 | O’HIGGINS, Brian. Ten Golden Years Ago. A Little Memorial of Easter Week, 1916. Illustrated. Dublin: Brian Ó hUiginn, 1926. pp. 60, [1 (publisher’s list)]. Very good in illustrated wraps. [L4 10 A] €250.00 |
 | 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 forms covering the subscription, and […] €5,750.00 |
 | FLEMING, Padraic. The Escape From Mountjoy and Other Prison Experiences of an Irish Volunteer Padraic Fleming (Convict E-445). Written by The Rector of an Irish College. ESCAPE FROM MOUNTJOY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MICHAEL COLLINS With a Foreword by Piaras Beaslai, T.D. New York: Reprinted by the Friends of Irish Freedom, Inc., 1920. First edition. Octavo. pp. 36. Recent wrappers with the original upper wrapper preserved. A very good copy. Exceedingly rare. No copy located on JISC. A rare contemporary account […] €475.00 |
 | COLUM, Padraic. Arthur Griffith (Inscribed by Mulcahy and Colum with letter from Richard Mulcahy) Dublin: Browne & Nolan, 1959. First edition. Octavo. pp. xvi, 400. Green cloth, titled in gilt. Signed by the author. Presentation copy inscribed by Richard Mulcahy (Risteárd Ua Maolchatha) to Alice Lyons: “To Alice, 4.12.59, a hot cake, from the oven.” Loosely inserted is a two-page autograph letter signed from Mulcahy to “Dear Alice”, discussing […] €1,500.00 |
 | Two Original Photographs of Richard Mulcahy, including one with Michael Collins at Arthur Griffith’s Funeral (Signed by Richard Mulcahy) Dublin, August 1922. Two original black-and-white photographs (each 7 × 10 cm), housed in the original brown leather presentation wallet with gilt decorative borders and Mylar windows. The funeral photograph signed by Richard Mulcahy in black ink at the lower margin. Fine condition. A rare photographic grouping centred on General Richard Mulcahy (1886–1971), one of […] €2,250.00 |
 | BEASLAI, Piaras. Michael Collins Soldier and Statesman (Inscribed by Richard Mulcahy) With portrait frontispiece and other illustrations. Dublin: Talbot Press, 1937. Octavo. First edition. pp. xii, 430. Green cloth, titled in black. Signed presentation copy from Risteárd Ua Maolchatha to Alice, dated Nodlaig / 1937. A near fine copy. Presentation copy inscribed by General Richard Mulcahy (Risteárd Ua Maolchatha) to Alice, dated Nollaig (Christmas) 1937. One […] €975.00 |
 | BARRY, Commandant General Tom. Guerilla Days in Ireland (Signed first edition by Tom Barry in rare dust-jacket) Dublin: Irish Press Limited, 1949. First edition. Octavo. pp. 228. Blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with sixteen photographic plates and two folding maps. A particularly desirable association copy, inscribed by Tom Barry on the front free endpaper: “Cork. 11.9.1954. On the occasion of the visit of […] €875.00 |
 | GRIFFITH, Arthur & DE VALERA, Éamon. Original Press Photograph from the Irish Peace Conference, Mansion House, Dublin, 14 July 1921. Original silver gelatin press photograph depicting Éamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith walking together outside the Mansion House, Dublin, during the crucial peace negotiations that followed the Truce of July 1921. The reverse bears the original Wide World Photos agency caption, dated 14 July 1921, identifying the image and describing the meeting between Sinn Féin […] €575.00 |
 | 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, Kevin O’Higgins, Seamus Ó hAodha, […] €675.00 |
 | CONNOLLY, James. Labour in Ireland: I. Labour in Irish History. II. The Re-Conquest of Ireland. With an introduction by Cathal O’Shannon. Dublin: At the Sign of the Three Candles, [c.1950s]. 8vo. pp. 264. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt, in the publisher’s illustrated dust jacket. A very good copy; internally fresh and clean with only light toning to the edges. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with minor wear to the extremities and a few small closed tears, […] €150.00 |
