Ireland's most amazing small bookstore!

Quay Books

Ireland's most amazing small bookstore!

Quay Books

Quay Books: A Bookstore created by an Ancient Librarian.

Come, shepherd, and again begin thy quest.

Our Featured Books

The Madness: A Farewell to War cover image

Save
€5

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

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

Save
€5

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

Save
€22

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

Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France cover image

Save
€30

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

The Curious Story of The Limerick, by Matthew Potter

Save
€2

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

Prospero's Kitchen: Island Cooking of Greece cover image

Save
€23

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

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

Save
€18

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

Love and Youth: Essential Stories cover image

Sold
Out

Love and Youth: Essential Stories — €7

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

Save
€25

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

Save
€12

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

The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury cover image

Save
€9

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

Arcturus Publishing Ltd Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers. cover image

Save
€15

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

Save
€23

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

Save
€14

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

Psyche and Eros: A Novel cover image

Save
€30

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

Save
€16

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

Save
€17

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

Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries) cover image

Save
€4

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

The Translations of Seamus Heaney, edited by Marco Sonzogni

Save
€31

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

The Death of Ivan Ilyich. A short classic from Tolstoy - 60 pages.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich. A short classic from Tolstoy - 60 pages. — €7

Book cover image

Save
€25

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

Feminine Fables cover image

Save
€22

Feminine Fables, by Geeti Sen — €16

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

Save
€24

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

Save
€18

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

Save
€16

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

Dwarf Nose cover image

Save
€13

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

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

Save
€7

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

Save
€20

Living off the Land: In West Ireland — €9

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

Save
€22

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

Save
€35

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