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 | [FITZGERALD, George Robert] The Trials of George Robert Fitzgerald : Esq; and Timothy Brecknock, for the procurement of James Fulton and others, for the murder of Pat. Ran. M’Donnell and Charles Hipson. Also the Trial of John Gallagher and others, for an assault on Geo. Rob. Fitzgerald, in the Gaol of Castlebar. The speech of G.R. Fitzgerald, Esq; previous to his receiving sentence – the arguments of counsel – the Lord Chief Baron Yelverton’s speech on passing their sentences – the whole proceedings of the court; together with a description of their conduct at the place of execution. Taken from the notes… €365.00 |
 | 1916 Medal Recipients – Roll of Posthumous Awards, etc. [Government publication]. Dublin: [Stationery Office], [mid–late 20th century]. Quarto. pp. 40. Original dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; no dust jacket issued. A fine, clean copy. A detailed official roll recording recipients of the 1916 Service Medal, with particular emphasis on those awarded posthumously, including the executed leaders of… €285.00 |
 | A Rare Photograph of Trinity College: An Irish Times Declaration of a Republic, 1948. An Irish Times copyright original photographic print, No. 4871B. Showing crowds outside the front gate of Trinity College, the gate closed, with small groups of students on the roof, where a Union Jack has been raised over a Tricolour. Reputedly taken after the declaration of a Republic by John A… €275.00 |
 | ACTS & STATUTES QUEEN ANNE: Acts and Statutes Made in a Parliament begun at Dublin the Twenty First Day of September, Anno Dom. 1703. In the Second Year of the Reign of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Anne, before His Grace James Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant General and Governor of Ireland: and continued by several Adjournments and Prorogations to the twenty third of June, 1707. And continued under His Excellency Thomas Earl of Pembroke, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, by Prorogation, until the sixth of May, 1708. And likewise continued under His Excellency Thomas Earl of Wharton, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, by several Prorogations, until the Fifth of May, 1709. Being the… €1,650.00 |
 | ANON. A Chronological Epitome of the Most Remarkable Events that have occurred during the French Revolution from 1789-1796. (RARE CORK PRINTING) Cork: Printed by Daly and Travers, No. 16 St. Patrick Street, [1797?]. 12mo. pp. [2], 134. Modern half calf on cloth boards, titled in gilt on upper cover. Paper repair to margin of titlepage and first leaf. A very good copy. Extremely rare. COPAC locates 4 copies only. ESTC T218016… €875.00 |
| BAGWELL, Richard. Ireland Under The Tudors. With a succinct account of the earlier history. Three volumes. Illustrated with seven maps. Somerset: Holland Press, 1963. Crown octavo. pp. (1) xxii, 440, (2) xi, 391, (3) xvii, 502. Red cloth, titled in gilt. A near fine set in very good dust jackets with a few tissue repairs. Scarce. €295 This work deals at length with: The Celtic Constitution… €350.00 | |
 | BÉASLAÍ, Piaras. Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland. With two portraits in full colour by Sir John Lavery, and other illustrations. Two volumes. Dublin, The Phoenix Publishing Co. Ltd., 1926. Second edition. Coloured frontispieces to both volumes. (1) xv, 458, (2) vii, 484 pp. Bound in original green cloth with medallion portrait of Collins in gilt on each volume. A very good set. [L1 5C] €475.00 |
 | BELL, Robert. A Description of the Condition and Manners as well as of the Moral and Political Character, Education, &c. of the Peasantry of Ireland, such as they were between the years 1780 & 1790, when Ireland was supposed to have arrived at its highest degree of prosperity and happiness. London: Printed for the Author by C. Barber, 1804. First edition. Octavo. pp. 4, 43. Contemporary full polished calf, title in gilt on red morocco label on gilt decorative spine. Some spotting throughout. A very attractive copy. Extremely rare in commerce. COPAC with 8 locations. Goldsmiths’-Kress no. 18787. Bradshaw, 7648;… €1,350.00 |
