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In the section you can find rare and hard to find books written in the Irish Langue or Gaelic, the Celtic branch of the Celtic language family.

Known locally as Irish, it was the population’s first language until the 19th century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford.

 

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UA DUINNÍN, Athair Pádraig. Srartha as an Soiscéal i bhFilidheacht. Gospel Narratives in Verse.
UA DUINNÍN, Athair Pádraig. Srartha as an Soiscéal i bhFilidheacht. Gospel Narratives in Verse.

Áth Cliath: Ar n-a chur amach do M.H. Gill agus a Mhac, 1911. Crown octavo. pp. [vi], 106. Maroon ribbed cloth, title in gilt on upper cover. A near fine copy. Scarce. [L3 3C]

€75.00
UA DUINNÍN, Athair Pádraig. Cill Áirne. Trácht ar spéar-radharcaibh Locha Léin agus ná tíre 'na thimhcheall.
UA DUINNÍN, Athair Pádraig. Cill Áirne. Trácht ar spéar-radharcaibh Locha Léin agus ná tíre ‘na thimhcheall.

Illustrated. Átha Cliath: Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1902. Crown octavo. pp. vi, [2], 89, [2 (Publisher’s List)]. Red ribbed cloth, title and badge of Connradh in gilt on upper cover. A near fine copy. Scarce. [L3 3C]

€75.00
Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN, Seán. A Handbook of Irish Folklore (SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR)

Introductory note by Séamus Ó Duilearga. Dublin: Folklore Society, 1942. First edition. pp. xxxi, 699. Green buckram, title in gilt on evenly faded spine. Signed presentation copy from the author to Desmond, dated Xmas, 1942, on front free endpaper. A very good copy. Rare signed copy. Ireland is one of the oldest kultur-lander in Europe, […]

€485.00
Ó COLMAIN, M. In Óige an tSaoghail. Sean-sgealta Gaodhlacha. A. Ó Maolaoid do Mhaisigh.
Ó COLMAIN, M. In Óige an tSaoghail. Sean-sgealta Gaodhlacha. A. Ó Maolaoid do Mhaisigh.

Baile Atha Cliath: Clo na gCoinneal, n.d. (1920). Quarto. pp. 32. Pictorial stitched wrappers. A fine copy. Not in De Burca. Both the author and illustrator produced Clann Lir also published at The Sign of the Three Candles c. 1919. Contents: Bronntanas an Rí; Connla agus an Ainnir Sidhe; An Bhean Acrannach; Domhnall Cneasta; Bás […]

€385.00
MOLLOY, Maura. The Tale of Cuchulain. Illustrated by Austin Molloy.
MOLLOY, Maura. The Tale of Cuchulain. Illustrated by Austin Molloy.

Dublin: Browne and Nolan, n.d. [1932]. First edition. Small folio. pp. 28. Pictorial coloured wrappers. Recased. Previous owner’s signature on upper cover. A very good copy. Very scarce. €235 No copy located on JISC. WorldCat 1. Date from NLI Catalogue. Contents: The Naming of Cuchulain; Cuchulain the Boy Warrior; Maev and Cuchulain; The Last Fight […]

€235.00
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. An Dr. Jekyll Agus Mr. Hyde (First edition in Irish of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

Dublin: Mhuinntir Ch. S. o Fallamhain, Teo, 1929. pp. 99. First edition. Blue cloth, black lettering on upper cover and spine. In fine condition with very good dustjacket. A rare printing of this classic tale, illustrated by Feardorcha Ó Conaill. Feardorcha Ó Conaill or Frederick William O’Connell (1876-1929) was a Church of Ireland clergyman, writer, […]

€475.00
HENNESSY. The Annals of Loch Cé
HENNESSY, William M. Ed. by. The Annals of Loch Cé. A chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 1014 to A.D. 1590. Edited and with a translation by W.M. Hennessy. With folding coloured plate of the TCD Ms. Two volumes.

