![A.E. [George Russell] Deirdre.](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/A.E.-Deird-610x813.webp "A.E. [George Russell] Deirdre. A Drama in Three Acts, by A.E. Being Number Four of the Tower Press Booklets …") | A.E. [George Russell] Deirdre. A Drama in Three Acts, by A.E. Being Number Four of the Tower Press Booklets … Second Series. Dublin: Maunsel & Co., 1907. First edition. Small quarto. pp. 53. Very good in pictorial wrappers. Scarce. One of the earliest dramatic treatments of the Deirdre legend produced during the Irish Literary Revival, A.E.’s Deirdre reflects the movement’s fascination with the heroic literature of ancient Ireland and its search for a distinctly national […] €365.00 |
 | A.E. [George Russell] The Interpreters. (Signed by George Russell with his pseudonym ‘A.E.’) London: Macmillan, 1922. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. viii, 180, 2 (publisher’s list). Blue cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Inscribed and signed by A.E. ‘Without beauty there is / no spiritual authority / George Russell / A.E.’ on front free endpaper. A fine copy. The Interpreters was Russell’s first novel, which […] €875.00 |
![: A.E. [George Russell] Thoughts for a Convention](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/A.E.-Thoughts-For-610x813.webp "A.E. [George Russell] Thoughts for a Convention. Memorandum on the State of Ireland.") | A.E. [George Russell] Thoughts for a Convention. Memorandum on the State of Ireland. Dublin and London: Maunsel, 1917. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 32. Printed wrappers. A very good copy. Lloyd George’s attempt to secure a final settlement of the demand for Home Rule brought about The Irish Convention (July 1917 – August 1918). As the discussions progressed, the southern unionists and a section of the nationalists coalesced […] €185.00 |
 | A.E. [RUSSELL, George W.] Collected Poems (SIGNED AND WITH ORIGINAL SKETCH) London: Macmillan, 1926. First collected edition. pp. xv, 275. Octavo. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Signed by the author on the title-page “George Russell ‘AE’,” with an original pen-and-ink landscape drawing by A.E. beneath the title (a Donegal scene). Contemporary ownership inscription to the poet and editor Nellie Barnes, dated “1926 – November,” […] €1,250.00 |
 | A.E. [RUSSELL, George William]. Gods of War (Signed copy) Dublin: Printed for Private Circulation, 1915. First edition. pp. 40. Printed wrappers. Signed presentation inscription from the author “Mrs Kelly from her friend A.E. 15 Sept. 15” to half-title. Some spotting to half-title, otherwise a fine copy. Denson, A. 27. Some of these poems, including Gods of War appeared in The Times. Printed at the […] €1,250.00 |
 | A.E. Dark Weeping (Signed by George Russell with his pseudonym ‘A.E.’) Illustrated titlepage and colour illustration, both by Paul Nash. London: Faber, 1929. Octavo. First edition. pp. 12. Papered boards, title in gilt on upper cover. Limited to 400 copies on handmade paper. Signed by George Russell with his pseudonym ‘A.E.’ Wear to spine, as usual. From the library of Séan Ó Corcora with his bookplate […] €375.00 |
 | A.E. The National Being. Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity. Dublin and London: Maunsel, 1918. Popular edition. pp. [vi], 176. Printed wrappers. A very good copy. Scarce. First published in 1916, The National Being presents Russell’s vision of an independent Ireland founded not upon political nationalism alone, but upon economic self-sufficiency, rural co-operation, and the moral renewal of society. Drawing upon his extensive experience with […] €75.00 |
 | A.E. Voices of the Stones (RUSSELL, George W.) A.E. Voices of the Stones. 128 London: Macmillan, 1925. First edition. pp. vii, 61, 2 (author’s works). Blue cloth, title in gilt on upper cover and spine. A very good copy. Scarce. L4 BC2 1B €125.00 |
![A.E. [George Russell] The Iron Man.](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/A.E.-Iron-610x813.webp "A.E.[George Russell] The Hero in Man. The Orpheus Series. No. I. Prelude by Clifford Bax.") | A.E.[George Russell] The Hero in Man. The Orpheus Series. No. I. Prelude by Clifford Bax. Published by D.N. Dunlop, Warwick Drive, Hale, Cheshire, and Clifford Bax, Ivy Bank, Hampstead, London, [1910]. First edition. Small quarto. pp. 30, [2]. Pale blue cloth, lettered in dark blue. Inscribed on front free endpaper. Stamp of Cambridge University library duplicate. A very good copy. Rare hardback copy. An uncommon early appearance of one of […] €175.00 |
