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Boulder, CO:: Westview Press., 2002.. First edition -. Fine.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Roy, an authority on Irish history, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the backwaters of ancient Ireland.

Boulder, CO:: Westview Press., (2002). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dust jacket (few tiny marks in the text and a comment at the end summing it up - 'enjoyed this book ++'.. First printing. Roy, an authority on Irish history, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the backwaters of ancient Ireland. Illustrated with photographs. 218 pp.

New York:: The Century Company,, (1924). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in terra cotta cloth boards with black lettering (previous owner's name), no dust jacket. . First edition. An historical novel by this American-born Irish novelist set in the west of Ireland, and based on the life of the Irish poet Antoine Raftery (1779-1835). The basis of the 1957 BBC television opera. Illustrated by John Richard Flanagan with a frontispiece and 3 interior plates. 175 pp.

New York:: Dial Press,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped). First US printing. Second novel by this Irish writer and playwright (his first novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize), one in which he "returns to the emotionally dense landscape of small-town Ireland to explore the inner lives of two men: a headmaster and a schoolteacher, each man the product of a soul-stifling culture, each battling his own demons of loss and betrayal. " 286 pp.

Dublin:: The Black Cat Press,, (1992). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first publication of Beckett's first novel, written in Paris in 1932, and unpublished for 60 years (it was originally rejected by several publishers, and would never have been able to get past the Irish Censorship Board.) Introduction by Eoin O'Brien in which he discusses the history of this works, his conversations with Beckett about it, etc. xvii, 241 pp.

London:: The Folio Society, , 1984.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in green illustrated cloth in a fine slipcase. . First printing of this edition. A selection of 18 stories from the three original volumes of the Irish R.M. (resident magistrate) tales, originally published in 1899, 1908 and 1915, by these two women writers whose collaboration continued after the death of Violet Martin ("Martin Ross"") through the use of a medium. Selected and with an introduction by John O'Donovan. Over 32 illustrations by Paul Cox. pp. xvii 267 pp.

Dublin:: National Library of Ireland,, (1986). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. The first in a planned series of color booklets, this includes 30 pages of photographs, in both black and white and full color, drawings, and reproductions, accompanied by the text which describes history of representations of the Irish, from ancient stone carving through anti-Irish caricatures and modern paintings and photographs. Bibliography. 64 pp.

New York:: Birch Lane Press/Carol Publishing,, (1990). Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First thus. Irish author's second book (and first novel) originally published in 1932. 398 pp.

New York:: George H. Doran,, (1921). Hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only in a good dust jacket (some dampstaining and mottling to the back cover, but nicely covered by the very uncommon dust jacket, overall edgewear to dj) . First edition. A romantic novel by this prolific Irish writer who was one of the founding members. along with Dorothy Sayers and Chesterton, of The Detective Writers Club. An attractive little Irish girl is carried off to a new way of life by a very worldly English gentleman. "The quaint life of an Irish village, the glittering unreality of an unskilled girl alone in London who endures the tyranny of domestic service and the injustice of the courts rather than yield one jot of her integrity, and the true love that she wins out of circumstances which would have ended everything for a less valiant soul." 301 pp.

New York:: Routledge,, (1999). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First American edition, a trade paperback. From Kirkus Reviews: "A chilling, stomach-turning study of Northern Ireland's infamous Shankill Butchers, a Loyalist gang of murderers who preyed on Belfast's Catholic population" by investigative journalist Dillon. SIGNED on the half title page. Index. xxii, 291 pp.

New York:: Norton,, (1990). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (creasing to flap of dj).. First US printing. New York born author's idiosyncratic look at his adopted homeland - illustrated with double page, black and white photographs by Patrick Prendergast. 198 pp.

Dublin:: The O'Brien Press,, (1989). Hardcover -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to pages).. 2nd printing. An easily understood version, written for both children and adults, of the most famous Irish legend. Tells of the army of Queen Maeve, of her greed, and of the great battle between the warrior Cuchulainn and his friend, Ferdia. Illustrations by Donald Teskey. 93 pp.

Dublin:: University College,, (1998). First edition -. Very good in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of 16 essays, "each and all marked by a vast knowledge of Ireland and its writers, by penetrating insights, and perceptive analysis." They reveal "how Anglo-Irish writers founded modern Irish literature in English, identifying themselves with their native country and its people. Yet they often felt themselves surrounded and watched by an 'Unappeasable Host,' a population that resented them." Among the topics and authors covered are the colonial novel and works by Maria Edgeworth, Sheridan Le Fanu, Yeats, Synge, James Joyce, and Elizabeth Bowen among others. Bibliography, index, 380 pp.