Irish Literature from Quercus Rare Books

Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers First published in America in 1823; this is a Very Good copy of a reprinted edition. Green cloth binding, decorated in blue and white; titling on spine in white. Clean text; 472 pages. Many reprints of this book have poor quality paper stock; the textblock here is particularlly bright and fresh;… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1885. This picaresque novel was one of the most popular written by Samuel Lover (1797-1868), who also was a talented songwriter and artist. First published in America in 1842; this is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing. This is part of the publisher's "Alta Edition" series, which started in 1881 and printed both juvenile… Read more about this item

London: Simms and M'Intyre, 1848. The Irish writer William Carleton (1794-1869) was one of the most popular authors of the 19th Century, and his works were published many times by various publishers (the exact publication sequence is problematic). This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, with an introduction "written for this edition." Uncommon to scarce. Blue… Read more about this item

Dublin: The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946. This is a Fine copy of the "Revised and Enlarged Edition." Translated from the original German by D.A. Bincht and Osborn Bergin. Black pebbled cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; xxi, 688 pages. Notes. This copy has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED in Irish on the FFEP by… Read more about this item

New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1885. Mrs. Sadlier first published this novel, written to be instructive to "Irish working girls" in 1861. This is a Very Good copy from a Later Printing. Despite Mrs. Sadlier's popularity, this title is less common than would be expected. Brown decorative cloth binding, heavily stamped on the covers. Titling in gilt… Read more about this item

New York/Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Company & George S Appleton, 1843. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition, in a quality rebind. Light orange cloth boards with tips and spine of reddidh-brown leather. Five raised bands with gilt titling and decorations on the spine. Clean text; 380 pages, with a 24-page catalog in the rear.… Read more about this item

New York: Sheldon & Company, 1876. Justin McCarthy (1830-1912) was an Irish nationalist historian and politician, an MP for thirty years. He was also a popular novelist. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the Fisrt American Edition. Not a common book; his histories are more prevalent. Publisher's rust cloth binding, decoratively stamped and titled in… Read more about this item

London: David Nutt, 1914. Ireland's mythic hero Cuchulain led the Cattle-Raid at Cooley. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition - "Now for the first time entire into English out of the Irish of the Book of Leinster and Allied Manuscripts." Green cloth binding with titling and a Celtic device inblack on the front cover; titling in… Read more about this item

Palmyra, New Jersey: Countryman Publishing, 1986. An American journalist, Albert Countryman lived in Derry to research this novel. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition [stated "First Printing"]. Softbound, in white wraps, with titling and a cover illustration in black. Clean text; 165 pages. This opy has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author, noted at… Read more about this item

Kingsport, Tennessee: Kiingsport Press, 1938. An important bit of scholarship. Stockwell wrote that the policy of Dublin theatre managers was to copy London stage productions; thus, the taste of Dublin audiences was rooted in the provincialism of expatriate Englishmen. Stockwell received Radcliffe's Wilby Prize for this work in 1935; it has been reprinted since (1968). This is a Very Good… Read more about this item

New York: Worthington Co., 1888. This picaresque novel was one of the most popular written by Samuel Lover (1797-1868), who also was a talented songwriter and artist. First published in America in 1842; this is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing, part of the publisher's "Franklin Edition" series. Less common than the First Edition. Bound in red… Read more about this item

New York: John Douglas, 1848. Richard Lalor Shiel (1791-1851) is remembered mainly for his oratory and political activities; he was a strong supporter of Daniel O'Connell. He also was a successful playwright. Here is one of the plays that made his reputation, first performed at Covent Garden in 1817. [The Introduction here says 1816] This is a Very Good copy… Read more about this item

[Dublin]: The Educational Company of Ireland, Limited, 1940. Here is an introduction to the poetry of the Irish poet Thomas Davis (1814-1845), who was a co-founder of "The Nation", a weekly publication of the Young Ireland movement. Part of "The Educational Series of Irish Poets." The publisher was founded in 1910 to provide materials to primary and post-primary schoold; there… Read more about this item

New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1870. First published in 1835. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a later printing of "A New Edition, with Introduction and Notes." Not a common book. There is no publication date, but Michael Banim (1796-1874) began providing notes for Sadlier's editions in 1861; Quercus asigns 1870-1875 as a probable range.… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons This is Volume Thirteen of an unknown set, in a Fine Binding by Henry Sotheran. Red ribbed cloth with red leather tips and spine. The spine has five raised bands with titling and rules in gilt. Marbled endpapers and page ends. Frontis illustration and others within. There is no publication date, but COPAC reports… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. "Roland Cashel" was one of Lever's most popular titles, first published in 1850. This is Volume Twelve of an unknown set, in a Fine Binding by Henry Sotheran. Red ribbed cloth with red leather tips and spine. The spine has five raised bands with titling and rules in gilt. Marbled endpapers and… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. Firt published in 1848; one of the more elusive titles in the Lever canon. This is Volume Twenty-four of an unknown set, in a Fine Binding by Henry Sotheran. Red ribbed cloth with red leather tips and spine. The spine has five raised bands with titling and rules in gilt. Marbled endpapers… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1892. First published in 1857. This is Volume Twenty of an unknown set, in a Fine Binding by Henry Sotheran. Red ribbed cloth with red leather tips and spine. The spine has five raised bands with titling and rules in gilt. Marbled endpapers and page ends. Frontis illustration and others within. There is… Read more about this item

London: Otto Penzler Books/Macmillan Publishing Company, 1972. Cuchulain's epic cattle raid, translated from the Irish by a great modern poet, and accompanied by wonderful brush drawings by Louis le Brocquy. First published by Dolmen in 1969, then by Oxford in 1970. This is a Near Fine copy of the reprinted version from 1972 [It has been reprinted many times].… Read more about this item

Dublin: George Faulkner, 1741. First published anonymously in 1732, this slight poem is by Thomas Sheridan (1687-1788). Sheridan, a typical Eighteenth Century polymath, was an actor-manager of the Smock Alley in Dublin, he published an English dictionary and works on education and elocution. He was the godson of Jonathan Swift, arranging his Works and writing a biography. Continuing the family… Read more about this item