Christmas Rare Books & Collectors' Sale

Plunkett (James) Strumpet City, 8vo L. 1969, Signed on f.e.p., cloth and d.j.; O'Casey (Sean) Collected Plays, Volume 1 & 2, 2 vols. L. 1950 (repr...

Wilde (Oscar) De Profundis, 8vo L. (Methuen & Co.) [1905] First Edn., uncut, orig. blue cloth, gilt decoration; The Ballad of Reading Gaol, by C. ...

[Doyle (Rev. Dr.)] 'J.K.L.' Letters on the State of Ireland; Addressed .. to a Friend in England, 8vo D. 1825. First Edn., hf. calf, worn; Kennedy...

de Foe (Daniel) A Tour through the Island of Great Britain, 4 vol. 12mo D. 1779. Ninth, cont. full calf,mor. lables; Brydone (P.) A Tour through S...

Shakespeare: [Johnson (Ben)] The Plays of William Shakespeare, 10 vols. 12mo Dublin (for A. Leathley, C. Wynne.... & J. Williams) 1766. V. good co...

Stereoscope: Underwood & Underwood: Ellison (D.J.) Rome through the Stereoscope, Journeys in and about the Eternal City, 8vo N.Y. 1902, cloth, tog...

T.C.D.: [Fry (M.W.J.)ed] University of Dublin, Trinity College, War List, February 1922, 8vo D. 1922. First Edn., orig. cloth. (1)

Association CopyO'Grady (Standish) The Flight of the Eagle, 8vo L. 1897. First Edn., Hf. title, orig. crimson cloth gilt. (1)* Inscribed on front ...

In Fine Binding[Allan] 'A Cosmopolite,' The Sportsman in Ireland, with His Summer Tour through the Highlands of Scotland, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1840. Fir...

Hardy (Thomas) The Hand of Ethelberta, A Comedy in Chapters, L. (Osgood Mc Ilvaine & Co.) 1896. Vol. X Wessex Novels. Signed by Author, & dated De...

Legal: Blackstone (Wm.) Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vols. 12mo D. 1794, cont. full calf, mor. labels; Burke (Rt. Hon. Edmund) Maxims an...

Fergusson (James) Minister at Kilwinning. A Brief Exposition of the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and Ephesians, Sm. 8vo Edinburgh 1659. First...

Bookplates: A very good collection of 19th Century and early 20th Century printed Bookplates, including some very good Irish Plates, many English ...

Early Motoring: 'Gem' Motor Trip Book, 8vo Lond. (Thos. De La Rue & Co.) n.d. c. 1914. This volume records numerous trips, principally in Co. Wick...

Bindings: Hunt (Leigh) Stories in Verse, 12mo L. 1855, full green cloth, gilt spine by W. Nutt; Stanley (Ed.) A Familiar History of Birds, Sm. 8vo...

1798 - Association Copy[Stock (Rev. Jos.)] Mann (Isaac)D.D. Ld. Bishop of Cork and Ross. The Four Gospels, and The Acts of the Apostles; With Note...

[Carleton (Wm.)] Tracts and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1830. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 engd. frontis & 4 engd. plts., cont. ...

Stowe (H.B.) Uncle Tom's Cabin - Or Life Among the Lowly, Edin. 1853. New Illustrated Edn. hf. title, frontis & add. engd. title, illus. thro-out,...

Journal of a Young Drogheda Lawyer& Member of The Rowing ClubCo. Louth: Manuscript: A Notebook, 21 x 17 cm, headed: "The Journal Scribblings of La...

Boswell (James) An Account of Corsica, The Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. 8vo L. 1768. Second Edn., hf. title, eng...

With Hand-Coloured PlatesBinding: [Walpole (Horace)] Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story, translated by William Marshal, Gent. Jeffrey's Edition. 8v...

With Hand-Coloured Fore-Edge PaintingPorteus (Bp. Beilby) Tracts on Various Subjects, 8vo L. 1807. First Edn., a.e.g., cont. straight-grained dark...

Gibson (Wm.) A New Treatise on the Diseases of Horses, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1754. Second Edn., engd. frontis & 31 engd. plts. complete,cont. full calf, ...

Kippis (Andrew) The Life of Captain James Cook, 8vo D. (H. Chamberlain, W. Colles... and B. Dornin) 1788. First Dublin Edn., hf. title, 527pp a fe...

Malthus (T.R.) An Essay on the Principle of Population, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1807 Fourth Edn., 2 hf. titles, cont. hf. calf, first few pages of Vol.I da...

Hollinghurst (Alan) The Falling Star, thick 8vo, L. (Catto & Windus) 1994, Signed on tp., cloth & d.j.; Mac Laverty (Bernard) A Time to Dance, 8vo...

Ishiguro (Kazuo) A Pale View of Hills, 8vo First Edn, L. (Faber & Faber) 1982, Signed on t.p., cloth, d.j. V. good. (1) ...[more]

Illustrated Volume: Prokofius (Sergei) Bono (Paul Hewson) illus. & Friday (Gavin) recording Peter and the Wolf, 8vo, D. (Irish Hospice Foundation)...

Signed by the AuthorMcGahern (John) Getting Through, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1978, First, Signed on t.p., cloth and d.j.; Amongst Women, 8vo L. (F...

