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Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press Ltd,, 2013. Hardcover. As New/As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade, there being currently only one additional copy available on-line. A fine and due homage for Gearoid Mae Eoin, with over two dozen contributors, including the editors, and Anders Ahlqvist, Bo Almqvist, Andrew Breeze Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel, Gearoid Denvir, Petra S. Hellmuth, Maire Herbert, Graham Isaac, Diarmuid Johnson, Patricia Kelly, Jean Le Du, Breandan S. Mac Aodha and many others. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. This collection of essays honors one of Ireland's foremost Celticists, Gearoid Mac Eoin, who was appointed to the Chair of Old and Middle Irish and Celtic Philology at University College, Galway in 1966, where he spent the rest of his academic life. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Celtic Studies on several occasions and became a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1975.… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A lot of works by Sean O' Casey, to wit: 1) The Green Crow (New York: George Braziller, 1956), Very Good condition hardcover in First Edition, Good condition dust jacket, not price-clipped, protected by Brodart sleeve, black cloth with green outline of a crow to front cover, a fine collection of writings about plays and playwrites, with xvi + 303 pp.; Pictures in the Hallway (New York: Macmillan, 1942), Very Good condition hardcover in First Edition state, previous owner's inscription, sans dust jacket, light toning to text, fine photographic portrait of author at frontis, with 356 pp.; Inishfallen Fare Thee Well (New York: Macmillan, 1949), a Very Good condition hardcover copy in First Edition state, Good condition dust jacket, moderately worn, crimped here and there, with 396 pp.;Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Micheal O' Siochru holds a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin and has been lecturing there in 17th-century history. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. From the publisher's blurb, "This book examines political and constitutional developments in confederate Ireland from the formation of embryonic governmental institutions in 1642, until the signing of the 'Second Ormond Peace' in 1649. The study of confederate Ireland (the only example of sustained self-government by the Irish on a national level before 1919) has suffered from a somewhat negative bias, due in part to the shadow cast by the Ulster massacres of 1641. In contrast to that cataclysmic event, the following decade was seemingly characterised by nothing more than confusion and chaos, as a… Read More

Boston: An Otto Penzler Book / Houghton Mifflin, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A typically horror-filled Oatesean tale of "mounting suspense" that develops between a rich old man artist and a young working-class woman. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean interior, unmarked, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. 165 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine collection of memorable short stories by the National Book Award-winning author of The Falls and The Accursed, Marya, The Gravedigger's Daughter, We Were the Mulaneys, and others. This collection features the eponymously titled short story, quite bracing. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Extensive frontis matter + 192 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities, lightly foxed page edges. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but for slight edge-wear at bottom. From the Kirkus Review review, "Angel of Light is a Washington, D.C. retelling of Aeschylus' Oresteia which tries to hook up the themes of personal betrayal and revenge with the politics of treason and terrorism. Maurice Halleck, Director of the (imaginary) Federal Commission for the Ministry of Justice, is dead in an apparent car-crash suicide following a bribery scandal (connected to investigations into the Allende affair). But Maurice's high-strung teenage daughter Kirsten is convinced that her father was murdered--for domestic and perhaps political reasons--by chic mother Isabel and her lover Nicholas Martens, Maurie's old pal and colleague at the… Read More

