Birdthistle, Sheighle.

demons…and other friends [Signed].

First Edition. Limerick, The Treaty Press, [1997]. 21 x 15 cm. 28 unnumbered pages. Stiff paper wrappers. Paperback. Very good condition. Signed by the Author on tite page.

Durcan, Paul.

Sam’s Cross [Signed]. Poems by Paul Durcan.

First Edition. Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, Profile Poetry, 1978. 21 x 14 cm. 88 pages. Illustrated. Original stiff paper wrappers. Trade paperback. Very good condition. Binding a little worn and stained (see images). Some spotting / foxing internally. Small sticker on verso of front board with the Author’s signature, dated.

Cronin, Maureen.

Letting in the Light [Signed].

First Edition. Ennis, Maureen Cronin Publications, 1998. 21 x 15 cm. 66 pages. Original trade paperback. Soft covers. Very good condition. Signed by the Author on verso of front wrapper.

O’Callaghan, Julie.

No Can Do [Signed].

First Edition. Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books, 2000. 93 pages. Original trade paperback. Soft cover. Near fine. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page. From the library of Irish poet Paul Durcan.

Murphy, Gerry.

The Humours of Nothingness [Signed].

First Edition. Dublin, The Dedalus Press, 2020. 21 x 14 cm. 89 pages. Original trade paperback. Soft cover. Near fine. A bright and clean copy. Inscribed and signed by the Author on the title page. From the library of poet Paul Durcan.

Henry, Paul / O’Faolain, Sean (foreword).

An Irish Portrait [Signed]. The Autobiography of Paul Henry R.H.A. With a Foreword by Sean O’Faolain.

First Edition. London, B.T. Batsford, 1951, 22 x 15 cm. xi, 116 pages. With 12 Plates – complete. With a losely inserted letter, signed by Mabel Young, Paul Henry’s second wife, to whom the book is dedicated. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in fair only dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to book. Edges and end papers dust dulled and mildly foxed. Signed by the Author on the front free end paper. Dust jacket worn with significant paper losses (see images).

Mrs. S.C. Hall.

Sketches of Irish Character [Signed].

The Fifth Edition. London, Nattali & Bond. 1855. 20 x 14 cm. xxiv, 412 pages. With Plates and Illustrations in text. Original green cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title and decorations. Professionally rebacked in 2025. All edges gilt. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Inscribed by Mrs. S.C. Hall. See images.

Anon.

The Gentleman’s Magazine: For October 1764.

London, By Sylvanus Urban, 1764. 21 x 13 cm. Paper wrappers, pages numbered 455 to 499. Two plates of which one folds. Original paper wrappers. Spine reinforced with tape. Very good condition. Mildly age darkened, otherwise clean.

Rowlandson, Thomas [Illustrator] / William Combe [Author].

The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. The Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of the Picturesque: A Poem; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife.

Eighth, Third and First Editions. London, R. Ackermann, 1819, 1820 & ND [1821]. 24 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 276 pages, complete with 31 coloured Plates incl. TP / Vol.2: 277 pages, complete with 24 Plates / Vol.3: 279 pages, with 23 out of 24 Plates. Uniform contemporary polished calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers. Good condition only. Bindings seriously rubbed and bumped. Weak bindings with a few pages lose or protruding. Some material losses to corners and spine endings (see images). Internally dust dulled. A good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Healy, John.

Nineteen Acres.

First Edition. Galway, Kennys Bookshops & Art Galleries Ltd., 1978. 14 x 21 cm. 138 pages. Original hardcover in original unclipped dustjacket, now in archival jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Minor edge wear to dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. A bright and clean copy.