CYNTHIA SINNOTT GRIFFIN OCCASIONAL LIST 31:Books of Irish Interest DOOLIN DINGHY BOOKS All books 8vo good or better condition except as FISHERSTREET DOOLIN, CO.CLARE noted. 10 day return. Post extra No CWO. Will (065)7075980/7074449 M: 0858743334 send or reserve &bill. Prices in Euro. Sterling International: 353 & drop 0 before # &US dollars accepted at current rate. 20% Email: [email protected] discount to trade. Healthy happy 2018. **PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OR DRAFTS PAYABLE TO C.S.GRIFFIN 1. (A.E.) DENNISON, ALAN (Comp.) Printed Writings by George W. Russell (AE) A Bibliography. Evanston,Ill. Northwestern UP, 1961. In d j with corrigenda page laid in. E25.00 2. ALGER, HORATIO. Only an Irish Boy or Andy Burke’s Fortunes. NY: Hurst, n.d. (c. 1914) Extremities worn but pict. paper onlay of boy and locomotive intact. E15.00 3. ALMQVIST, BO. The Uglier Foot (at 1559B*) An Anecdote in Old Icelandic Literature and its Counterpart in Irish Folk Tradition. Dublin: Comhairle Bhealoideas Eireann, 1975. Folklore Studies pamphlet 1. Orig. pr. wraps. 50pp. E12.00 4. ARDILL, JOHN ROCHE. The Closing of the Irish Parliament. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis 1907. Orig. pr. wraps wearing along spine, light foxing. 146pp. E20.00 5. AUSTIN, ALFRED. Spring & Autumn in Ireland. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1900. Handsome volume in shamrock dec. green cl. fore edge untrimmed. 32pp cat. at back. E20.00 Account of some months spent by the English poet laureate in Ireland in 1894 when he visited Kilkee, Loop Head and Cliffs of Moher. Also an 8 page poem “To Ireland” from Achill in 1895. 6. BAILEY, ANTHONY. Acts of Union. Report on Ireland 1973-79. London : Faber & Faber, (1980) First Ed. In d j. E8.50 7. BANIM, MARY. Here and There Through Ireland. Dublin: Freemans Journal, 1891.2 Parts with wraps bound in new cloth. Illus. Very Scarce E125.00 8. BARRY, SEBASTIAN. The Water-Colourist. (Portlaoise): Dolmen Press, (1983) First paper ed. In wraps. Poems by the multi award-winning novelist. Scarce. E25.00 9. BARTLEY, J.O. Teague, Shenkin and Sawney. Being an Historical Study of the Earliest Irish Welsh and Scottish Characters in English Plays. Cork: Cork UP, 1954. 29 plates. At back is letter in envelope from the author to Mr. MacManus thanking him for his kind review, the MacManus most assuredly Francis as his name appears at the top of the f.f.e.p. Very scarce. E60.00 10. BATES, PEADAR. 1798 Rebellion in Fingal. (Loughshinny): the author, 1998. Pb. E15.00 11. BEST, R.I., BERGIN, OSBORN AND O’BRIEN, M.A. (EDS) The Book of Leinster. Dublin: DIAS, 1954. 6 vols. In d j. Very nice set. E175.00 12. BISHOP, GILLIAN. The Ecology of the Rocky Shores of Sherkin Island. A Twenty Year Perspective. Sherkin Island: S I Marine Station, (2003) 4to. Prof. ill. First pb ed. E30.00 13. BOLGER, DERMOT. Night Shift. Dingle: Brandon, (1985). Pict. card covers. First ed. E16.00 14. BOUDET, ABBE H. The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes-les-Bains. Paris: ODS (2008) Collection Serpent Rouge # 14. Stiff card covers. E40.00 15. BOWEN, ELIZABETH. The Death of the Heart. London: Readers Union & Jonathan Cape, 1949. In a pretty homemade & lettered