Dublin: Éamonn De Búrca, 2000. Royal octavo. Third edition. pp. (1) lix, 653, (2) 689. These Annals were compiled under the patronage of Brian MacDermott, Chief of Moylurg, who resided in his castle on an island in Lough Key, near Boyle, County Roscommon. They begin with the Battle of Clontarf and continue up to 1636 […]

€110.00
HENNESSY. The Annals of Ulster
HENNESSY, William M. & MacCARTHY, B. Ed. by. The Annals of Ulster, otherwise Annala Senait. A chronicle of Irish Affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540. With translation, notes, and index. New introduction by Nollaig Ó Muraíle.

Dublin: De Búrca, 1998. Royal octavo. Four volumes. Full buckram gilt in slipcase. The important Annals of Ulster compiled by Cathal Og Mac Maghnusa at Seanaidh Mac Maghnusa, now Belle Isle in Lough Erne, were so named by the noted ecclesiastic, Ussher, on account of their containing many chronicles relating to that province, with more […]

€295.00
Ó FARACHÁIN, Roibeárd. Ed. by. Éire. Bliainiris Ghaedheal. Rogha Saoth
Ó FARACHÁIN, Roibeárd. Ed. by. Éire. Bliainiris Ghaedheal. Rogha Saothair Ghaedheal mBeó. Tomás Ó Muircheartaigh do ghrianghras.

A TREASURY OF MODERN GAELIC WITH ‘CEIST GAN RÉIDHTEACH’ BY FLANN O’BRIEN Illustrated. Baile Áth Cliath: Muinntear Chathail, 1940. Quarto. pp. 148, xliv (Advertisements). Special edition bound in full blue morocco, title in gilt within a gilt frame on upper cover. Flat spine divided into panels by double gilt rules; gilt dentelles; blue endpapers. Editor’s […]

€475.00
Ní FHAIRCHEALLAIGH, Úna. Smuainte ar Árainn.

Illustrated. Baile Átha Cliath: Chonnradh na Gaedhilge, 1902. Crown octavo. pp. 55. Full maroon morocco, titled in gilt, badge of Chonnradh in gilt on upper cover. Ex libris Dalgan Park with stamps. Wear to head of spine. All edges gilt. Fine. Agnes Winifred O’Farrelly (1874-1951), known in Irish as Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh, was one of […]

€285.00
UA DUINNIN, Athair Pádraig. Dánta Shéafraidh uí Donnchadha an Ghleanna. Maille le Beathaidh an Fhilidh is Foclóir’

Baile Átha Cliath: Chonnradh na Gaedhilge, 1902. Crown octavo. pp. pp. xxi, [3], 54, [1 (Corrigenda)]. Full maroon morocco, titled in gilt, badge of Chonnradh na Gaedhilge in gilt on upper cover. Ex libris Dalgan Park with stamps. All edges gilt. A fine copy. Séafraidh Ó Donnchadha an Ghleanna (c.1620-1678), anglicised as Geoffrey O’Donoghue of […]

€285.00
Ó FLANNGHAILE, Tomás. Seacht Sárdhánta Gaedhilge: Seven Noted Irish Poems.

Dublin: Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1908. Crown octavo. pp. vi, [2], 136, [8 (Publisher’s List)]. Quarter linen on green paper boards. Ex libris Dalgan Park with stamps. A very good copy. Thomas J. Flannery [Tomás Ó Flannghaile] (1846-1916), Irish-language scholar and revivalist, was born in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, second son of Pádraig Ó Flannghaile and […]

€165.00
NA LEAMHNA, Finghin [pseud. F. Mac Coluim] Amhráin na nGleann. Cuid 1. Finghin na Leamhna do chuir in eagar.

Baile Átha Cliath: Comhlucht Oideachais na hÉireann, [1939]. Octavo. pp. 82, [2]. Printed cream wrappers. Published for the Folklore of Ireland Society and printed by Falconer, Dublin. Fionán Mac Coluim (1875-1966), one of the most important collectors and advocates of Irish song and folklore of the twentieth century. Born in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, to a […]

€185.00
LÁIMHLEABHAR SIOPADÓIREACHTA. Láimhleabhar siopadóireachta. The Shopkeeper’s Reference Book. Réamhrá ag Eamonn de Valera.

