204 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

Sheehan, Canon.

Geoffrey Austin Student.

Fifth Impression. Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son Ltd., 1904. 13 x 18 cm, vii, 212 pages plus two pages publisher’s catalog. Front free end paper missing. Original decorated blue cloth. Blind stamped decoration on front board with red lettering. Gilt title on spine. Gilt decoration on rear board. Front free end paper missing – half title is first page. Corners, edges and spine bumped and rubbed. Small stains on boards. Edges and pages age darkened. Small picture glued to page 1 (Sedna Coca Cola bottle). Text block clean and unmarked. Binding tight.

L’Abbe Du Fresnoy. [Lenglet du Fresnoy, Pierre Nicolas].

Geographia Antiqua et Nova: Or a system of Antient and Modern Geography. With a set of maps, engraven from those of Cellarius, designed for the use schools, and of gentlemen, who make the antient writers their delight or study. Translated from the French of Mr. L’Abbe Du Fresnoy, with great Additions and Improvements, from Ptolemy, Strabo, Cellarius, &c. To which is added a Large Index. The whole, together with the Maps, corrected and improved.

The Second Edition. London, Printed for Robert Horsfield, 1768. 27 x 21 cm. iv, (6) [TOC], 105 pages, (38) [Index], 33 double page Maps, as listed. Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Spine label with gilt title. Good condition only. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped with material losses (see images). Front and rear free end papers missing. Front and rear boards still connected but hinges and joints cracked. Front and rear paste downs have been used for drawings and inscriptions ( see images). Lower corner of title page missing, not affecting text. Title page creased and stained. Rest of the text block in very good clean condition. Half of Map XIII (Hellas) missing. Other maps with short closed tears along the folding lines, generally not affecting the actual Maps. As a collection of 32 Maps or a candidate for rebinding.

Allen, Nicholas.

George Russell (AE) and the New Ireland, 1905-30.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2003. 23 x 15 cm. 267 pages. Original black cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally clean.