 | CONNOLLY, James. Labour and Easter Week 1916. A Selection from the Writings of James Connolly. Edited by Desmond Ryan. With an introduction by William O’Brien. Dublin: At the Sign of the Three Candles, 1966 (first published 1949). Reprint edition. 8vo. pp. 178. Original cream cloth, titled in black to upper cover and spine, in the publisher’s illustrated dust jacket. A very good copy; internally clean and bright. Dust jacket with […] €135.00 |
 | CONNOLLY, James. The Worker’s Republic. A Selection from the Writings of James Connolly. Edited by Desmond Ryan. With an introduction by William McMullen. Dublin: At the Sign of the Three Candles, 1951. First edition. 8vo. pp. 264. Original brown cloth, lettered in black, in the publisher’s illustrated dust jacket featuring a portrait of Connolly on the upper cover. A very good copy; light toning to the page edges […] €150.00 |
 | SPINDLER, Res. Lieut. Karl. The Phantom Ship. Secrets of the German Navy. (GERMAN NAVAL SECRET OPERATIONS) Translated by W. Montgomery (late Lieut., R.N.V.R.) and E. H. McGrath. London: Book Club, published for William Collins, n.d. [c.1930s]. Crown octavo. Mauve cloth titled in gilt. In pictial repaired dust jacket (priced “6d net” on the front), colour scene of a gun-deck action. A very good copy. First published under […] €150.00 |
 | 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 Treaty. When the split came […] €275.00 |
 | MANGAN, James Clarence. Irish and Other Poems. With a Selection from his Translations. Dublin: The O’Connell Press, M. H. Gill and Son, 1886. Small 8vo. pp. [2], 144. Original publisher’s olive-green printed cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black. A very good copy with a little light spotting to the endpapers and occasional foxing throughout, the binding bright and remarkably well […] €275.00 |
 | MacGILL, Patrick. Songs of the Dead End. IN RARE DUST JACKET London: Deane, 1923. Crown octavo. pp. x, 167, 3 (Author’s works). Blue cloth, lettered in black, blind-stamped decoration on upper cover (a pick and shovel) design. Top edge gilt. A very good copy in the rare pictorial dust jacket featuring a portrait of the author. Scarce. Patrick MacGill (1889-1963), the celebrated […] €145.00 |
 | MacMAHON, Bryan. Seachtar Fear. Seacht Lá. Seven Men : Seven Days. Programme of 1916 – 1966 celebration of the Easter Rising. In Croke Park, March 17 – March, 19. In Casement Park, Belfast, March, 27. Illustrated. Cover design by M.A. O’Connor. Dublin: 1966. Quarto. pp. 12. Coloured pictorial stapled wrappers. A rare survival. €225 A collection of information and memorabilia commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. Golden Jubilee of the Easter Rising 1916-1966. Foreword by […] €225.00 |
 | GAUGHAN, J. Anthony. Memoirs of Constable Jeremiah Mee, R.I.C. With illustrations and folding map. RARE R.I.C. CONSTABLE’S BIOGRAPHY Dublin: Anvil Books, 1975. First edition. Octavo. pp. 397. Green papered boards, title in gilt on spine. A fine copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket with tissue repair to a few nicks. Very scarce. The Royal Irish Constabulary was an outstanding body of men, and Jeremiah Mee from Glenamaddy, County […] €195.00 |
 | GINNELL, Laurence. D.O.R.A. at Westminster; being selections from Mr. Ginnell’s Parliamentary activities (Reprint from Hansard). Before Easter week. After Easter week. Dublin: Irish Wheelman Printing and Publishing Company, n.d. (1918). pp. vii, 621. Green cloth, titled in gilt. Previous owners library stamp. Rare. The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was “originally intended to meet the case of the invasion of Great Britain and Ireland by Germany”, but in Ireland it was used as an instrument […] €375.00 |
 | O’MALLEY, Ernie. On Another Man’s Wound (Limited to 51 Copies Only. Extremely Rare Signed Limited Edition) Dublin: Printed by Colm O Lochlainn at the Sign of the Three Candles for Rich & Cowan, London, 1936. Demy octavo. First edition. Quarter vellum parchment on green buckram boards, titled in gilt. Special edition limited to 51 copies, signed and numbered by Ernie O’Malley [No. 48]. Vellum with usual mild staining. Top edge gilt, […] €1,850.00 |
 | 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 economic modernization. Joseph Connolly: Minister […] €465.00 |