 | BERNEY, The Reverend Thomas. (Presented by the Author). An Address Presented to the Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament Assembled, shewing the Fearful Danger of Disestablishing and Disendowing the Church in Ireland, as by Law Established. Together with Prophetic Visions and Prophecies, and other Proof of his Office and High Calling. Illustrated with one hand-coloured plate. London, Printed by Vacher & Sons, n.d. (1869). 4to. pp. 29. Superbly bound in full purple goatskin, covers framed by triple gilt and one blind fillets enclosing in the centre a monogram in gilt. Flat spine divided into five compartments with a gilt floral device in each, fore-edges and turn-ins… €575.00 |
 | BOATE, Gerard & MOLYNEUX, Thomas. A Natural History of Ireland in Three Parts. 1. Being a True and Ample Description of its Situation, Greatness, Shape, Woods, Heaths, Bogs … 2. A Collection of such Papers as were Communicated to the Royal Society, Referring to some Curiosities in Ireland … 3. A Discourse concerning the Danish Mounts, Forts and Towers in Ireland. Three works… €1,450.00 |
 | BOOKER, John. A Bloody Irish Almanack, or, Rebellious and Bloody Ireland, discovered in some notes extracted out of an Almanack, printed at Waterford in Ireland for this yeare 1646. Whereunto are annexed some astrologicall observations upon a conjunction of the two malignant planets Satvrne and Mars in the midle of the signe Tavrvs the horroscope of Ireland, upon Friday the 12. of June this yeare 1646, with memorable prædictions and occurrences therein. London: Printed for John Partridge, 1646. First… €2,750.00 |
 | BOTTIGHEIMER, Karl S. English Money and Irish Land. The ‘Adventurers’ in the Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. pp. x, [4], 226. Blue buckram, title in gilt on spine. Ex lib with neat stamps, new endpapers. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Scarce. This work explores the origins of the Cromwellian Settlement of the 1650s, in the wake of the bloody rebellion of… €225.00 |
 | BOYLE, Roger Earl of Orrery. A Treatise of the Art of War. BOYLE, Roger Earl of Orrery. A Treatise of the Art of War: Dedicated to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. With engraved plates. London: in the Savoy, by T.N. for Henry Herringham, 1677. Folio. pp. [xiv], 206. Contemporary full panelled calf, spine expertly rebacked, title in gilt on red morocco letter-piece… €2,650.00 |
 | BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN (Constitution of Ireland) with signature of Eamonn de Valera. Dublin: Stationery Office, [1978]. Crown octavo. pp. v, [1], 214. Original printed pale blue wrappers bearing the Irish harp to upper cover and priced “10p” to lower panel. With tipped-in autograph of Éamon de Valera, adding an appealing association with one of the principal architects of modern Ireland and the… €475.00 |
 | BURKE, Edmund. The Political Tracts and Speeches of Edmund Burke, Esq. Member of Parliament for the City of Bristol. Dublin: Printed for W. Whitestone … Wm. Wilson … and M. Mills, 1777. Large post octavo. pp. [viii], 440. Titlepage vignette, with half-title. Contemporary full calf, title in gilt on red morocco label on spine. Bookplate of George Alexander and label of Wm. Kelly, Bookseller, Dublin on front pastedown. Upper… €750.00 |
 | BUTLER, Matthew. De Valera. A biographical sketch. Preface by Alan Downey. Waterford: Waterford News, 1932. Crown octavo. pp. 40, 4 (adverts). Pictorial wrappers. Staples a trifle rusty. A very good copy. Extremely rare. No copy located on COPAC. Not in NLI. Photo of De Valera after Lafayette on upper cover. [L4 10C] €375.00 |