Baile Átha Cliath: Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge, [1940s]. Octavo. pp. 91. Faded green wrappers. A very good copy. Irish language retail dictionary and phrase book. There are Irish language translations of such phrases as: That is a shocking price; It’s not quantity but quality that counts; This is a time of scarcity; Maybe you have […]

€75.00
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Cú na mBaskerville .i. The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Nioclás Tóibín do chuir Gaedgilg air. Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1936. An chéad chló as Ghaeilge. Crown octavo. pp. 219. Mustard cloth, titled in black. Heavily annotated in short-hand throughout. Ex libris Dalgan Park with neat circular stamp on front endpaper. A very good copy. [CAT 163]

€195.00
Bedell Bible first edition
BEDELL, William. Leabhuir na Seintiomna ar na ttarruing go Gaidhlg tre churam agus dhuthracht an Doctuir Uilliam Bedel (EDITIO PRINCEPS IN IRISH)

… The Books of the Old Testament translated into Irish by the care and diligence of Doctor William Bedel, Late Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland, for the publick good of that Nation. London: 1685. Quarto. pp. [2], 1142, [2]. Printed in double columns. Title enclosed by plain double rule border; initials and printed marginal references. […]

€12,500.00
Ó DONNCHADHA, Tadhg. Leoithne Andeas. Roinnt Amhrán do scríbh “Torna,” .i. Tadhg Ó Donnchadha.

Dublin: M.H. Gill agus a Mhac, 1905. Crown octavo. pp. xix, 136. Printed wrappers. Ex libris Dalgan Park with stamp. A good copy. Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (1874-1949) was an Irish writer, poet, editor, translator and a prominent member of the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge) and the Gaelic Athletic Association. In 1901 he became editor […]

€65.00
O’FLAITHEARTA, Liam. Dúil.

IN ANNE YEATS DESIGN DUST JACKET Baile Átha Cliath: Sáirséal agus Dill, 1953. Octavo. An chéad chló. Mauve cloth, titled in black. A near fine copy in very good unclipped dust jacket, designed by Anne Yeats. Liam O’Flaherty (1897-1984), novelist and political activist, was born in Gort na gCapall on Inishmore in the Aran Islands. […]

€275.00
SOMMERFELT, Alf. The Dialect of Torr Co. Donegal. I, Phonology.

Christiana: Jacob Dybwad, 1922. First edition. Imeperial octavo. pp. viii, 198. Modern purple quarter morocco on cloth boards. Spine with raised bands and double black morocco lerrerpieces. Ex. lib with neat circular stamps. A fine copy. Scarce. Alf Sommerfelt (1892–1965) was a pioneering Celtic scholar and linguist, and the first professor of linguistics in Norway, […]

€285.00
Ó NÉILL, T. agus Ó FIANNACHTA, P. De Valera. [SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM EAMON DE VALERA]

Illustrated. Two volumes. An Charraig Dhubh, Morainn, 1968 / 1970. Octavo. An chéad chló. pp. (1) x, 285, (2) vii, 347. Red cloth, titled in gilt. Inscribed presentation copy from Éamon de Valera “Do Mhuiris / [Ó Muimhneachain] le h-Árt mheas / agus cion. / Eamon De Valera.” Superb copy.

€475.00
HYDE, Douglas. Beside the Fire. With a new
HYDE, Douglas. Beside the Fire [LIMITED EDITION]

With a new introduction by Liam Mac Mathúna. Dublin: De Búrca, 2023. New edition. Octavo. pp. xix, lvii, 203, [1]. Quarter maroon arlen on beige cloth boards, titled in gilt. ‘An Chraoibhín Aoibin’ and ‘Douglas Hyde’ in gilt on upper and lower cover. Red and gold endbands. Edition limited to 25 copies only. Signed by […]

€225.00
Ó COLMÁIN, Micheál. Clann Lir. Ar na mhaisiú do Abhuistín O Maolaoidh. Ar n-a aithscríobh do Mhicheál Ó Colmáin.