 | DE VALERA, Éamon. Signed portrait photograph. A fine black-and-white half-length portrait photograph of Éamon de Valera, signed prominently in white ink across the lower right of the image, “Eamonn De Valera”. With the original government harp-stamped envelope, the photograph shows the Irish statesman in later life, wearing his characteristic round spectacles and dark suit, posed formally against a softly lit interior […] €450.00 |
 | 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 driving force behind the adoption […] €475.00 |
 | McCARTAN, Patrick. With De Valera in America (Ernie O’Malley’s copy) Boston: P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1932. First edition. Royal octavo. pp. xii, 277. A very good copy in original blue cloth, spine faded, light foxing. Signed by Ernie O’Malley on the front free endpaper. A significant association copy linking McCartan, de Valera and Ernie O’Malley. With De Valera in America is Patrick McCartan’s first-hand account […] €375.00 |
 | BREEN, Dan. My Fight for Irish Freedom. With an Introduction by Joseph McGarrity (Philadelphia). Dublin: The Talbot Press Limited, 1944 Edition. Small octavo. pp. 320. Contemporary publisher’s green cloth-backed boards, title in black on spine. Some light spotting to endpapers and occasional foxing, boards a little marked and rubbed, but a sound and attractive copy of this wartime edition. One of the […] €75.00 |
![O’CATHASAIGH [O’CASEY], P. [Sean]. The Story of the Irish Citizen Army.](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/OCathasaigh.-Story-610x813.webp "O’CATHASAIGH [O’CASEY], P. [Sean]. The Story of the Irish Citizen Army.") | O’CATHASAIGH [O’CASEY], P. [Sean]. The Story of the Irish Citizen Army. Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1971. Limited edition facsimile of the 1919 first edition. Small octavo. pp. 71. Original cream faux-vellum boards, upper cover lettered in gilt within gilt border. A near fine copy. One of 750 numbered copies, this being No. 267. A handsome limited edition reprint of Sean O’Casey’s celebrated account of the foundation […] €95.00 |
 | BARRY, Commandant General Tom. Guerilla Days in Ireland (First edition) Dublin: Irish Press, 1949. First edition. Large post octavo. pp. [xii], 228. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Minor wear to binding. A good copy. Rare First Editions of Tom Barry’s Guerilla Days in Ireland are highly sought after by collectors of Irish history and military literature. First published in 1949 by the Irish […] €150.00 |
 | DE VALERA, Eamon. Taoiseach’s Broadcast to the Nation. Reprinted from “The Irish Press”, Thursday 17th May 1945. Dublin: 1945. pp. 8. Quarto, with reproduced photograph of De Valera at the microphone. A very good copy. Dev’s celebrated reply to Churchill’s complaint about Irish neutrality during the War – in terms of popular support, perhaps his finest hour. He also sets out his plan for the post war Irish economy €75.00 |
 | 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 |
 | CORRIGAN, Douglas. That’s My Story (Eamonn de Valera’s copy) Illustrated. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1938. First edition. Octavo. pp. 221. Original blue cloth, lettered in maroon. Inscribed by the author to Éamon de Valera on the front flyleaf in green ink: “To Eamon de Valera / with best wishes / Douglas Corrigan / Dec. 16th 1938.” Mild wear to extremities. A […] €550.00 |
 | GAUGHAN, J. Anthony. Austin Stack: Portrait of a Separatist (Signed first edition) Dublin: Kingdom Books, 1977. First edition. Octavo. .pp. 408, with index. Publisher’s blue cloth, titled in gilt to spine, in the original illustrated dustwrapper designed by Gerald Bruen. A very good to near fine copy, the binding bright and clean; some light spotting and offsetting to preliminaries, with small ownership label of “Jim Cooney’s Library, […] €385.00 |
 | RYAN, Desmond. The Rising. The Complete Story of Easter Week. Dublin: Golden Eagle Books, 1966. Fourth edition. Large post octavo. pp. [vi], 276. Green papered boards, title in gilt on spine. With map of Dublin, Easter 1916, on endpapers. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. The full story of The Rising from the beginnings in the Secret Councils of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and […] €65.00 |
