The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Graunia
London: Oxford University Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A re-telling of this ancient Irish love story. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine. A beautiful copy.
London: Oxford University Press, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A re-telling of this ancient Irish love story. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine. A beautiful copy.
Philadelphia: F. McManus Jr. & Company, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original dark green cloth lettered in green on the front panel. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. The book is straight and the corners true. Full color plate of the medals is present and protected by tissue. A lovely example of this very rare volume...
London: Duckworth, 1953. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A modern re-telling of the old Pat Murphy stories from 1908. A very handsome copy in a complete jackt which shows only minor edge-wear. Previous owner name and notation on the front free endpaper.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Signed by Gogarty on the ffep. Though there are some areas of very minor rubbing, the overall condition of the jacket is extremely bright and crisp. A very nice copy indeed of Gogarty's observations of life in London.
New York: Murphy & McCarthy, 1902. Hardcover. Fine. Large 4to. A beautiful copy of this massive work. New spines and corners all in red grained leather, frame the original illustrated cloth on boards. Marbled edges. New endpapers as well. This book has been lovingly restored and is now very solid and can be safely read and enjoyed. Illustrated throughout with.....
Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart, 1992. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A lovely copy by this wonderful Irish author.
Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Soft cover book with dust jacket, as issued. Jacket designed by Des McCarthy. This volume examines the feudal lordship of Ireland as a whole and traces the conflicting Gaelic and Anglo-Irish traditions. A fine copy in all respects. Previous owner stamp on the inside cover which is hidden by the.....
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1952. First edition. F / G. A good copy in a somewhat tired jacket with a chip at the bottom of the front panel near the hinge and some wear to the top edge as well. Still, this remains a nice copy of a significant book. The struggles of rural life in Ireland. Cover art.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue cloth lettered and decorated in pale green. Handsomely illustrated in black and white throughout by Robert Lawson. Beautiful illustrated endpapers. Stated first edition. Contains three tales for children set in Ireland: The Moving of the Bog; Willie the Wagger; and Pigs in the Castle...
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A study of Medieval life on the Skelligs, off the coast of Ireland.
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine / Near Fine. Original green cloth. An extremely bright, crisp and clean copy by this very compelling Irish author. The story of "conflict between a great passion and a great faith." Set in Ireland.
London: Gollancz, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A clean, bright and solid copy by this acclaimed Irish author. Tells the story of the Easter Rebellion in Dublin, Ireland in 1916. The jacket is complete but it shows toning along the edges.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A clean and attractive copy of the Easter Rebellion in Dublin, Ireland in 1916. O'Flaherty is one of many great Irish author's of the twentieth century. The jacket, with art by Charles Lofgren, shows some minor edge-wear.
Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Two small chips on the dust jacket; one at the top of the spine and the other at the bottom. The story of the Ouzel, and its five year mysterious journey to the Levant. Cover art by Eileen Coughlan.
New York: Farrary, Straus and Cudahy, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very funny novel of life in the Irish Army. The jacket, designed by Robert Cato, shows minor edge-wear and a short closed tear.