Paradise Alley. Dublin: Talbot Press, 1945. First Edition. Quarter cloth paper boards, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. A nice bright copy.

The author’s third novel, inscribed by him on the half-title in the year of publication.

John Desmond Sheridan (1903-1980) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and humourist. He was a frequent contributor to the Irish Independent newspaper.

In addition to his novels and essays, he also published several books of poetry, and authored a biography of poet James Clarence Mangan.