 | CARROLL, Charles of Carrollton [Signer of the Declaration of Independence] An important late letter from Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the only Catholic Signer of the American Declaration of Independence and, by 1822, the last surviving Signer, a national symbol of the Revolutionary generation. Three pages quarto, with integral address leaf; docketing and calculations. Dated, 15 April 1822. Written in a neat, flowing forward-slanting hand, attractively mounted. In very good condition. Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. William Gibbons, an estate manager, discussing accounts, repairs, wheat threshing machinery, labour, and health at the manor. Written… €4,750.00 |
 | CARTE, Thomas. An History of the Life of James Duke of Ormonde. From his birth in 1610, to his death in 1688. Wherein is contained an account ofthe most remarkable Affairs of his time, and particularly of Ireland, under his Government. To which is added … a very valuable Collection of Letters, written by his Grace, or by the King, the Secretaries of State …and serving to verify the most material facts… €1,285.00 |
 | CARTY, Francis. Legion of the Rearguard. (Signed by the Author) London: J.M. Dent, 1936. Second edition. pp. [vii], 272. Blue cloth, title in black on spine. Signed by the author on front endpaper. A very good copy in rare frayed pictorial dust jacket. Rare. An historical novel set in Ireland during the Civil War that followed the signing of the… €275.00 |
 | CASEMENT, Roger, Casement Slanders Refuted. Áth Cliath: Nuachtáin Teoranta, n.d. (1966). Crown octavo. pp. 44. Pictorial stapled wrappers. Frayed at edges. A very good copy. The contents includes: Cupla Focal, by Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin; Casement’s Capture and its Aftermath, by Séamus Ó Cléirigh; Relevant Quotations, by Eoin Ó Máille. [L4 10C] €125.00 |
 | CASEMENT, Roger. I, Roger Casement. 50th Anniversary of the Irish Rebellion 1916-1966. A Dramatic Biography with the voice of Frank O’Dwyer. Long Playing Record. In fine condition in original sleeve with portrait of Casement against the Irish Tricolour. Side One: Casement was born in Sandycove, County Dublin, the son of a British officer. He went to live with his uncle in Ballymena, County Antrim, at an early age and was educated at the… €275.00 |
 | CHARLES I, KING OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & IRELAND. Copies of 2 letters from King Charles I to Lord Middleton, August and September, 1646. Manuscript. Large folio. Paris, Scots College, 3 November 1735. Three pages, written in a neat 18th-century hand in brown ink. Original fold marks, minor staining and slight creasing consistent with age, but in very good condition. Copies of 2 letters from King Charles I to Lord Middleton, Aug. and Sept… €1,850.00 |
 | CHILDERS, Erskine. Military Rule in Ireland. Reprinted from ‘The Daily News’, with notes and an additional chapter. Second edition, revised. Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1920. Octavo. pp. 48. Pictorial stapled wrappers. A good copy. Very rare. Carty 1058 The first article in the pamphlet was published in the Daily News on 29 March 1920. This newspaper, owned by the Cadbury family, who were Quakers, and edited by… €185.00 |
 | CLARE, Lord. Verses Addressed to The Queen, with a New Year’s Gift of Irish Manufacture. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. Quarto. pp. 11, [1]. Modern marbled wrappers. A very good copy. Robert Craggs Nugent (1702-88), 1st Earl Nugent, poet, and politician, was born in Carlanstown, County Westmeath, second son of Michael Nugent of Carlanstown and his wife Mary, fifth and youngest daughter of Robert… €375.00 |