d j. E15.00 16. - - - - -. The Heat of the Day. London: Reprint Society, (1950) E9.50 1 17. BOYLE, PATRICK. All Looks Yellow to the Jaundiced Eye. (London): McGibbon & Kee, (1969) First Ed. In vg d j. E25.00 18. BOYD, ERNEST. Ireland’s Literary Renaissance. NY: Barnes & Noble, (1968) E25.00 19. BRADY, JOHN. A Stone of the Heart. London: Constable, (1988). Faint lib traces else vg in vg d j. E16.00 20. BRODERICK, JOHN. London Irish. (London): Barrie & Jenkins, (1979) Bkplt inside cover. First Ed. in d j which is bit worn at top edge. E15.00 21. - - - - -. The Pride of Summer. London: Harrap, (1976) Bkplte. First Ed in protected d j. E15.00 22. - - - - - . The Rose tree. London: Marion Boyars (1985) First Ed. In d j E15.00 23. BRUEN, KEN. Blitz. Or Brent Hits the Blues. (London): The Do Not Press, (2002) Presentation copy of First pb ed. E8.00 24. - - - - -. The Dramatist (Dingle): Brandon, (2004) pb. Presentation copy of First Ed. of the 4th Jack Taylor novel. E10.00 25. - - - - -. The Guards. (Dingle): Brandon (2001). Pb First Ed. Presentation copy of the first Jack Taylor novel E25.00 26. - - - - -. Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice. (London): Serpents Tail, (1998). First Ed. Pb. Inscribed copy of early title. E12.00 27. - - - - -. The Time of Serena May and Upon the Third Cross A Collection of Short Stories. London Adelphi, (1994) card covers depicting Serena May and doll. Very Scarce Bruen item. Signed. E95.00 28. BRUFORD, ALAN. Gaelic Folk-Tales and Medieval Romances. Dublin: Folklore of Ireland Soc., 1969. First Ed. In protected d j. Very scarce. E60.00 29. BUSSY, FREDERICK MOIR. Irish Conspiracies. Recollections of John Mallon (The Great Irish Detective) and Other Reminiscences. London: Everett & Co., 1910. Large 8vo. Frontis. port. of Mallon &10 other portraits of men largely involved with the Invincibles and Phoenix Park Murders. E65.00 30. CARLETON, WILLIAM. Tubber Dearg; Or the Red Well Party Fight and Funeral, Dandy Kehoe’s Christening and Other Irish Tales. Dublin: James Duffy, 1869. Orig. blind stamped & gilt dec. green cloth w. harp motif in center. Light occasional foxing, one old numerical mark on back cover. LOEBER C98. Stories from his 1845 Tales & Sketches & 1833 Traits and Stories E35.00 31. CARNEY, JAMES. Studies in Irish Literature and History. Dublin: DIAS, 1955. From private library of Sean McNally. Earliest Irish lit. till St. Patrick. E30.00 32. (CLARKE, HARRY) GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. With Illus. by Harry Clarke. Translated into English . .by Bayard Taylor. NY: DeLuxe Ed., n.d. sm. 4to. ¾ vellum paper & paper cov. bds. Considerable wear to corners & spine w. dec. backstrip partially gone. Internally clean & bright with Clarke’s wonderful macabre illus. in b & w throughout. E35.00 33. COFFEY, THOMAS. The Parish of Inchicronan. (Crusheen) Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, (1993) First pb. ed. Scarce. E45.00 34. COLM, PADRAIC. Arthur Griffith. Dublin:Browne & Nolan, (1959). Ex Ch. Bros. lib E20.00 35. CONCANNON, HELENA. Poems. With an Introduction by Rt. Rev. Msgr P. Browne. Dublin: Gill, 1953. Card covers. Published year after her death these poems form a “poetic legacy” to the twice Tailteann prize winning author know primarily for her historical works. E15.00 2 36. CONCANNON, MRS. THOMAS. The Poor Clares in Ireland. (AD 1629-AD 1929 Dublin: M.H. Gill, 1930. 