 | BARRY, Tom. Guerilla Days in Ireland. Trallee: The Kerry Man: Irish Press, 1949. Paperback. pp. 190. A good copy. Tom Barry was born in the west of the ‘Rebel County’ in 1897. During the First World War he served with the British Army in Mesopotamia. On returning to Ireland in 1919 he became a prominent member of the Irish Republican Army, commanding […] €50.00 |
 | BREEN, Dan. My Fight for Irish Freedom. With an introduction by Joseph McGarrity (Philadelphia). Illustrated. 914 Tralee: Anvil Books, n.d. (c.1964). pp. 192. Pictorial wrappers. A very good copy. Scarce. Dan Breen (1894-1969) born near Soloheadbeg County Tipperary, worked as a plasterer and later as a linesman on the Great Southern Railway. Joined the Irish volunteers in 1914, and later Quartermaster Third Tipperary Brigade. He was co-planner of […] €45.00 |
 | COLLINS, Michael. A Tribute to Michael Collins. Memorial Foundation Supplement, 20th August, 1966. Printed by Independent Newspapers. 24 pages quarto. In very good condition. Scarce. Contents: Michael Collins Statesman, Soldier, Man of the People. By Professor Michael Hayes; Intelligence and Counter Intelligence. By Florrie O’Donoghue; An Unknown Heroine who worked for Michael Collins. By Piaras Béaslaí; Micheál Ó Coileain. By Seán Ó Luing; End Recrimination Plea at Sam’s […] €175.00 |
 | Ó CATHASAIGH, P. The Story of the Irish Citizen Army [SEAN O’CASEY’S FIRST BOOK] Dublin: Maunsel, 1919. Crown octavo. pp. vi, 72. Printed stapled wrappers. A near fine copy. Rare in this condition. €175 Sean O’Casey’s first book, with his name in the Irish vernacular (the initial ‘P’ was a mistake). The first account of the formation of the Irish Citizen Army during the Dublin strike of 1913/14, and […] €285.00 |
 | PEARSE, P. H. Original memorial card. Pray for the Eternal Repose of the Souls of General P. H. Pearse and The Officers and Men of the Irish Republican Army… 1916. Dublin: n.p., c.1916–1920. Approx. 95 × 60mm, printed in black within a ruled border. Recto with devotional text commemorating Patrick Pearse and the fallen of the 1916 Rising; verso with a poem by Thomas MacDonagh (“Generous and brave, farewell!”), one of the executed leaders. In very fine condition. A scarce and poignant piece of immediate […] €575.00 |
 | KEARNEY, Peadar. The Soldier’s Song. Words by Peadar O Cearnaigh. Music by Padraig O hAonaigh. Arranged by Cathal Mac Dubhghaill. Dublin: Published by Whelan & Son, 17 Upper Ormond Quay, [1916]. Quarto. pp. 4. First edition sheet music. Original printed wrappers with striking Celtic Revival design incorporating interlace motifs and a rifle vignette. Internally clean with music notation clear and legible. A very good copy of historically significant piece of Irish musical ephemera. Rare. A […] €1,250.00 |
 | BRENNAN-WHITMORE, W. J. With the Irish in Frongoch. Dublin: The Talbot Press Ltd., 89 Talbot Street, 1917. Octavo. Original publisher’s pictorial boards, depicting a prison door, with cloth spine; spine label intact. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author in uniform; further illustrations in the text. A particularly desirable contemporary ownership inscription appears to the title page (“from Denis”), adding a layer of immediacy […] €235.00 |
 | MacDONAGH, Thomas. Thomas Campion and the Art of English Poetry. [INSCRIBED BY MacDONAGH “With the author’s compliments”, dated 16.2.1913.] Dublin: Hodges, Figgis. London: Simpkin Marshall, 1913. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. ix, 128, [1]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Signed presentation copy from Thomas MacDonagh to John Gahan: A fine copy. Thomas MacDonagh (1878-1916), poet, dramatist and patriot, born at Cloughjordan, County Tipperary and educated at Rockwell College. In 1902 he joined the Gaelic League, moving […] €2,250.00 |