 | CLINTON, Bill. My Life. First UK edition. Signed by Bill Clinton. London: Hutchinson, 2004. First Edition. Large 8vo. pp 957, xlii, [32] plates. Original publisher’s black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine, fine in a very good dustjacket. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Signed in blue ink by Bill Clinton on the title page. [WR] €250.00 |
 | CODE, Henry Brereton. The Insurrection of the Twenty-Third July, 1803 [THE UNFORTUNATE ROBERT EMMET MANUSCRIPT NOTES ON THE LAST WORDS OF LORD KILWARDEN POSSIBLY BY EMMET’S DEFENCE COUNSEL] Dublin: Printed by Graisberry and Campbell, 10 Back Lane, [1803]. First edition. pp. xiii, 110. Modern brown buckram, titled in gilt. Ex lib with neat stamp. Interesting manuscript notes on front fly leaf on the last words of Lord Kilwarden in a neat contemporary hand. A very good copy. COPAC… €775.00 |
 | COLLINS, Michael A quarto page of typescript, undated, possibly a carbon copy, addressed to Diarmuid O’Hegarty, Secretariat, listing two ‘Departments or Offices to be Taken Over’, viz. the Civil Service Commission in Stephen’s Green and the Stationery Office in Marlborough St. Signed with initials MÓC in Collins’ hand. COLLINS, Michael A quarto page of typescript, undated, possibly a carbon copy, addressed to Diarmuid O’Hegarty, Secretariat, listing two ‘Departments or Offices to be Taken Over’, viz. the Civil Service Commission in Stephen’s Green and the Stationery Office in Marlborough St. Signed with initials MÓC in Collins’ hand. Part of… €1,950.00 |
 | COLLINS, Michael. An Saorstát. The Free State. No. 28. Vol. I. Dublin, Wednesday, August 30, 1922. Second edition. Michael Collins Memorial Number. Broadside. 16 pp. Profusely illustrated. Creased at centre folds and fraying to edges as usual. A good copy. €675 The report of the shooting of Michael Collins, illustrated with many photographs. Black-bordered titlepage with headline ‘Michael Collins Memorial Number’. With contributions by Eoin MacNeill… €675.00 |
 | COLLINS, Michael. Do Mhuintir Deisceart Chorcaighe, To the Electors of South Cork. [1922]. Broadside. Printed on one side only, text in Irish and English. Head and shoulder portrait of Collins in military uniform. Printed signature at lower margin. 205 x 265mm. Some minor nicks to one edge, small tear to centre fold. Skibbereen Star, 1922. In good condition. Exceedingly rare. The general election held on 16 June 1922 may not stand out amidst the… €875.00 |
 | COLLINS, Michael. Typed Letter Signed in Irish (“Mícheál Ó Coileáin”) as Minister for Finance of Dáil Éireann, concerning the National Loan. Department of Finance, Mansion House, Dublin, 21 July 1920. One page, quarto, on official bilingual Dáil Éireann / Department of Finance letterhead, dated 21 July 1920, signed in ink “Mícheál Ó Coileáin” as Aire Airgid (Minister for Finance). Addressed to Mr J. P. Cooney, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Collins formally acknowledges receipt of £255 5s. sterling, requests the relevant application… €5,750.00 |
 | CONLON, Lil. Cumann na mBan and the Women of Ireland: 1913-25. Illustrated. Kilkenny: Printed by the Kilkenny People, 1969. Crown octavo. First edition. pp. viii, [5], 312. Pictorial wrappers. Some mild foxing to upper cover. A very good copy. Scarce. This book was written “as a tribute to those Women, organised and unorganised, who rendered such gallant and heroic assistance during… €175.00 |
 | CONNOLLY, James. Original Photograph of James Connolly, head and shoulders. By Keogh Bros., Ltd., 124 St. Stephens Green and 75 Dorset St., Dublin. 100 x 150mm [Photo], 200 x 310mm [Mount]. With tissue guard, in photographer’s folder, signed in ink on upper cover ‘Keogh Bros Ltd’. In superb condition. Origional photographs of Connolly are of the utmost rarity. James Connolly (1868-1916), born in Edinburgh of Monaghan parents. Ex British Army, married a Wicklow lass. Came to Ireland in 1896 and founded… €2,650.00 |
