Saint Exupery, Antoine de.

Terre Des Hommes.

Paris, Gallimard, 1939. 19 x 12 cm. 218 pages. Original paper wrappers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening. Name of previous owner on first blank.

Séamus Mag Uidhir.

Da Crann na Marbh. Agus Gearr-Scealta Eile.

First Edition. Dublin, Oifig An tSolatair, 1939. 18 x 12 cm. 165 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket.

O’Brien, Flann.

At Swim Two Birds.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1939. c. 19 x 13 cm. 316 pages. Original pale cloth. Black title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Spine and part of the front board faded (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed to front free end paper, dated 1940. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean. A very nice copy overall.

Power, Arthur / Henry, Paul (Foreword).

From the old Waterford House.

First Edition. Waterford and Dublin, The Carthage Press, 1940. 16 x 10 cm. (4), 180 pages. New (2024) blue cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. New binding. Internally mildly foxed, otherwise clean.

The Earl of Longford.

The Vineyard. Being the story of Elijah, Ahab & Jezebel. A drama in three acts. [The drama was first played at the Dublin Gate Theatre on Tuesday, 16th March, 1943].

Dublin, Hodges Figgis & Co., Not dated [c. 1940s]. 18 x 12 cm. 74 pages. Original stiff paper covers with title information on front board. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean.

Lamplighter.

Hidden Years. Scenes from the Childhood of Jesus.

[First Edition]. Dublin, M.H. Gill, 1940. 18 x 12 cm. Title, (4), 25 pages. Musical scores on last two pages. Original blue stiff paper covers with title in black on front board. Very good condition. Very clean.

Roland Burke Savage.

A Valiant Dublin Woman. The Story of George’s Hill (1766 – 1940). With a Preface and two Maps by Rev. T. Corcoran…

First Edition. Dublin, M.H. Gill and Son, 1940. 21 x 14 cm. xiv, (2), 312 pages. Complete with all Maps and Illustrations listed. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original unclipped dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. SSome shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some edgewear to DJ. Remants of tape on DJ and paste downs.

Haines, Gladys M.

Pines On The Hill and Other Poems.

First Edition. London et al. Hutchinson & Co., ND [c. 1940]. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. 36 pages. Original green cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Scarce.

O Cadlaigh, Cormac.

Gnas Na Gaeldilge.

First Edition. Baile Atha Cliath [Dublin], Oifig An tSolatair, 1940. 21 x 14 cm. xxiv, 660 pages. Original blue cloth with gilt title and author on front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and faded. Front free end paper neatly cut off. Stamp of previous owner on front paste down. Name of previous owner on half title. Number ‘28’ written on top edge. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Dreiser, Theodore.

The Financier.

Cleveland / New York, The World Publishing Company, 1940. 13.5 x 21cm. 503 pages. Original clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.