Groarke, Vona.

Shale.

First Edition. Oldcastle, The Gallery Press, 1994. Octavo. 60 pages. Original black cloth. Inside original dust jacket. Hard cover. Very good condition. Clean copy. Mild age darkening to edges.

Groarke, Vona.

Spindrift [Signed].

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2009. 21 x 14 cm. 75 pages. Original cloth inside original dust jacket. As new condition. Inscribed on title page and signed ‘Vona’. A lovely copy. From the Library of Irish Poet Paul Durcan.

Haggard, Sir H. Rider / Niall Ó Domhnaill (Translator).

Maire .i. Marie.

Presumed First Edition in Irish. Dublin, 1935. 18 x 12 cm. 400 pages. Original blue cloth with black titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding faded into white (see picture). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Stamp with name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Murphy, Nicholas P.

A Corner in Ballybeg.

First Edition. London, John Lang, 1902. 13 x 19 cm, 255 pages. Original illustrated cloth hard cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and age darkening; rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Inside bright and clean. Rear free end paper missing. Small closed tear on contents page. Overall a very nice copy.

Didier, Charles.

Thecla. Tome Premier & Tome Second.

Bruxelles, A. Jamar, Libraire-Editeur, 1840. 13 x 9 cm. 178 pages / 180 pages. Contemporary quarter morroco over marbled paper boards. Hard cover. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Corners worn. Name of previous owner on front past down. Internally clean.

Brander Matthews (Editor).

Ballads of Books. Books for the Bibliophile.

First Edition. New York, George J. Coombes, 1887. 16 x 10 cm. xiv, 174 pages. Small B&W Illustrations in text. Vellum with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on brown spine label. Dentelles and marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

Hartnett, Michael.

A Book of Strays. Edited by Peter Fallon.

First Edition. Oldcastle, Ireland, The Gallery Press, 2002. 21 x 14 cm. 689 pages. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Du Maurier, George.

Peter Ibbetson. With an Introduction by his Cousin Lady ***** (″Madge Plunket”). Edited and Illustrated by George Du Maurier.

London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1894. 19 x 14 cm. 381 pages with B&W Illustrations. New (2018) black cloth with gilt title on spine. New pale blue end papers. Original yellow front free end paper with signature of previous owner: ‘A.F. Brooke RHA’ [Royal Horse Artillery] bound in after new end papers. Very good condition. New binding. Text block dust dulled and occassionally mildly foxed.

Saintine, X.-B. / Dore, Gustave (illustrations).

La Mythologie du Rhin et les Contes de la Mère-Grand’.

First Edition. Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1862. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. 403 pages. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary textured cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. Rebacked in 2023. New end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. First few pages with damp stain to lower edge. A few stains and annotations, mainly in pencil.

Walser, Martin.

The Swan Villa. [Signed]. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz.

First American Edition. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 247 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing to top edges. Signed by the author on front free endpaper.