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New York:: The Viking Press,, (1996.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot).. First US printing. A collection of twelve new stories by this award-winning writer. 213 pp.

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1996.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A collection of twelve new stories by this award-winning writer. 213 pp.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2003.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Her second book of memoirs, beginning as the success of her first book 'Are You Somebody?' began changing her life, and even more her perception of herself as a failure in her mid-50's. Perceptive and interesting on many levels. 275 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1998.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (glue remnants under flaps.). First US printing. The first book by this columnist for the Irish Times - both very highly praised and a surprise bestseller - an unassuming, and very honest book, which touches a cord in the reader. 215 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1998.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. The first book by this columnist for the Irish Times - both very highly praised and a surprise bestseller - an unassuming, and very honest book, which touches a cord in the reader. 215 pp.

Normal, Illinois:: Dalkey Archive Press,, (1994.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. The scultptor and writer's author's first novel. Donleavy - who used MacNamara as the model for MacDoon in 'The Ginger Man' - called him 'the Einstein of Irish literature.' 213 pp.

New York:: Plume,, (2002.). First edition -. Fine (a new copy) in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The second novel in the Mrs Browne trilogy, published as a trade paperback original in the US - 'chisellers' is the name which Agnes Browne affectionately bestowed on her 7 children. Set in Dublin and London in 1970. "O'Carroll spins warm, funny stories filled with comic misunderstanding and knockabout farce." (Boston Herald review.) 190 pp.

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1998.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. One of Trevor's most haunting and powerful novels: "There were three deaths that summer. The first was Letitia's, shocking and sudden, leaving her husband haunted by the details of their last afternoon. No one expected that drizzling Thursday in June to signal the approach of two more tragedies -" Winner of the David Cohen British Literature Prize.

London:: Penguin,, (1999.). Very near fine.. First thus- a trade paperback. One of Trevor's most haunting and powerful novels: "There were three deaths that summer. The first was Letitia's, shocking and sudden, leaving her husband haunted by the details of their last afternoon. No one expected that drizzling Thursday in June to signal the approach of two more tragedies -" Winner of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. 214 pp.

New York:: The Viking Press,, (1998.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a fine dust jacket (prev owner's name, line on bottom edge).. First US printing. One of Trevor's most haunting and powerful novels: "There were three deaths that summer. The first was Letitia's, shocking and sudden, leaving her husband haunted by the details of their last afternoon. No one expected that drizzling Thursday in June to signal the approach of two more tragedies -" Winner of the David Cohen British Literature Prize.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2000.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A novella and two stories, works of quiet mastery which show the impact of the Troubles in Northern Ireland on the lives of ordinary people, and especially on children. The unwritten final word in the title is, of course, "die." INSCRIBED on the title page "For Jim with all best wishes and thanks" and dated in the year of publication. 150 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (1984.). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.). 2nd printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Foreword by Philip Roth. vii, 461 pp.

New York: Harcourt, Inc.,, (2003.). First edition -. Fine (a new copy.). Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A portrait of an Anglo-Irish family in the midst of World War I, based very loosely on some notes in a journal which the author's mother kept, a world of great privilege but one which comes at the expense of others. The author, who now lives in the US, was born in County Waterford, the setting of this novel. 319 pp.

New York:: Grove / Atlantic / Black Cat,, (2007.). Near fine.. Trade paperback. Winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize. 261 pp.

New York:: Morrow (Beech Tree Books),, (1987.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. Irish author's very highly praised second book, first novel, a simple but moving view of the strife in Belfast over a period of almost 60 years as shown through the eyes of an ordinary woman trying to raise her four sons and keep her family safe.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy,, (1962.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very good illustrated slipcase (some rubbing and wear to corners of slipcase.). First printing. Novel by this popular Irish writer.

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1988.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. Novel set in a small Spanish enclave overlooking the Meditteranean Sea.

New York:: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates,, (2010.). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue and especially so signed. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The fourth novel in his Irish country series, this one tells the story of Maureen Kincaid, the doctor's housekeeper, as a young girl back in 1922. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in Oct 2009, before publication. Includes an afterword with recipes and a long glossary. 319 pp.

New York:: Farrar, Straus,, 1990.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket.. First US printing. A collection of short stories by this wonderful Irish author.

Boston & New York:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2006.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. SIGNED on the title page. A moving novel about the bonds between a mother and a daughter - even when they have been estranged for years - and incorporated into this novel are some of the actual letters which O'Brien's mother wrote her. 294 pp.