Pictures of odd, funny or just downright delectable second-hand books, all available to buy in Ireland’s largest independent bookstore, Parnell Street, Dublin 1. W: Chapters.ie T: @chaptersbooks F: Chapters Bookstore Parnell StreetTumblr (3.0; @chaptersbooks)http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a1c94e4e330c9e2144e39d4026f46a4f/tumblr_mnrsmvG6eW1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>The Quiet Man</em> throws a mean punch. Maurice Walsh’s classic, with a cover by <strong>Jarlath Hayes</strong> (Anvil Books 1964). </p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/53184933172http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/53184933172Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:23:06 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f90f5d839b2835d998860b3fef46397f/tumblr_mn3gzyQnaG1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sapper’s <em>Bull-Dog Drummond</em> (Arrow 1961).</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/52289906808http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/52289906808Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:00:22 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/35b241a7ad6607c74941db69cbbf8cfe/tumblr_mn3epzSl8V1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Saul Bellow’s <em>Dangling Man</em> (Penguin 1963). Cover drawing by <a href="http://frilldesign.blogspot.ie/2009/06/charles-raymond-illustrator-for-penguin.html" target="_blank">Charles Raymond</a>.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/52049370803http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/52049370803Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:31 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e47b63f3200360f29eaa348103fdae3/tumblr_mnrs5e4fGJ1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Reader as redactor: an ‘adjusted’ author bio, for the rhyme.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/51969507119http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/51969507119Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:27:14 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/261d07457dea1848e60c4c3ac40adc3e/tumblr_mn3gf4f0gO1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>The Portable Chaucer</em> (Viking Press 1970). Cover design by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/56781833@N06/sets/72157632033206170/" target="_blank">H. Lawrence Hoffman</a>.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/51718309392http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/51718309392Thu, 30 May 2013 12:47:23 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f460b63e8a370bba2d5d46edf695033d/tumblr_mn3gupgzzQ1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sylvia Plath’s <em>The Bell Jar</em> (Faber 1980). More wonderful Faber covers <a href="http://pinterest.com/faberandfaber/pins/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/51566994317http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/51566994317Tue, 28 May 2013 17:34:09 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/453a4a0d01be8481fb7ce29ede0d6a11/tumblr_mn3dmqcbKY1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wodehouse’s <em>Very Good, Jeeves!</em> (Peacock/Penguin 1964). Cover illustration by <a href="http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/leslie-gilbertillingworth/biography" target="_blank">Leslie Illingworth</a>.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/51138703969http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/51138703969Thu, 23 May 2013 10:34:50 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aaa067fa222be88e71ddad8fe50eec3a/tumblr_mn3efi94Hy1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Terence de Vere White’s <em>A Fretful Midge</em> (1957). Depicted, <em>“the birthplace of the poet Thomas Moore” </em>(12 Aungier Street).</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/50898534333http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/50898534333Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:53 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c58b960657b85253d6ab5f58a14b44f1/tumblr_mlsys1WFm51qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>“</span><em><span>Why do you come here? And why do you hang around?” </span></em><span>Richard Allen’s seminal <em>Suedehead </em>(New English Library 1972), an influence on Stewart Home and Morrissey.</span></p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/50723885737http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/50723885737Sat, 18 May 2013 13:35:17 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/69f9dd3f07c492740b25a47343ef7ab1/tumblr_mlprc6Hmyj1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Now we are cowboys… Illustrations by <strong>Harry Timmins</strong> (1966).</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/50005998173http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/50005998173Thu, 09 May 2013 12:19:47 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b5d613a398f0329adde28d60dc3c8dd7/tumblr_mlprhypnRp1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>An-tOileánach (The Islandman) </em>by<span>Tomás Ó Criomhthain, with art by <a href="http://www.johnskeltononline.com/" target="_blank">John Skelton</a> (Helicon Teoranta 1980).</span></p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/49501656027http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/49501656027Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:23 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c284a1db3bad3d587b361e615b42a6b8/tumblr_mlpr1tfrwC1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/458a6ac6671fb183c4c58d8203eeb108/tumblr_mlpr1tfrwC1qgbqaho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Låt oss gå till Sverige! </span><em>Read, Play & Discover Scandinavia</em>, illustrated by <strong>Martine Bourre</strong> (Hamlyn 1975).</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/49249436320http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/49249436320Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:43:59 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b608d77a08c1be2bc2f2b725721c1edf/tumblr_mlprpjz1rt1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Herman Melville’s <em>The Confidence-Man</em> (Grove Press 1955), with a cover by the wonderful <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1494992@N25/" target="_blank">Roy Kuhlman</a>.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/48919187667http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/48919187667Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:00:27 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/af0a8a552b89677ce06fbaa545df308f/tumblr_mlltweLvAn1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Getting Even</em> with Woody Allen (Star Books 1971). More on Woody’s typewriter <a href="http://www.openculture.com/2013/01/woody_allens_typewriter_scissor_and_stapler.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/48616589304http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/48616589304Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:42:24 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/447ac48f76b8cc2d09b80145d7615502/tumblr_mllu40UTP81qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Here’s a How-de-do: Travelling with Gilbert & Sullivan</em> by Martyn Green (1952). </p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/48524936309http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/48524936309Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:25:13 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2b13db8103c836ed08b0986952caa970/tumblr_mlhxmghGVk1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>A History of Irish Fairies</em> by Carolyn White (Mercier Press 1976). Cover design by <strong>Debby Bell</strong>.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/48347160161http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/48347160161Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:45:44 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/765c4d1ae81b8757dd8ab6ce4f5e4a3b/tumblr_ml39e4rTh81qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An all-time favourite: Michael Ende’s <em>The Neverending Story</em>. Cover art by Claudia Seeer [<em>sic</em>].</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/47694497506http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/47694497506Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:32:30 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c12a325d0c4439b345afe04a76386782/tumblr_mkxn5rxIUR1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pan paperback edition of Ira Levin’s <em>A Kiss Before Dying.</em></p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/47448601263http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/47448601263Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:44:15 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d3bb827d1e88767afaac015f78226134/tumblr_mks0zpqatp1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Some lovely @GrantaMag, including the ‘Chicago’ issue [top] with a cover illustration by Chris Ware.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/47182466149http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/47182466149Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:04:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cd5fc15cb4e699a420bfc06c43ee9fed/tumblr_mkdo6mP8fG1qgbqaho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Wonderful World of Film Fun 1920-1962.</p>http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/46927342975http://chaptersbooks.tumblr.com/post/46927342975Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:24:03 +0100