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Ireland's most amazing small bookstore!

Quay Books

Quay Books: A Bookstore Created by an Ancient Librarian.

A space of extraordinary reverberations.

A place that draws us in and offers refuge.

A breadth of centuries. A synthesis. Restless and renewing.

"Come, shepherd, and again begin the quest."

Our Featured Books

The Hemingway Stories: As featured in the film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on PBS cover image

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The Hemingway Stories: selected and introduced by Tobias Wolff — €7

The Madness: A Farewell to War cover image

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The Madness: A Farewell to War - Fergal Keane — €8

The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire cover image

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The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Murders that Stunned an Empire - Julie Kavanagh — €7

Forgotten Skills of Cooking: 700 Recipes Showing You Why the Time-honoured Ways Are the Best cover image

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Forgotten Skills of Cooking: 700 Recipes Showing You Why the Time-honoured Ways Are the Best — €13

A Degree In A Book: Art History cover image

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A Degree In A Book: Art History, by John Finlay — €10

Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France cover image

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Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France, by Timothy J Standring — €20

The Curious Story of The Limerick, by Matthew Potter

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The Curious Story of The Limerick, by Matthew Potter — €10

Prospero's Kitchen: Island Cooking of Greece cover image

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Prospero's Kitchen: Island Cooking of Greece — €7

Irish Myths and Legends: Deluxe Hardcover (Gods and Fighting Men) by Lady Augusta Gregory.

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Irish Myths and Legends: Deluxe Hardcover (Gods and Fighting Men) by Lady Augusta Gregory. — €15

How We Break: Navigating the Wear and Tear of Living (How to Live Series, 2) cover image

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How We Break: Navigating the Wear and Tear of Living (How to Live Series, 2) — €6

Love and Youth: Essential Stories cover image

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Love and Youth: Essential Stories — €7

Renoir: The Body, The Senses, edited by Esther Bell and George T. M. Shackelford

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Renoir: The Body, The Senses, edited by Esther Bell and George T. M. Shackelford — €20

Bonnier Books Ltd Sparks of Bright Matter A debut novel of great imagination and originality- THE SUNDAY TIMES. cover image

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Sparks of Bright Matter, by Leeanne O'Donnell — €6

The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury cover image

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The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury, edited by Jack Prelutsky — €10

Hockney: A Graphic Life (BioGraphics) cover image

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Hockney: A Graphic Life (BioGraphics) — €12

Arcturus Publishing Ltd Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers. cover image

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Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers, by Philip Stokes — €10

The Power of Art: A Human History of Art: From Babylon to New York City cover image

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The Power of Art: A Human History of Art: From Babylon to New York City, by Caroline Campbell — €12

Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak

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Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak — €8

Psyche and Eros: A Novel cover image

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Psyche and Eros: A Novel — €9

Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World cover image

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Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World, by Annie Lowrey — €9

Cheese, Wine, and Bread: Discovering the Magic of Fermentation in England, Italy, and France cover image

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Cheese, Wine, and Bread: Discovering the Magic of Fermentation in England, Italy, and France — €8

Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries) cover image

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Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries), by Sheila Turnage — €6

The Translations of Seamus Heaney, edited by Marco Sonzogni

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The Translations of Seamus Heaney, edited by Marco Sonzogni — €14

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What Gardeners Grow: Bloom Gardener's Guide: 600 plants chosen by the world's greatest plantspeople. — €10

Feminine Fables cover image

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Feminine Fables, by Geeti Sen — €16

The Tattoorialist: Berlin, London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, by Nicolas Brulez & Mylene Ebrard

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The Tattoorialist: Berlin, London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, by Nicolas Brulez & Mylene Ebrard — €15

Books of the Week

Life on Our Planet: A Stunning Re-examination of Prehistoric Life on Earth cover image

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Life on Our Planet: A Stunning Re-examination of Prehistoric Life on Earth — €15

The Lost Origins of the Essay (A New History of the Essay) cover image

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The Lost Origins of the Essay (A New History of the Essay) — €9

Dwarf Nose cover image

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Dwarf Nose (Hardcover), by Wilhelm Hauff, illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger ~ — €5

The Compassionate Kitchen: Buddhist Practices for Eating with Mindfulness and Gratitude cover image

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The Compassionate Kitchen: Buddhist Practices for Eating with Mindfulness and Gratitude — €7

Fodor's Modern Guides Austria 1953 Illustrated Edition, with Maps. Fodor, Eugene (Editor).

Fodor's Modern Guides Austria 1953 Illustrated Edition, with Maps. Fodor, Eugene (Editor). — €10

Living off the Land: In West Ireland cover image

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Living off the Land: In West Ireland — €9

Paris et d’ailleurs: Photographies - Fotografie - Photographies 1985-2015, by Michel Paoli

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Paris et d’ailleurs: Photographies - Fotografie - Photographies 1985-2015, by Michel Paoli — €12

How to be Chap: The Surprisingly Sophisticated Habits, Drinks and Clothes of the Modern Gentleman, by Gustav Temple

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How to be Chap: The Surprisingly Sophisticated Habits, Drinks and Clothes of the Modern Gentleman, by Gustav Temple — €15

Collection list

Literature, Politics and Philosophy

Rare Books and more recent obscurities

Classics and Books in Translation

Childrens Books

Science and Nature

Books about Limerick

Single Copy Opportunities March 2025

Body Mind Spirit

Crafts and Cookery

Sport and Music