RARE THREE CANDLES ITEM Baile Atha Cliath: Cló na gCoinneal, n.d. (c.1925). Quarto. pp. 16. Pictorial stapled wrappers with folding flaps. Printed in the ‘Petrie’ typeface. Staples a little rusty. Tanning to border of cover. A good copy. Rare. The legendary historical setting of the story is the end of the dominion of the Tuatha […]

€295.00
Annals of Clonmacnoise
Annals of Clonmacnoise. Ó MURAÍLE, Nollaig. Ed. by. [Annála Chluain Mhic Nóis] translated in 1627 by Conall Mag Annals of Ireland from the Earliest Period to AD 1408 LIMITED EDITION OF 25 COPIES ONLY

Based on BL Add. MS 4817, with some variants from TCD MS 673). Together with a remnant of ‘Annals of Leacán’, AD 1443-68 translated by Dubhaltach Mac Fhir Bhisigh, AD 1666. Edited by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. Dublin: De Búrca, 2022. First edition. Quarto. pp. 679. Green leather titled and blocked in gilt. Limited to 430 […]

€485.00
Ó CADHAIN, Máirtín. Cré na Cille. Líníocht le Charles Lamb. 

Baile Átha Cliath: Sáirséal & Dill, 1949. Octavo. An chéad chló. pp. 364. Black pebbled cloth, title and design in silver on spine. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with minor repair. Exceedingly rare in this condition with the dust jacket. Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906-1970) was probably the most outstanding Irish writer […]

€475.00
FOCLÓIR MILEATA. Foclóir Béarla-Gaeilge de Théarmaí Míleata agus de Théarmaí Gaolmhara (English-Irish Dictionary of Military and Related Terms)

Baile Átha Cliath: Arna Fhoilsiú ag Oifig an tSoláthair, 1953. First edition. Octavo. pp. 151, [1] (last page headed Ceartúchán / Corrigenda). Original quarter cream linen on printed paper boards (price on upper cover: “Trí scillinge agus réal”). Light staining and foxing to boards and edges, a touch of toning to text. Previous owner’s signature […]

€275.00
Ó GLAISNE, Risteard. Irish-language editor and journalist. A folder containing copies of various letters to him, other documents and ephemera possibly of interest to scholars of modern literature in Irish, including the novelist Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Séan Ó Tuama, Brendan Glacken, the poet Seán Ó Ríordáin and others.

There are several news cuttings concerning Ó Cadhain (writer of Cré na Cille), and a copy of his controversial article ‘Do na Fíréin’; a copy of the catalogue for a Seán Ó Riordáin exhibition, a cutting of an article about Ó Ríordáin by Muiris Mac Conghail, copies of about six letters from Ó Ríordáin on […]

€350.00
DE BLACAM, Aodh. Gaelic Literature Surveyed.

Dublin: The Talbot Press Limited, n.d. Octavo. Second edition. pp. xvi, 390. Green arlen, title in gilt on spine. Edges of leave lightly foxed. A very good copy in very dust jacket. Second and revised edition of Aodh de Blácam’s wide-ranging introduction to the Irish-language tradition, written for the general reader yet attentive to students […]

€0.00
MacUIDHIR, Deasmún agus PEADAR, An Bráthar. Fir 1867 le Deasmún MacUidhir agus An Bráthar Peadar. Bristear an Ceangal le Sasana! Na Finíní.

With map and illustrations. Clo Grianreime, Baile Átha Cliath, 1967. Crown octavo. pp. 65. Stapled white wrappers, printed in orange and green. Scarce. €125 Clár: Íocshláinte Aithne Bhreise ar Fhir 1867; Sluaite na bhFiann; Na Finíní i gCiarraí; Na Finíní i Ath Cliath; Moladh an Phiarsaigh; Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; Na Finíní agus Seán Mistéal; […]

€125.00
DE hÍDE, Dubhglas [Hyde, Douglas. Fórsaí Cosanta na hÉireann do Chonchubhar Ó Riain. An elaborate printed certificate, foolscap, entirely in Irish, signed by Dubhglas De hÍde, Uachtarán na hÉireann [President of Ireland], and also by Éamon de Valera (Taoiseach) and Oscar Mac Tréinfhir [Traynor], Minister for Defence, dated 18 Meithimh [June] 1945, appointing Conchubhar Ó Riain [Conor Ryan] as Second Lieutenant in the Defence Forces.

