Search Results: Irish Interest from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London and Dublin: Printed for S. Hooper [and] printed for G. Tyrrell 1833. Small 4to.Ex-Library. Engraved illustrated title and 16 engravings as called for. 32 pp text and 17 Grose plates, mostly coloured, relating to Co. Louth. Bound in a modern speckled calf with marbled boards. Scarce. Bound with 17, mostly coloured Grose plates, largely relating to Co. Louth. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1833.

Dublin: Union 1924. 8vo.Pamphlet. Scarce pamphlet. xxxi, 170 pp. Green wraps. The case against James Larkin published by his political rivals at the the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU), especially William O'Brien, who were suing him for leadership of the Union; contains letters, evidence, and fierce invective against him. With advertisements on the rear for The Voice of Labour. Wraps slightly worn, with minimal tearing to spine, but clean and firm, as is the case internally too. . Very Good. Wraps. 1924.

London: Leonard Smithers 1899. 8vo. 31 pp, one of the unauthorised editions printed between 1899 and 1907 based on the 7th edition (Mason 378) which first identified Wilde as the author. They printed at 137 Dalling Road Hammersmith. Quite heavily foxed first few pages, fading and marks to spine. . Very Good. Cloth. 1899.

Dublin: James Duffy 1869. 12mo. 255 pp. Quarter brown calf over maroon boards with black lines, brown leather title label and gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing around edges, to boards and spine ends. Yellowing to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Ink name to title page. A collection of stories, some taken from Carleton's famous Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. . Very Good. 1/4 Calf. 1869.

Dublin: The Black Cat Press, in association with Faber and Faber 1986. 4to. First edition. xxvi, [2], 402 pp. Red hardcover with blind stamped lettering to front and gilt to spine, unworn and unmarked. In pictorial dustjacket, which shows very slight signs of wear to edges and significant sunning to the spine. Binding firm. Internally clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with black and white images. Newpaper clippings related to Beckett's work inserted between front endpapers. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1986.

Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books 1990. 8vo. Presentation copy to the novelist and poet Grace Ingoldsby, who was based in Northern Ireland. Inscribed by the author on the title-page. 108 pp. Paperback. Covers slightly creased with wear to corners. Internally clean. 1852241403 . Very Good. Paperback. 1990.

New York: The John Lane Company 1915. Small 8vo. 72 pp. Original quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. Paper title-label to spine. Spine darkened. Ink owner's name to front endpaper. Leaves age-darkened. Relevant newspaper clippings to rear endpapers. . Very Good. Cloth Spine. First Edition. 1915.

London: Jonathan Cape 1985. 8vo. Signed First Edition. x, 246 pp. Black hardback in an illustrated jacket, not price clipped. All in near fine condition, clean and bright. Signed by Brian Moore on the title page. The novel follows a French Jesuit priest as he tries to establish a mission in seventeenth century Canada among Native Americans tribes. It was adapted into a film in 1991 by Brian Beresford. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1985.

Dublin: The Corporation of Dublin 1929. Square 8vo.Illustrated. xcviii, 90 pp. Illustrated cream paper covers with lettering to the front and spine, in original plain tissue jacket. With illustrations throughout. Maps to the rear, including a fold out map of Dublin harbour, and adverts to the front and rear. Wraps rubbed and torn at the spine and edges. Internally clean. . Very Good. Illustrated Paper Covers. 1929.

London: World Distributors 1962. 12mo. 224 pp. Publisher's card wrappers. Covers edgeworn and nibbled at base, not affecting text. Leaves age-darkened. No ownership names. 'Violence and death bring a young doctor face to face with the reality of the I.R.A.'s methods. A fine novel in the tradition of 'Odd Man Out.'' In Fair to Good condition. . Fair. Paperback. 1962.

United States: Bernard Geis Associats 1962. 8vo.Illustrated. First Edition, signed by the author and illustrator. 192 pp. Green and red boards under a yellow illustrated jacket, with illustrated endpapers and top-edge red. Signed by both the author, Brendan Behan, and the illustrator, Paul Hogarth. Collection of poetry and local histories in English and translations of Irish about the 'Island', Ireland. The jacket is from the English Hutchinson edition, so will have been supplied; a little creased in places, but generally in very good condition; clean internally apart from small ink owner's name on half title. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1962.

Shannon: Irish University Press 1971. 4to. 1971 reprint of the original 1935 Cuala Press edition. Unpaginated. Quarter cloth over green boards and in opaque dust wrapper. Wrapper chipped & edgeworn. Boards clean. Internally clean. Colour illustrations by Jack B. Yeats and others. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1971.

Dublin: The Cuala Press 1971. 4to.Illustrated. This is copy no. 122 of an edition limited to 300 copies. Original blue buckram with colour pictorial onlay to front board. Very clean copy. No ownership marks. With eight full-page hand-coloured illustrations and hand-coloured title-page vignette. . Near Fine. Cloth. Limited Numbered Edition. 1971.

Baile Atha Cliath [Dublin]: Oifig Diolta Foillseachain Rialtais 1934. 8vo. First edition in Gaelic. First edition, first printing. 246 pp. Original red cloth in colour pictorial dust wrapper. Minor nicks to jacket. Slight spotting to fore-edge. Bright, fresh jacket with design by Austin Molloy (aka Austin O Maolaoid). Very clean copy. No ownership marks. In Fine unused condition. . Fine. Cloth. 1934.

London: Macmillan & Co., Limited 1935. 8vo. Third Impression of the first edition published in 1933. xvi, 475 pp. Top edge Gilt. Purple hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket, not price clipped. Minor chipping to head of jacket spine. Slight fading to spine ends and very light minimal marks to boards. Minor spots to fore-edge and occasional pencil marks, otherwise internally clean. Uncommon in the dustjacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. Third Impression. 1935.

London: Jonathan Cape 1987. 8vo. Signed First Edition. [vii], 182 pp. Maroon hardback in an illustrated jacket, not price clipped. All in near fine condition, clean and bright. Signed by Brian Moore on the title page. This thriller follows a Cardinal in an unnamed East European country who is in conflict with the Roman Catholic Church and Communist hierarchy and finds himself caught in the middle of an escalating revolution. It won the Sunday Express Book of the Year award and was nominated for the Booker Prize. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1985.

London: R. Hunter 1817. 12mo. 12mo. in the original blue / grey paper covered boards. New hand made paper buff coloured spine, with paper title label. Worm hole to prelims, and foxing throughout, but a Good uncut copy. . Very Good. Original Boards. First Edition. 1817.

Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press 1928. 8vo.Limited Edition. 59 pp., Limited edition. Yellow buckram cloth spine with marbled paper boards and dustjacket. Slight sunning to the spine and edges of the jacket, with minor chipping to the head. Boards clean with minor sunning to the spine and bump to the head. Binding firm and internally clean. Illustrated throughout with the beautiful black and white illustrations by Irish artist Robert Gibbings. Limited edition, number 566 of 600. . Near Fine. Cloth Spine. Limited Edition. 1928.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1919. 12mo. First Edition. vi, 218 pp. Green gilt decorated publisher's cloth, pages uncut. Slight rubbing to extremities. Slight foxing to endpapers, internally clean. Previous owner's sticker to front endpapers. . Near Fine. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1919.

London: Barrie and Rockliff 1966. 4to. 176 pp. Green hardback with gilt Celtic device to front board and lettering to spine in red and black illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket is slightly worn and chipped at edges. Boards clean, internally clean. A history of the Easter Rising with many photographs. . Good. Hardcover. 1966.