2nd imp. Oval school stamp on f.f.e.p. In d j. Very scarce. E95.00 37. CONNAUGHTON, SHANE. A Border Station. NY: St. Martin’s Press, (1990) First US Ed. of author’s first book. In d j. E12.00 38. COOKE, JIM. Charles Dickens’ Ireland. An Anthology Including an Account of His Visits to Ireland. Dublin: Woodfield Press & RTE, (1999) Crease to fr. card cover. E9.50 39. CREGAN, MAIRIN. Rathina. Illus. by Flora de Muth. London: Allen & Unwin, 1944. E12.00 BROWN & CLARKE#315 40. CRONE, ANNE. Bridie Steen. With an Introduction by Lord Dunsany. (London): Heinemann, 1949. First Ed. BROWN &CLARKE#319. Bestseller & one of outstanding books of 1948. E10.00 41. DE BOVET, MADAME. Three Months Tour in Ireland. Translated & Condensed by Mrs. Arthur Walter. Illus. London: Chapman & Hall, 1891. Mod. cloth binding. E125.00 42. DE LA TOCNAYE, JACQUES-LOUIS. A Frenchman’s Walk Through Ireland 1796-7. Translated by John Stevenson. Belfast: McCaw Stevenson & Orr, (1917) E25.00 43. DE VALERA, SINEAD. Coinneal na Nodlaig agus Sgealta Eile. Dublin: MaGill & MacTear, 1944. Near fine pict. wraps. Old Irish script. 48pp E25.00 44. - - - - -. The Four-Leaved Shamrock and Other Tales. Illus. by Eileen Coghlan. (Dublin): Fallons, n.d. (1960’s) Pict. paper cov. bds in protected chipped & price clipped d j. First Ed.Very scarce.E35.00 45. DUFFY, P. J. O’CONNOR. A Soldier of Landen. (Dublin:CTS,1927) orig. pict. wraps 23pp. Written in first person, narrator is from Crusheen looking upon the ocean from cliffs of Clare. E10.00 46. DUNNE, DEREK. Les Six de Birmingham. (Dublin): Birminham Six Comm., 1990. Orig. pr. wraps 40pp. E10.00 47. DURCAN, PAUL. Ark of the North. For Francis Stuart on His Eightieth Birthday. 28th April, 1982. (Dublin: Raven Arts , 1982) First pb Ed. Crease to back cover else nice copy. E25.00 48. - - - - -. Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil. 100 Poems. London: Harvill, 1999. Pb First E8.00 49. - - - - - . A Snail in My Prime. London: Harvill, (1999) card covers. First thus. E10.00 50. ENRIGHT, ANNE. The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. London: Jonathan Cape, (2002) First Ed in d j E10.00 51. Excursions Through Ireland: Comprising Topographical and Historical Delineations of Each Province. Illus. with 600 engravings by Thomas Cromwell. London: Longmans Hurst, 1820. 12mo. Vol. 1 only: Leinster. Cont. rebacked blind stamped calf w. orig. Dublin bookseller’s label E85.00 52. FALLON, PADRAIC. Collected Poems. Introduction by Seamus Heaney. Ed. by Brian Fallon. (Manchester): Carcanet, (1990) First Ed. in partly sunned d j. C547 Heaney Bibliography E30.00 53. - - - - - . Erect Me a Monument of Broken Wings. An Anthology of Writings by and about Padraic Fallon. Ed. By Patrick O’Brien. (Athenry: VP Shield, 1992) card covers. E15.00 54. - - - - -. Hymn of the Dawn. Dublin: Lilliput, (2003) First Ed. d j. E10.00 55. - - - - -. A Poet’s Journal and Other Writings. 1934-1974. Ed. By Brian Fallon. Dublin: Lilliput, (2005) First Ed. In d j E20.00 56. FEEHAN, JOHN M. An Irish Publisher and His World.