With embossed harp stamp and elaborate printed Celtic border, a little creased but generally in very good condition. Issued a few weeks after the end of the war in Europe. A rare combination of signatures. The Defence Forces trace their origins to the Irish Volunteers, founded in 1913. Their official Irish-language title, Óglaigh na hÉireann, […]

€1,500.00
BÉASLAÍ, Piaras. Drámaí. Cúigeachas.

Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1936. An chéad chló. Crown octavo. pp. [1], 61-80. Red stapled wrappers, lettered in black. Some marginal notes, occasional foxing and darkening to two pages. Else good. This edition not in NLI [Cat 161]

€65.00
CONNELLAN, Owen. A Practical Grammar of the Irish Language.

Dublin: Published by B. Geraghty, 11, Anglesea-Street, 1844. Slim octavo. pp. [4], 120. Bound in half olive green morocco over marbled boards. Title in gilt along spine. Signature in pencil on titlepage. Some toning. A very good copy. [Cat 161]

€365.00
Ní DHUBHGAILL, C. Máire (Crissie M. Doyle). Women in Ancient and Modern Ireland. Cover illustration by Grace Plunkett, other illustrations from original sketches by Saibh Ní Treinseach.

Dublin: The Kenny Press, 65 Middle Abbey Street, 1917. pp. 40. Pictorial stapled wrappers. Light fading to cover. A fine copy. Extremely rare. COPAC locates the TCD copy only. With chapters on: Irishwomen in the Past; Education and Fosterage; Dowries and Marriage Customs; Disposal of Property, Rights of Married Women; Professions, Occupations, Etc.; Minor Occupations, […]

€375.00
Saoirse: Irisleabhar Oileáin Spíce (1921) Uimh. I. (Freedom: Spike Island Journal, Number 1).

Bun Clódaí: Fáisceán na Réaltóige [Bunclody, Co. Wexford: The Star Press], i gCló don Chéad Uair, Lúnasa, 1954, Bliain Mhuire. pp. [viii], 35, [4]. Grey stiff wrappers, lettered in black, star in black on upper cover. A fine copy of an extremely rare item. Spike Island was the largest British military run prison for republican […]

€1,650.00
WALSH, Rev. Paul. Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill. The Life of Aodh Ruadh O Domhnaill. Transcribed from the Book of Lughaidh O Clérigh with introduction, notes, glossary, text and translation by Rev. Paul Walsh and prepared for press by Colm O Lochlainn. Part I, Text and Translation. Part II, Introduction Glossary, etc.

Dublin: Published for the Irish Text Society, 1988/1994. pp. (1) xi, 347, (2) [8], 467. Quarter green arlen on white marbled papered boards, Celtic shield in gilt on upper cover, titled in gilt on decorated spine. A fine set in fine presentation slipcase. [CH 2]

€250.00
Samhain – Lá Samhna 1915. Sgríbhneoirí: An Seabhac, Pádraig Ó Conaire, Torna, Tomás Ó Raithile, Dáth do Barra, Liam P. Ó Riain, “Longa Liathbhán. Clár na Seachtaine.

Át Cliath: MacCurtáin, 1915. pp. 16. 255 x 200mm. Original grey printed stapled wrappers. From the library of Sisile Ní Rathaille (Cecily O‟Rahily) with her signature on titlepage. In very good condition. This explanatory programme was issued for a short series of events, organized in Dublin in the autumn of 1915, to celebrate the ancient […]

€265.00
IRISH VOICE: The Voice of Ireland – Glor na h’Eireann, A Survey of the Race and Nation from All Angles.