New York: A William Abrahams Book, by Dutton, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in the trade in this stated (stated First Edition, First Printing) and condition (SIGNED by the author at title page). A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Goldenrod colored boards quarterbound in black linen, and laid in is a book-review from the New York Times. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 397 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: A William Abrahams Books, E.P. Dutton, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Bound handsomely in two-tone, red paper over boards, oatmeal cloth-backed. Joyce Carol Oates is both prolific and successful as a novelist, cultural critic, poet and even boxing reviewer, winner of the National Book Award, two 'O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize for Literature. 243 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of a dozen short stories by the Irish writer. Stated First Edition. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. 223 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine collection of short stories by the beloved Irish writer Edna O'Brien, seven short stories plus Acknowledgments and a List of Authors and Titles. "The Preamble," "The Fantastic," "The Profane," "The Desperate," "The Male," "The Female," "The Intemperate." Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in two-tone, brick paper over boards, brown cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing minor wear, mostly to spine head and foot, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 262 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Stated First American Edition. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 287 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Printing of the First Edition of this fine novel by the esteemed Irish writer. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 213 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Geneve, Switzerland: Editions l'art Albert Skira, 1993. First French Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Andreas Walser. Afterword by Jean-Christophe Ammann, translated by Jean Launay. Solange Schnall has transoated the remainder under the direction of Marco Obrist. A most handsomely produced book bound in octavo format, oatmeal cloth over boards, sharp and distinct black lettering to cover and an intriguing illustration to frnot cover. Plentiful black and color photographs printed on high-gloss, heavy card stock paper. 160 pp. A fine catalogue raisonne of the painter Andréas Walser, who died at the age of 22. His paintings were exhibited for the first time in France in September of 1996. [6], 7-160 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Washington, D.C: United States Government Printing Office. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 9 1/2" x 11 3/4. The lot is comprised of eleven (11) tall quarto hardcover volumes bound in dark green buckram cloth, covers blind-stamped in two logos of bi-directional arrows, both front and rear, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bumping to spine heads and feet, bumping to some tips, else and withal, clean and quite sturdily bound. Withdrawn from an academic library (the University of California, Santa Clara), but with just blue ink-stamps denoting such. Volume XII: Part I: Equatorial Observations, 1908-1926, comprised of Two Parts and Appendix, devoted to equatorial observations made between 1908 and 1926. Part I discourses upon the equipment used (a 26-inch Equatorial telescope, The Clark Micrometer II, The Warner and Swasey Micrometer of the 26-inch Equatorial, the 12-inch Equatorial, and others), and then observations of asteroids, comets, occultations, solar eclipses and transit of… Read More

Chicago: David R. Godine, 2993. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Bound handsomely in hardcover quarto format, Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Essays by the editor, Sheila O'Connell, and with contributions by Roy Porter, Celina Fox, and Ralph Hyde. First U.S. Edition, bound in fine burgundy cloth. 272 pp. and gorgeously illustrated with 30 color images and 350 black-and-white. The publisher's blurb praises this "visual feast that captures the excitement, vitality, topography, iconography, and sociology of this great metropolis as it approached the peak of its power and influence." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for… Read More

Boston: David R. Godine, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. As New condition hardcover copy, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Bound handsomely in hardcover quarto format, Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, not price-clipped, and with Brodart sleeve protector. Essays by the editor, Sheila O'Connell, and with contributions by Roy Porter, Celina Fox, and Ralph Hyde. First U.S. Edition, bound in fine burgundy cloth. 272 pp. and gorgeously illustrated with 30 color images and 350 black-and-white. The publisher's blurb praises this "visual feast that captures the excitement, vitality, topography, iconography, and sociology of this great metropolis as it approached the peak of its power and influence." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for… Read More

Sante Fe, New Mexico: Ancient City Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed inside front flap at bottom. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Double-column texts, sharp and distinct photographs of materials and tools. 132 pp. and with many score fine black-and-white illustrations of adobe house construction, start-to-finish.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

1984. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Nate Shiner. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line currently. 46 pp. of a fine artist exhibit catalog for a show that ran in three different galleries including the New Museum of New York. Precise publisher not stated. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Simple printed wraps, several score fine reproductions, printed on high-gloss paper. Introduction by Marcia Tucker. List of exhibitions and their chronology.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped, a bit of edgewear. viii [3], 2-264 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Dublin, Ireland: Golden Eagle Books. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of an item that is scarce in the trade; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Forward cock to spine, bound in the original publisher's off-white cloth covers, moderately soiled and mildly worn, but clean and unmarked of interior. Date of publication not stated, but appears to be 1948 and a First Edition though not so stated. The author was born into the tight-knit community of the Mill Row, on the outskirts of Armagh, on April 3, 1920, according to Daragh Carville's homage to him. After leaving school at 14, he notes, "he worked for the Post Office as a telegram delivery boy. At around the same time, he began writing, sending stories to magazines in Ireland and America. In 1944 his story ‘The Boy and the Stone’ won a Best Short Story competition and was published in The Bell, the leading Irish literary journal of the day, edited… Read More