“Like Wine, books improve with age”. De Burca Rare Books in Blackrock, County Dublin has a host of manuscripts, historical documents and autograph letters available for sale. De Burca’s collections are always a wide-cast net for collectors and prices are good too. Amongst the latest is an autograph letter from Robert Boyle, Earl of Burlington, in 1730 relating to his affairs in Ireland.
![HYDE, Douglas [An Craoibhín] Abhráin Grádh Chúige Connacht; or Love Songs of Connacht (Inscribed by Hyde)](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/HYDE-Douglas-An-Craoibhin-Abhrain-Gradh-Chuige-Connacht-or-Love-Songs-of-Connacht-350x467.webp)
![HYDE, Douglas [An Craoibhín] Abhráin atá Leagtha ar an Reachtúire; or, Songs Ascribed to Raftery. Being the Fifth Chapter of The Songs of Connacht.](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/HYDE-Douglas-An-Craoibhin-Abhrain-ata-Leagtha-350x467.webp)