By the Foremost Leaders at Home and Abroad. Coloured frontispiece ‘Blessing the Colours’ after John Lavery, profusely illustrated. Dublin and London: Virtue, circa 1923. Quarto. pp. xx, 612. Green cloth, title in gilt on upper cover and spine. A very good copy. With chapters on: Sinn Fein Movement; Towards Physical Force, The Reign of Terror, […]

€175.00
YEATS, W.B. & OTHERS. Coinage of Saorstát Éireann 1928.

Profusely illustrated. Dublin: Stationary Office, 1928. Small quarto. pp. 65, XI (plates). Original buckram, titled in gilt. Previous owner’s signature on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. The poet W.B. Yeats was Chairman of the Committee set up by the Irish Government to select and design coinage for the Free State. He was assisted […]

€875.00
O‟BRIEN, John. Focalóir Gaoidhilge-Sax-Bhéarla or An Irish-English Dictionary. Whereof the Irish part hath been compiled not only from various Irish vocabularies, particularly that of Mr. Edward Lluyd; but also from a great variety of the best Irish manuscripts now extant; especially those that have been composed from the 9th & 10th centuries, down to the 16th: besides those of the lives of St. Patrick & St Brigit, written in the 6th & 7th centuries. [EARL OF CHARLEVILLE‟S COPY]

Paris: Printed by Nicolas-Francis Valleyre, for the Author, 1768. By Royal Approbation & Privilege. Quarto. pp. [ii], xlvii, [1], vii, [1], 514, [6 (errata and dedication)]. Contemporary full calf, covers framed by a gilt dotted line. Professional repair to spine, title in gilt on green morocco letterpiece. From the library of Charles William Bury, 1st […]

€2,650.00
Leabhar Fidhnacha. The Book of Fenagh in Irish and English, originally compiled by St. Caillin, Archbishop, Abbot, and Founder of Fenagh, alias Dunbally of Moy-Rein, tempore St. Patricii … Carefully revised, indexed, and copiously annotated by W.M. Hennessy and done into English by D.H. Kelly. With two coloured plates.

RARE FIRST EDITION Dublin: Thom, 1875. First edition. Quarto. pp. (1) x, 439. Modern half calf on marbled boards in eighteenth century style. All edges sprinkled. A fine copy. Very rare. The Book of Fenagh (Leabar Fidhnacha) is a manuscript of prose and poetry written in Classical Irish by Muirgheas mac Pháidín Ó Maolconaire in […]

€2,450.00
The Book of Ui Maine otherwise called “The Book of the O‟Kellys”. Edited by R.A.S. Macalister, with descriptive Introduction and Indexes.

Dublin: Published for the Irish Manuscripts Commission by the Stationary Office, 1942. Imperial folio. pp. 65, 158 (leaves of plates) + addendum. Contemporary half blue morocco on blue cloth boards, titled in gilt. A fine copy. Very scarce. The vellum manuscript was written in Irish in the fourteenth century probably in the ancient territory of […]

€850.00
O‟SULLIVAN, Timothy. The Pious Miscellany, And other Poems by Tadhg Gaelach or Timothy O‟Sullivan. Now for the first time collected [SÉUMAS Ó CASAIDE‟S COPY]

ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BOOKS OF ITS TIME Dublin: John O‟Daly, 9, Anglesea-Street, 1868. 12mo. pp. 96. Recent quarter morocco on marbled boards. Signed and dated by Séamus Ó Casaide, 19.6. 1915, on preface. Very scarce. Sharpe & Hoyne 976. Petrie B Irish Type. With a Book of Kells initial T (p.III). Séamus Ó […]

€475.00
O’FLAHERTY (O’FLAITHEARTA), Liam. Dúil. [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]

Baile Átha Cliath: Sáirséal agus Dill, 1953. Mauve cloth, titled in black. This edition limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Liam Ó Flaithearta. A very good copy in frayed dust jacket.

€475.00
BOOK OF LINDISFARNE Evangeliorum Quattuor. Codex Lindisfarnensis.

SUPERB SET – LIMITED TO 680 COPIES FROM THE LIBRARY OF MURRAY GELL-MANN Two volumes. Olten & Lausanne: 1956-1959. Imperial folio. Bound in full and half vellum parchment with red and black lettering. Edition limited to 680 numbered copies [No. 460]. From the library of Murray Gell-Mann with his bookplate on front pastedown. A very […]

€3,750.00
BOOK OF KELLS Evangeliorum Quattuor Codex Cenannensis. Three volumes.

