History Literature & Collectibles

10 by 8 in. Original wrappers bound into half leather, marbled boards.The first six issues of the school magazine of Clongowes Wood College, which

3.25 by 5 in. Includes her own name and address and well as that of the addressee Cyril Corrigan, a classmate of James Joyce at UCD and an endurin

13 by 13 in. A nice selection of James Joyce interest vinyl recordings with some scarce examples. Including Finnegans Wake read by Patrick Bedford

The Magazine of the Students of University College Dublin. Flann O’Brien interest. Vol. I, No. 1 May 1931, to Vol XII, No 3 December 1935. Bound

19 by 14 in. Artist's proof, (no. 1 from an edition of 10)Portrait of the famous Irish novelist, playwright and satirist Brian O'Nolan (...

7.5 by 5.25 in. Printed dust jacket, Methuen London, 1957. 86pp.A good and scarce signed copy of this first edition. Inscribed bilingually in Iris

10 by 7 in. Original cloth boards with dust jacket, 192ppFirst edition of Brendan Behan's Island - An Irish Sketch-book by Brendan Behan wit...

6 by 4.5 in. Original boards, pp61The Dolmen Press, Dublin, 1957. With dedication from and in the hand of Brendan Behan "Do Jacquie o Brean...

Oil on canvas laid on board. Portrait on Behan in a Borstal scene. See lot 374 for note on Pilkington.

Nonplus, numbers 1 to 4. Printed by the Dolmen Press Autumn 1959 to Winter 1960. Edited by Patricia Murphy, wife of poet Richard Murphy. With con

4 by 5.5 in. Single page, manuscript, framed.A scarce letter from the Irish author and playwright Samuel Beckett in French. Content states that Be

8 by 5.5 in. Faber and Faber, London, 2004. 56pp.First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. With black boards, gilt-titled spine and o

43 coloured engravings of botanical subjects from ‘Paxton’s Magazine of Botany’ including 8 double sheet examples.

10 by 6.5 in. Quarter leather, marbled boards, Groombridge London, 197pp.A historic work with excellent colour plates of species. A must for anyon

12 by 9 in. Quarter leather over blue cloth boards.Birds Of Great Britain And Ireland Order Passeres Complete In Two Volumes Brumby & Clarke...

Cloth boards with matching flower decorated slip case (no. 15 from an edition of 125)A scarce and sought after publication, beautifully illustrat

Original half morocco, with slip case, de Burca 1995.Introduced by E. Charles Nelson.. Limited edition of 150, this example out of series. Signed

12 by 8 in. Backed cloth boards, gilt spine, original slip case, Lilliput Press, 1993, 247pp.Signed hors commerce edition (no. 21 from an edition

21 by 14 in. Three quarter morocco with gilt and slip case.Ireland's Wild Orchids number 9 of an edition of 700 (subscribers 1 to 50)signed ...

17.25 by 12.45 in. “Grand Reception American Team” Attractively printed on a silk like material with fine embroidered boarder. The Queen's T...