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| This selection contains 30 title(s) on 2 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| BECKETT, MARY A Belfast Woman & Other Stories. Dublin, Poolbeg Press. 1980, First Edition. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st edition. 1st book. Mass market sized paper original by this small publisher who specializes in deserving but lesser known Irish writers. She is later published by Bloomsbury. Scarce. Minor foxing to cheap paper else fine in pictorial wraps. Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 7485 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| BECKETT, MARY Give Them Stones. London, Bloomsbury. 1987, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. Uncorrected proofs of her 2nd book Minor spine crease else near fine in wraps. Very Scarce. Very Good. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 7137 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| BEHAN, BRENDAN Confessions of an Irish Rebel. London, Hutchinsons of London. 1965, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. Very good in very good bright dust jacket with minor edge wear. /Dust Jacket Included. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 3525 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| BEHAN, BRENDAN Moving out. And a Garden Party. Dixon, CA, Proscenium Press. 1967, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st edition of these two short plays by Behan. 28 pp. Name stamp, tanning to rear wrap; near fine copy in printed wraps. Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 1157 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| BRADFORD, CURTIS Yeats's " Last Poems " Again Dublin, Ireland, Dolmen Press. 1966, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition - # 8 of the Dolmen Yeats papers - card covers in dj - a fine copy. Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 8423 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'BRIEN, FLANN Further Cuttings from Cruiskeen Lawn. London, Rupert Hart-Davis. 1976, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. Green paper boards a bit faded else fine in fine unfaded! dust jacket. /Dust Jacket Included. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 5881 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'CASEY, SEAN Feathers from the Green Crow. Sean O'Casey, 1905-1925. London, Macmillan. 1963, First Edition. Cloth. 1st British edition. Edited by Robert Hogan. University of Toronto bookstore label else near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Fine/Fine. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 354 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'CASEY, SEAN The Flying Wasp: Essays on the Modern Theatre. London, Macmillan. 1937, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. Review Copy with the priced Canadian slip tipped in. Near fine in vg yellow dust jacket a bit tanned at the spine. Very Good/Very Good. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 340 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'CASEY, SEAN Oak Leaves & Lavender. Or a Warld on Wallpaper. London, Macmillan. 1946, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. WWII play - a few minor flecks of foxing to prelims else fine in very good dust jacket, short tear. Fine/Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 346 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'CASEY, SEAN Purple Dust: A Play. London, Macmillan. 1940, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. Review Copy with the Canadian priced review slip tipped in and the ' Macmillan's in Canada' bookplate [ indicating a probable Macmillan file copy ] - 1/2000 copies - fine in near fine p/c dust jacket a little tanned at the spine. Fine/Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 343 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'CASEY, EILEEN Sean. London, Gill & Macmillan. 1971, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. Signed & inscribed by Eileen O'Casey & dated Dec. 1976. Memoir by his wife of their life in the theatre. Much unpublished material & photographs including some letters between O'Casey & G. B. Shaw. Fine in very good dust jacket, bit frayed at edges, faded at the spine from cream to white, but black lettering bright & clear. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 4991 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'CASEY, SEAN - DAVID KRAUSE, EDITOR A Self-Portrait of the Artist As a Man - Sean O'Casey's Letters Dublin, Ireland, The Dolmen Press. 1968, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - one of 1500 copies printed - a self-portrait in letters - paper tanning else a fine copy in card covers & decorated pictorial dj ( not price clipped ). Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10279 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| COMLEY, JOHN A Light in the Sky. London;, Heinemann. 1959, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. 1st book Signed & inscribed to Dr. Russ Brown with an interesting inscription. I.R.A. novel of Irelend during the 'troubles' & the Civil War. Fine copy in very good or better pictorial dust jacket showing minor wear at tips. Scarce. /Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 | £UK 75.25 | JP¥ 11032] Book number: 4869 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| CONYERS, DOROTHEA Irish Stew London, Skeffington. 1920, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - short story collection with some elements of fantasy & supernatural - Phil Phelan's phantasy is a WW I story - green cloth printed in dark green letters, nd, [ 1920 ] - vg or better, minor rubbing at tips. Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 9720 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'DRISCOLL, ROBERT & REYNOLDS Yeats and the Theatre Toronto, Macmillan. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0 7705 1228 3) . fine in near fine dj. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 | £UK 4.25 | JP¥ 618] Book number: 8482 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| EGLINTON, JOHN Irish Literary Portraits. London, Macmillan. 1935, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Macmillan & Co. 1935. 1st edition. Portraits of Yeats, A.E. Dowden, George Moore and two chapters on Joyce. Review copy with the Macmillan bookplate. 1/4 linen cloth & patterned paper boards & publisher's gilt leather label. Bit tanned at the spine else a very nice bright copy. Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 312 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'FAOLAIN, JULIA Melancholy Baby Dublin, Poolbeg Press. 1978, First Edition. Original Wraps, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. mass market selection from her first two books - PBO - worn at one corner but a vg copy . Very Good. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 706] Book number: 9058 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'GORMON, MICHAEL Clancy's Bulba. London, Hutchinson. 1983, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. 1st novel. Cockfighting novel set in Ireland of the 1920's. Very fine / very fine dust jacket. /Dust Jacket Included. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 6598 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| HEANEY, SEAMUS (CONT.) - SERGEANT, HOWARD - ED. Outposts 68 London, Outposts Publications. 1966, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heaney contributes a 20 line poem on Salmon fishing and a perceptive review of Robert Lowells's " For the Union Dead " - Canadian poet Miriam Waddington's ownership signature on the cover o/w about fine - scarce little mag. Fine. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 8698 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| HONE, JOSEPH (EDITOR) Irish Ghost Stories London, Eng. Hamish Hamilton. 1977, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - slight erasure on fly, else fine in near fine p/c dj, very minor edge wear ( slight roll of the edge of the lamination, a minor flaw ) - bright & fresh - correct first printing, scarce - contributors include, Treavor, Moore, McGahern, etc. Fine/Fine. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 9918 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| O'LEARY, CONE This Delicate Creature. London, Constable / Crane , Russak & Co. 1928, First Edition. Cloth. 1st edition. Foxing to edges else a very good copy without dust jacket. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 4414 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| LYND, SYLVIA The Goldfinches London, Cobden-Sanderson. 1920, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. paper boards, fine in near fine dj . Fine/Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 9032 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| MCCOURT, FRANK Angela's Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood. London, Harper Collins. 1996, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st British edition - first printing - Tiny Australian booksellers bookplate - 1 X 1/2 " - 'Cantys', remainder mark bottom edge ( discreetly near the spine ) else very fine in very fine dust jacket - like new & unread. As New/As New. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 1757 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| MILLER, LIAM The Dun Emer Press Later the Cuala Press NY, The Typophiles. 1974, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. - bio - bibliography of these presses - very fine copy, no cloth ed. Fine. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 10040 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). | ||
| MURPHY RICHARD Sailing to an Island. New York, Chilmark Press. 1963, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st American edition, author's first book - Laid in is a wonderfully warm Als from Murphy to Canadian poet, A.J.M.Smith on Murphy's 'Ave Maria', 'True Light', Irish ship stationary. 225 words in thanks for considerate refuge [ at East Lansing, Michigan ] during a difficult lecture/reading tour, his reading schedule, writer in residence offers, Commonwealth festival in London, Douglas Cleverdon, invitation to sail with him on his boat, etc. - Murphy sends Smith and his wife a dish from Terrybaun Pottery, county Mayo - Fine in green cloth with the letter laid in. Fine. Signed by Author. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 1083 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB). |
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