Irish Literature & History

First edition, signed presentation copy to the author's mother; 8vo (198 x 139 mm); light spotting at extremities; publisher's cloth, dust-jacket, extremities slightly bumped, dust-jacket discoloured with wear at extremities and chips at edges, good condition overall.

First edition, signed presentation copy to author's mother; 8vo, (199 x 137 mm); some spotting; publisher's cloth, dust-jacket, extremities rubbed, some discolouration and spotting to dust-jacket with edges a bit frayed and chip to head of spine, good condition overall.

First edition, signed presentation copy; 8vo, (206 x 147 mm); some spotting, mostly to endpapers; publisher's cloth, extremities slightly bumped, boards slightly discoloured at extremities, spine sunned with one adhesive mark, top edge slightly dust-soiled.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's green cloth, Sturge Moore design to upper board in blind, design and titles to spine gilt, with the Sturge Moore dust jacket. A superb copy in the lightly nicked and rubbed dust jacket with some light internal repair at the spine.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; folding plates of the facsimile of the original notes and manuscript; publisher's quarter red cloth, over grey boards, titles to spine gilt, paper label to upper board, in the original matching grey card slipcase.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's black cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. An exceptional copy in the dust jacket with a single tiny nick at the foot of the spine panel.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper; 8vo; front endpapers browned as usual; publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. An exceptional copy in the rather faded dust jacket.

First edition, with autograph letter from the author's wife mounted to front pastedown; 8vo; minor toning; publisher's sage cloth, upper hinge pulling, backstrip partly detached, marked and rubbed.

First edition, second 'issue' (with the ten-point sun symbol); single octavo quire; internally clean; publisher's stapled self wrappers printed in black & light purple. A very nice copy.

First edition in book form, one of circa 300 copies; 12mo; printed in black & red, title-page and colophon with decorations, bookplate to front pastedown; publisher's roan-backed boards with title printed in gaelic font to upper cover, a little spotted and rubbed; housed in later morocco-backed marbled board solander.