New York: Norton, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes the poems from the first 5 collections of this Irish born writer, with some revisions bu t 'not many' according to her introduction. Index of first lines. 204 pages. ISBN: 0-393-038521.

New York: Summit Books, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young Irish writer's third novel, the story of a woman who takes her children each summer on a vacation to an exotic Greek island to try to capture the 'ideal life.' But this summer everything is in chaos. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-671-549987.

New York: Summit Books, (1983.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Young Irish writer's first novel, a coming of age story of two sisters, set in Dublin in 1925. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-671-467506.

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumous collection of 20 short stories by this Irish-born author, 19 originally published in The New Yorker in the 1950s and 1960s, and set in both her native Dublin and her adopted home of Manhattan. Includes 6 stories which had not previously been collected. vii, 307 pp. plus final note. ISBN: 1-582430500.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2009). First edition - A "dark twist on the classic story 'Sunset Boulevard' " by this award-winning Irish writer. Basis for the 2010 independent film of the same name. 250 pp,

New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second crime thriller by this Irish author, but the first to be published in the US - John Connolly called this one of "the sharpest, wittiest and most unusual Irish crime novels in years." 280 pp. ISBN: 978-0015101084.

Bray, County Wicklow: Wild Honey Press, (2003.). First edition - A collection of poems by this Irish writer. 125 pp. ISBN: 1903090385.

London: Phoenix House / Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award winning Irish writer's fifh book, a novel set in 1980s obsessed by a murder. "Truth" is the name of the moribund local newspaper. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp. ISBN: 1-861591780.

New York: The Viking Press, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of psychological suspense set in a small midwestern town by this Irish-born writer, a portrait of a town in decline and its leaders desperate to hold it together. Anthony Bourdain calls this a "mesmerizing... near gothic horror." 260 pp. ISBN: 0-670-033286.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning Irish writer's sixth book, a novel set in 1979 small town America. . . "a thriller that bubbles up from the tawdry stew of its central character's fringe existence. Frank Cassidy is a clinically depressed, all-but-impoverished New Jersey man who receives word that his uncle Ward (who raised Frank after his parents were killed) has died. Frank's reaction is telling: perhaps there's a piece of Ward's Michigan farm that has been willed to him. Traveling in a succession of stolen cars, Frank gets to his snowbound destination and finds that Ward's death is shrouded in mystery; worse, Frank is implicated in the crime." 360 pp. ISBN: 1-861591950.

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First edition - Irish playwright's first novel, a Lesbian coming of age story.

London: The Harvill Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - A significant collection by this Irish poet. "Durcan's must be the most capacious and generous mind in contemporary poetry: in the face of the rabid and murderous dark he finds always something or someone to celebrate." (Theo Dorgan.) 257 pp. ISBN: 1-860466079.

London: Orion, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Irish author's first book, a witty novel of a woman's determination to get revenge on her cheating husband. ISBN: 0-75282-550x.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Irish writer -"about power, lies and the corrupting influence of money. . . the dark and clandestine underside of globalization." Cover praise from such diverse writers as John Connolly, George Pelecanos, Ken Bruen, Val McDermid and more. 311 pp. ISBN: 9780312539221.

Ashland, OR: Blackstone Publishing, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - Irish author's third thriller (her second novel was a finalist for the Edgar), a story of a murder caught on a hidden - and illicit - camera in a motel room. 259 pp. ISBN: 978-1538519707.

New York: Viking, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Irish author's first collection of short stories.

Tralee: Anvil Books, (1972) dj. SIGNED first edition - A collection of ballads by this Irish poet. INSCRIBED on the half title page in both English and Gaelic, "For Mary McGrath {herself} who threw her welcome shadow on our doorstep..." A prolific song writer and poet, his life and work is celebrated at a festival which is held each year in his hometown of Listowel in County Kerry. 32 pp.

Philadelphia: Dufour Editions, 1963. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Irish writer's first major collection of poetry - a selection from 10 years worth of work. Includes a few notes by Montague where 'the Irish references might be particularly unfamiliar.' SIGNED on the front endpaper. 59 pp. ISBN: signed 1120.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1983). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third children's book by this Irish writer, one which returns "to the delightful world of Tim, the little boy whose friendship with Mattie, the mouse the magic dazzle, leads him into fantastic adventures. This time it is Mattie himself who is in mortal danger, and even with the help of a new friends, Minerva, Tim fears that all is lost." SIGNED by O'Brien on the title page, and uncommon thus. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson. Large format. 44 pp. ISBN: 0-340338962.

New York: Pantheon, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Irish writer's first novel, highly praised upon its' original publication in the UK.

New York: Pantheon, (1989.). First edition - Irish writer's first novel, highly praised upon its' original publication in the UK.

New York: Pantheon, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Irish writer's first novel, highly praised upon its' original publication in the UK.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in Argentina, in the time of the generals, this is both a suspense novel and a love story. Richard Garay is enabled by Falklands War to discard the "Britishness "he inherited from his mother and to take chances, both sexual and professional. SIGNED by the author. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-52119.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. dj. Hardcover - The first book for children by this prize-winning Irish novelist. ISBN: 0-671-87442x.