 | MacEVILLY, Michael. A Splendid Resistance. A Life of IRA Chief of Staff Dr. Andy Cooney. Foreword by Sean O Mahony. Illustrated. Dublin: Éamonn De Búrca, 2011. Royal octavo. pp. xix, 427. Hardback in coloured illustrated dustjacket. The appointment of Andy (Andrew) Cooney as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) while still a medical student was the highpoint of a military career which began in 1917 and was not to end until 1944. […] €50.00 |
 | 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 the Easter Rising. The volume […] €285.00 |
 | RISING COMMEMORATION: Cuimhneachán 1916-1966 Commemoration. A Record of Ireland’s commemoration of the 1916 Rising. With colour and mono plates. Dublin: Printed by Dollard for the Department of External Affairs, 1966. Large post quarto. pp. 94. Full blue leatherette, title in gilt on upper cover. Inscribed presentation copy to Padraic Colum on the occasion of his visit to Library of Congress and the Embassy of Ireland in Washington, November 1969, signed by embassy staff. These […] €875.00 |
 | O’CONNOR, Ulick. A Terrible Beauty is Born: The Irish Troubles 1912–1922. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First edition. .pp. 181. Publisher’s black cloth, spine lettered in silver, in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Desmond Tarrant. A very good copy in a bright and striking dust jacket, with only light wear; internally clean and fresh. A bright copy of this attractive Hamish Hamilton edition. A lively […] €75.00 |
 | 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 of Éamon de Valera loosely […] €1,250.00 |
 | SANDS, Bobby. The Spirit of Freedom. Prize Winning Entries in the Bobby Sands Commemoration School Essay Competition. (Signed by— Éamonn Mac Thomáis) Dublin: Coiste Chomóradh Roibeaird Mhic Shandair, 1983. pp. 80. First edition. Original publisher’s pictorial wrappers, printed in red and green with stylised portrait design to upper cover. Signed by Bobby Sands’ brother, Tomás Mac Síomóin, to the title page, and bearing contemporary ownership inscription and distinctive armorial bookplate. Very good. Minor handling wear and light […] €250.00 |
 | Longford (The Earl of) & O’Neill (Thomas P.) Éamon de Valera (Inscribed by Éamon de Valera with original photograph) Illustrated. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, in association with Hutchinson of London, 1970. pp. xii, 686. Green buckram, title in gilt on spine. In pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed a warm Irish-language inscription, translating as “To Nora with great respect,” signed in a clear contemporary hand. Signed copies of de Valera’s works and biographies are increasingly uncommon […] €425.00 |
 | KERRY WREN BOYS. Marlebone Theatre Handbill for the Play ‘Erin Go Brath or the Wren Boys of Kerry.’ Irish Scenery! Irish Homes. Irish Life. Irish Songs. Irish Dances. See the exciting sensation effects at the Old Canal Bridge. £500 Reward. “Whereas, on St. Stephen’s Day last, Mr. John Bryanson left his Farm and has not since been heard of. It is feared he has met with an untimely death at the hands of […] €225.00 |
 | Kerry’s Fighting Story 1916-1921. Told by the men who made it. Illustrated with a unique pictorial record of the period. Tralee: The Kerryman, n.d. (c.1948). pp. 197. Octavo. Pictorial wrappers. Ex libris with neat stamp. Previous owner’s signature on upper cover. A very good copy. With detailed chapters on: The Formation of the Volunteers in Kerry; Casement and his arrival at Banna Strand; Easter Week and its Aftermath; Kerry’s Heroes; Election of 1918; Mutiny in […] €125.00 |
 | CORK BRIGADE. First Cork Brigade – Remembrance – on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument by Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland, at the Republican Plot, St Finbarr’s Cemetery, Cork, on Sunday, 17 March 1963, at three o’clock. To perpetuate the memory of the Volunteers belonging to the First Brigade of the Army of the Republic and Fianna Éireann who gave their lives to establish the Irish Republic. The twenty-five feet high memorial cross was executed by Seamus Murphy. The base, twelve feet by eight feet, is a simple block with a carved […] €285.00 |
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