 | CONNOLLY, James. Socialism and Nationalism. Labour and Easter Week 1916. The Workers’ Republic. Three volumes. Dublin: At the Sign of the Three Candles, 1948/1951. Beige buckram, titled in red, green and blue on spines. Previous owners signatures on front endpapers, including the historian, T.W. Moody. A very good set in dust jackets (one repaired). “James Connolly is Ireland’s first Socialist martyr … Of all the… €225.00 |
 | COONEY, John. Battleship Bertie: Politics in Ahern’s Ireland (Signed edition) Dublin: Blantyremoy Publications, 2008. First edition. .pp. 346. Original publisher’s blue printed wrappers. A fine clean copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page: “Enjoy! John Cooney, Terenure, November 9, 2008.” A contemporary account of Irish political life during the premiership of Bertie Ahern, drawn largely from… €45.00 |
 | COSGRAVE, Liam T. A Press Photograph of a President Cosgrave, of the Irish Free State, inspecting the ruins of his Dublin home, which was mysteriously burned in an arson attack to the ground in 1923. Stamped on verso Feb. 7, 1923. Photo by Pictorial Press. 210 x 160mm. In very good condition. The country residence of the President of the Executive Council, William T. Cosgrave, was gutted in an arson attack on the 13th of January, 1923. The destruction included that of valuable furniture, as… €750.00 |
 | COSGRAVE, William T. Original Press Photograph of President Cosgrave saluted by the Dublin Civic Guard (President Cosgrave Taking the Salute) Taken on the front steps of Government Buildings when 1250 Dublin Civic Guards, stationed at the Phoenix Park Depot marched through Dublin to salute the President. Also in the photo are Kevin O’Higgins, Minister for Home Affairs, Ernest Blythe, Minister for Local Government, Hugh Kennedy, Chief Law Advisor of the… €750.00 |
 | COX, Sir Richard. The Proceeding of the Honourable House of Commons of Ireland, in Rejecting the Altered Money-bill, on December 17, 1753, Vindicated by Authorities taken from the Law and Usage of Parliament. Dublin: Printed for Peter Wilson, in Dame-street, 1754. First edition. Octavo. pp. 95, [1]. Modern green buckram, titled in gilt. A fine copy. Goldsmiths’ 8937. ESTC N46868. Anonymous. By Sir Richard Cox. Sir Richard Cox, (1702-66), 2nd baronet, improving landlord, and politician, was born probably on his father’s estate at… €675.00 |
 | CROMWELLIAN ACT. An Act for the three moneths Assessment in Ireland : for the Maintenance of the Spanish War, and other Services of the Commonwealth. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th day of September, An. Dom. 1656. London: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1657. Folio. pp. 73 [i.e. 75]-77. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Thomason E.1065[16]. Not in Sweeney. JISC with 6 locations only. [Cat 161] €225.00 |
 | DAVIS, Thomas. Ed by. The Speeches of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran. Complete and correct edition. Edited, With Memoir and Historical Notices, by Thomas Davis, Esq., M.R.I.A., Barrister-at-Law (IN FINE BELLEW BINDING) Dublin: James Duffy, Wellington Quay, 1862. Crown octavo. Third edition. pp. xxxiv, [1], 38-471, [1]. Bound by George Bellew in contemporary full red morocco with his rectangular label [G. Bellew / Book-Binder / Stationer & Lithographer / 79 Grafton St. / Dublin] on lower pastedown. Covers framed by a gilt… €485.00 |
 | DAVITT, Michael. The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland, or the Story of the Land League Revolution. London: Harper, 1904. pp. xviii, 751. Green cloth, title in gilt on upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Traces of old stain on upper cover. Otherwise a very good copy. [L1 4D] €285.00 |