O'Brien (Edna) Lantern Slides - Short Stories, 8vo L. 1990, First, Signed and dated on t.p., cloth & d.j. together with Pamphlet Irish Writers Cel...

Cuala Press: Yeats (John Butler) Early Memories; Some Chapters of Autobiography, 8vo D. (The Cuala Press) 1923, Ltd. Edn. 500 Copies, cloth backed...

Heaney (Seamus) The Redress of Poetry - An Inaugural Lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 24 October 1989, pamphlet, Oxford (Clare...

Heaney (Seamus)trans. The Burial at Thebes - Sophoiles Antigone, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 2004, Signed and dated on t.p., cloth & d.j. Clean Copy. (...

Mullen (Pat) Man of Aran, 8vo, L. (Faber & Faber) 1934, First, portrait frontis, hf. title, red cloth, green lettered spine. (1) ...[more]

Signed Limited EditionHeaney (Seamus) The Cure at Troy, 8vo, Derry (Field Day) 1990, Signed Ltd. Edn. NO. 440 (500) Copies, grey cloth, decor. d.j...

Heaney (Seamus) Electric Light, 8vo N.Y. (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux) 2001, First American Edn., Signed, board, d.j. Clean copy. (1) ...[more]

Heaney (Seamus) District and Circle, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 2006, Signed, green boards, d.j. Clean Copy. (1) ...[more]

Signed by HeaneyHeaney (Seamus) Hailstones, 8vo D. (The Gallery Press) 1984, Signed Limited Edition, of 250 Copies, black cloth, blue d.j. Clean C...

Signed by the PoetsMontague (John), Ní Dhomhaill (N.), Durcan (Paul)contrib. The Poet's Chair, The First Nine of the Ireland Chair of Poetry, 8vo ...

Signed Limited EditionHeaney (Seamus) Beowulf, 8vo L. (Faber & Faber) 1999, Signed Ltd. Edn. No. 97 (300) Copies, frontis, brown cloth backed crea...

Co. Leix: Shaw-Mason (Wm.) A Descriptive and Architectural Sketch of the Grace-Mausoleum in the Queens County, 8vo D.(Faulkner Press) 1819. Privat...

Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland, with General Observations, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1780. First Dublin Edn., later hf. mor. (2)

Salmon - A New Geographical and Historical Grammar: 8vo D. 1752. Third Edn., fold. map frontis., red & bl. title, engd. plt. & 21 fold. maps, some...

Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages ... For Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successfully performed by Comm. Byron, Cap...

Medical: Mihles (Samuel) & Reid (A.) The Elements of Surgery, 8vo L. 1764. Second, 18 fold. plts., Proposals, leaves & advert leaf at end, cont. c...

Chandler (Samuel) Reflections on the Conduct of the Modern Deists, In their late Writings against Christianity, 8vo L. 1727. First Edn., LVI, 110p...

Very Rare Presentation Copy[Clayton (Bishop Robert)] An Essay on Spirit, 8vo D. (S. Powell, for J.P. Droz,..) 1750. First Edn., LXV, 171pp, Limite...

Binding: Milton - A Review of the Text of the Twelve Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, 8vo L. 1733. Cont. full calf, with attractive tooled gilt bo...

Locke (John) Some Thoughts Concerning Education, to which is added, New Thoughts Concerning Education, by Mr. Rollin. Sm. 8vo D. 1738. Engd. port....

Macaulay (Lord) Lays of Ancient Rome, 4to L. 1883, illus., a.e.g. full toold gilt blue mor. by Sotheran; Cobbett (Wm.) A History of the Protestant...

Wilde (Oscar) Intentions, 8vo L. (James R. Osgood McIvaine & Co.) 1891. First Edn., uncut, orig. green cloth, with gilt lettering & decoration. Go...

Limited EditionAsprey Binding: Wren (Percival Christopher) Beau Geste, 8vo L. 1927. Limited Edition de Luxe 1000 Copies, illus. by Helen McKie, 20...

Lever (Chas.) The D'Altons or Three Roads in Life, 2 vols. L. 1852. First Edn., add. engd. title Vol. I, & frontis & engd. illus. thro-out by Phiz...

Hitler: Santoro (Cesare) Hitler Germany as seen by a Foreigner, roy 8vo Berlin 1938. First English Edn., illus. cloth; Koehler (H.) Inside the Ges...

Hartley (David) Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations, 3 vols. L. 1801. Fourth, some damp stains, cont. calf, mor. labels...

Bagwell (R.) Ireland under the Tudors, 3 vols. L. 1885 - 90. First Edns., hf. titles, L.S.'s Vol. III orig. cloth, Vols. I & II recent cloth. (3) ...

Power (Rev. A.) The Place-Names of Decies, thick 4to, L. (Dand Nutt) 1907, First, map frontis., leather backed board; Webster (C.A.) The Diocese o...

[Clayton (Bp. Rob.)] Letters which passed between The Rt. Rev. Robert Lord Bishop of Corke,... and Mr. William Penn, concerning Baptism, 8vo L. 17...

Pasha (R.C. Slatin) Fire and Sword in The Sudan, L. 1896. Second Edn., port. frontis plts. & fold. maps, gilt decor. cloth; Wingate (Maj. F.R.) Te...

Bindings: Hibernia Press, Ancient Irish Histories - The Works of Spencer, Campion, Hanmer and Marleburrough, 2 vols. D. (Hibernia Press) 1809, Fir...