THE 9TH CENTURY BOOK OF KELLS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK IN THE WORLD “THE WORK OF AN ANGELIC RATHER THAN A HUMAN HAND” Berne: By Urs Graf-Verlag, 1950. Large folio. Full and quarter vellum. Limited to 500 numbered sets (90 / 111). Ex lib Milltown Park with label and stamps. In fine condition. The Book […]

€4,500.00
Puirt Mháirseála. Mháirseáil Bhriain Bhóirimhe [BRIAN BORU‟S MARCH]

.  An Filleadh ó Fhine Gall. Bíod Cuimhne ag Éirinn. Dragúin Tighearna an Chláir. Ar na-a nAthchóiriú i gComhair an Phiano ag Josef Cuypers. Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig an tSoláthair, n.d.[1938]. Quarto. pp. 22. Pictorial stapled stiff wrappers. A fine copy. Jisc Library Hub locates the TCD, BL & NLW copies only. Attractive front cover […]

€265.00
MEYER, Kuno. & STERN, L.C. Et al. Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie [A MAJOR WORK ON THE STUDY OF EARLY IRISH]

Thirteen volumes. Halle: Max Niemeyer. London: Williams & Norgate. New York: Stechert, 1897/1921. Contemporary half full purple morocco on purple marbled boards, title in gilt on matching morocco label on spine. All edges purple. A very good copy. Rare. The Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie is an academic journal of Celtic studies, which was established in […]

€1,450.00
DE HAE, Risteárd. & Ní DHONNCHADHA, Brighid. Clár Litridheacht na NuaGhaedhilge. 1850-1936. I. Na Leabhra. II. Filidheacht i dTréimhseacháin. III. Prós i dTréimhseacháin. [Éamon de Valera‟s copy with his signature on titlepage of each volume. A very good set. Scarce. ]

Three volumes. Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig Dhíolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1938/‟40. Royal octavo. pp. (1) viii, 288, (2) xiv, 620, (3) xiv, 1114. Green linen, title in gilt on spines. Éamon de Valera‟s copy with his signature on titlepage of each volume. A very good set. Scarce. On Language & the Irish Nation – Eamon de […]

€875.00
COLGAN, John. Triadis Thaumaturgae [LIMITED EDITION IN UNIQUE FINE BINDING]

Seu Divorum Patricii, Columbae et Brigidae, trium veteris et maioris Scotiae, seu Hiberniae Sanctorum Insulae, Communium Patronorum Acta, a Variis, iisque pervetustis, ac Sanctis authoribus Scripta, ac studio R.P.F. Joannis Colgani, in Conventu FF Minor, Hibernor. strictior. observ. Louanii, S. Theologiae Lectorius Jubilati. Ex variis Bibliothecis collecta, Scholiis et commentariis illustrata, et pluribus Appendicibus aucta: […]

€1,650.00
PETRIE, George. Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language. Chiefly collected and drawn by G. Petrie, and edited by Margaret Stokes. With lithographed and photographic plates in each volume, and engraved illustrations on text pages throughout.

Two volumes. Dublin: Printed at the University Press, for the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 1872/1878. Quarto. Bound by Cavanagh of Dublin in blind-stamped cloth to a Celtic revival style. From the library of Charles Acton with his armorial bookplate on front pastedowns. All edges red. A near fine set. COPAC locates 9 […]

€575.00
CLANN LIR. Ar na mhaisiú do Abhuistín Ó Maolaoidh. Ar n-a aithscríobh do Mhicheál Ó Colmáin.

Baile Átha Cliath, Cló na gCoinneal, n.d. [c.1925]. 245 x 188mm. pp. 16. Pictorial wrappers with folding flaps. Printed in the „Petrie‟ typeface. Staples a little rusty. Tanning to border of cover. Rare. The legendary historical setting of the story is the end of the dominion of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the corresponding rise […]

€295.00

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