 | DAVITT, Michael. The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland, or the Story of the Land League Revolution. London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Demy octavo. First edition. pp. xviii, 751. Green cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Loosely inserted is an Autograph Letter Signed from Michael Davitt. A very good copy. Loosely inserted is an Autograph Letter Signed from Michael Davitt to “My Dear Admiral”… €565.00 |
 | DE BLACAM, Aodh. What Sinn Fein Stands For. The Irish Republican Movement; Its History, Aims and Ideals, Examined as to their Significance to the World. Dublin: Mellifont Press, 1921. Crown octavo. pp. xx, 21-247. Title printed in red and black. Grey cloth, title in black on upper cover and spine. Previous owners signature. Mild foxing to endpapers. A very good copy in rare tri-colour repaired dust jacket. Scarce. [L4 6A] €125.00 |
 | DE BURCA, Seamus. The Soldier’s Song. The story of Peadar Kearney [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR] Illustrated. Dublin: P.J. Bourke, 1957. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 255. Brown papered boards, titled in silver. Inscribed and signed by the author on half-title, to Jim O’Keeffe, dated 6-4-77July 20th, 1959. A near fine copy in very good original dust jacket. Peadar Kearney (1883-1942), was the author of the… €285.00 |
 | DE BURCA, Seamus. The Soldier’s Song. The story of Peadar Kearney. Illustrated. Dublin: P.J. Bourke, 1958. Crown octavo. pp. 255. Brown pictorial paper wrappers, lettered in black. A very good copy. [L4 6A] €95.00 |
 | 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… €875.00 |
 | DE LA TRÉMOILLE, Duc. A Royalist Family Irish and French (1689-1789) and Prince Charles Edward. Translated from the French by A.G. Murray MacGregor. (Edition limited to 320 copies) THE WILD GEESE AND THE JACOBITES With a map of the route of the ‘Doutelle’. Portrait frontispiece of Charles Edward giving instructions to Anthony Walsh. Genealogical charts of the Walsh family at end. Edinburgh: William Brown, 1904. Facsimile reprint. Quarto. pp. viii, 118, 5 (Genealogical charts). Edition limited to 320… €375.00 |
 | DE VALERA, Eamon. De Valera and his Cabinet in the first Fianna Fail Government, featuring many of the founding members of Fianna Fáil. Large poster with portraits of Éamon de Valera: President of the Executive Council and Minister for External Affairs. Seán T. O’Kelly: Vice-President and Minister for Local Government and Public Health. Seán MacEntee: Minister for Finance. Seán Lemass: Minister for Industry and Commerce, who later became the primary architect of Ireland’s… €465.00 |
 | DE VALERA, Éamon. Dréacht-Bhunreacht (Draft Constitution). Stand by Ireland’s Declaration of Independence and Social Justice. Vote “Yes” on July 1st Dublin: Published by the Stationery Office, [1937]. Government Publications Sales Office, 5 Nassau Street. Price Twopence. Small 8vo. pp. 117. Original printed paper booklet bound within a later black cloth presentation binding, upper cover incorporating the original printed referendum poster panels. Text in Irish with some English. A photographic portrait… €1,250.00 |
 | DE VALERA, Eamon. Fianna Fáil (Republican Party). Pamphlet no. 1. Fourth impression. A National Policy Outlined by Eamon de Valera. Speech delivered at the Inaugural Meeting of Fianna Fail, La Scala Theatre, May 1926, amplified and with complementary matter. Fianna Fail, Dublin, [1926]. Crown octavo. pp. 32. Printed white wrappers. Staple rusty. A very good copy. Rare. Epoch-making document, setting out the policy which brought Fianna Fail to power in seven years. Quotation in Irish from Geoffrey Keating inside front cover. [L4 10C] €275.00 |
 | DE VALERA, Eamon. Ireland’s Case Against Conscription. Dublin and London: Maunsel, 1918. Crown octavo. pp. iv, 46. Green stiff wrappers, title printed in black on upper cover. Previous owner’s signature on upper wrapper. A very good copy. This statement, prepared for presentation by the Lord Mayor of Dublin for President Woodrow Wilson was almost complete when de… €95.00 |