Flann O' Brien- At Swim Two Birds, Longmans, 1939. FIRST EDITION. Original black cloth with gilt lettering, with Dust jacket. One of 244 copies sold before the Longmans warehouse was destroyed by German bombs. - carrying a long and enthusiastic quote from Graham Greene on its rear panel (also excerpted on the front), which makes the lapse of referring to the author as 'O'Nolan'. The failure to use his pseudonym enraged the author to the extent that he is believed to have removed any jackets that he laid eyes upon from the 80 or so copies exported to Dublin. With Associated ephemera

Patrick Kavanagh-Tarry Flynn, Published by Devin Adair, New York, 1949. This is the actual copy used in the now infamous court case involving Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan. During cross examination Kavanagh denied that they were friends – upon which, a copy of his book Tarry Flynn was exhibited, with attention drawn to his inside cover inscription: “For Brendan, poet and painter, on the day he decorated my flat, Sunday 12th, 1950.” SIGNED. Black and White Photograph of Kavanagh in a rural setting c 1950's. 8.5" X 6.5" ( 3" Tear) Unique

INCUNABULA: Boethius's The Consolation Of Philosophy. Diligently elaborated by Johannes de Westfalia at the University of Louvain (Belgium), 1484. Text in latin with rubricated capital letters throughout. Small quarto, full contemporary calf, contained in velvet-lined clamshell case with gilt titles to spine. 388 pp

Some philosophical considerations touching the being of witches and witchcraft written in a letter to the much honour'd Robert Hunt, Esq. / by J.G., a member of the Royal Society Glanvill, Joseph. Printed for E C , London 1667. Full calf, 4 raised bands on spine. Good Morning. There are 62 pages not including the title page and the rear advertising page. There are no tears, annotations underlining or marginalia. The boards are original but the spine has been replaced. There is a marginally raised mark on page 11, second line. See photograph

John Neuhoff and John Ogilby, Master of the Rolls in the Kingdom of Ireland. An Embassy from the East India Company of The United Province to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China. London. 1673. Second edition in English. Complete with 17 full page plates, 94 text engravings and 2 folding maps. Folio. Half calf. Extremely rare

Very Early Printing: Book of Hours: Hours for the Use of Rome - Hours of the Conception of Our Lady and the fifteen prayers of Saint Brigid. In Latin and French, imprint on parchment France (Paris), Philippe Pigouchet bookseller of the said University of Paris for Guillaume Eustace, bookseller, keeping his shop in the Great Hall of the Palace at the Third Pillar. c.1512.

Biblia Sacra Arabica, Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide iussu edita. Ad usum ecclesiarum Orientalium. Additis è regione Bibliis latinis vulgatis. [Al-kutub al-muqaddasah bi-al-lisan, al-'Arabi ma'a al-nuskhah al-Latiniyah al-'ammah al-matbu'ah .]. Rome: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, 1671. Titles with identical woodcut title borders. Ex-libris

18th Century Prize Binding. An exceptional finely bound History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin from the Earliest Accounts by the Late Walter Harris Esq.. Dublin: Printed for Laurence Flinn in Castle-Street and James Williams in Skinner Row. 1766. FIRST EDITION. Sumptuously bound in mottled red calf, elaborate gilt tooled decoration on front and rear boards, and spine, with central; "Premium" panels. 8vo. Prize was awarded to Hans Delap for his remarkably good answering in the Roman History, January, 1767. Complete with two folding copper engraved maps and 11 engraved plates, of which 8 are folding. A unique item.

INCUNABULA: The Nuremberg Chronicle by Anton Koberger, 1493.

Fynes Moryson. An Itinerary containing His Ten Years Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmelland, Switzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turkey, France, England, Scotland & Ireland. 1617. 1st edition . Small folio. 8 copper plates of European cities. Part Two of this scarce work relaters to Ireland and Hugh 0’Neills 9 Year War. Rubbed, very rare. Half calf.