 | A.E.[George Russell] The Renewal of Youth. London: The Orpheus Press, 3 Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, n.d. [1911]. Crown octavo. pp. 22. Brown stitched wrappers, printed in black. From the library of Tomás Ó Deirg with his bookplate. In very good condition. The Orpheus Series No. VII. Women’s Printing Society, Limited, Brick Street, Piccadilly. One of a series of literary essays. Tomás […] €275.00 |
 | BOWE, Nicola Gordon. Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art. Illustrated. Mountrath: Dolmen Press & Los Angeles: H. Keith Burns, 1983. First. 4to. pp. 160. Fine in fine illustrated dust-jacket. [L3] €95.00 |
 | BOWEN, Elizabeth. Seven Winters. Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1942. Octavo. pp. 57, [2]. Quarter linen on paper boards, upper cover lettered in black, paper letterpiece along spine. One of 450 numbered [32] copies. In very good condition. Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973), novelist, was born in Dublin. Educated in Kent, she went to London to live and was part of the […] €185.00 |
 | CALENDAR: New Ireland Assurance Company Large Display Art Calendar for 1937 Featuring a striking coloured illustration from Celtic mythology, the Children oLir of Emer spinning wool from a spinning wheel, with a maiden. Dimensions of the calendar 472 x 298mm, the illustration is unsigned but almost certainly by Victor Brown. [See similar items by Brown: 35, 36 & 37]. With the Three Candles printer‟s device, with […] €475.00 |
 | CAROLAN. Engraved portrait depicting Turlough Carolan, the Celebrated Blind Bard. Half length portrait, to left, depicting him seated, playing the harp, with long curly hair, wearing coat with turned-back cuffs, ruffled shirt sleeves. Engraver’s imprint at lower margin. Dublin: Published as the Act directs by J. Martyn, 24 Lower Ormond Quay, Novr. 12th, 1822. Quarto. [305 x 230mm]. Contemporary plate mark visible. Some light creasing and marginal wear, consistent with age; image strong and well-inked. A very good example. The engraving is from a painting that was in […] €385.00 |
 | 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 |
 | CLARKE, Harry. Faust by Goethe. From the German by John Anster. (ILLUSTRATED & SIGNED BY HARRY CLARKE) With colour and black and white illustrations by Harry Clarke. New York: Dingwall Rock Limited. First edition. Quarto. pp. 254. Original quarter vellum on grey boards. Edition limited to 1,000 copies for England and 1,000 copies for the United States. Signed by Clarke on the limitation page. A superb good copy. Steenson A8a. Clarke’s signature […] €1,250.00 |
 | COLUM, Padraic. The Big Tree of Bunlahy. Stories of My Own Countryside. Coloured frontispiece and black and white illustrations by Jack B. Yeats. ATTRACTIVE IRISH LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PAIRING New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Octavo. First edition. pp. viii, [2], 166. Publisher’s green cloth, title in brown on upper cover and spine. A very good copy in very good dust jacket. One coloured frontispiece and a suite of black-and-white drawings by Jack B. Yeats, many full-page, perfectly […] €375.00 |
 | COLUM, Padraic. The Frenzied Prince: being Heroic Stories of Ancient Ireland. Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1943. Quarto. First edition. pp. 196. Green cloth, embossed in gilt. A fine copy in very good rare dust jacket. [L3 6C] €295.00 |
 | CUSACK, M.F. An Illustrated History of Ireland: from the Earliest Period. WESTPORT HOUSE COPY WITH THE EARL OF ALTAMONT BOOKPLATE With historical illustrations by Henry Doyle. With coloured half-title and three folding maps. London: Longmans, Green, 1869. Octavo. Third edition. pp. [vi], 671. Bound in contemporary full green morocco. Covers elaborately tooled in gilt with a blind floral roll enclosing in the centre a gold shield with a harp, surmounted by a crown and legend […] €475.00 |
 | DE BÚRCA, Éamonn. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Three Candles Collection by Éamonn de Búrca. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, 1998. p. [2], ix, 44, [2], 12, 28 (illustrations). Pictorial papered boards. Edition limited to 175 copies. This presentation copy is lettered „S‟ one of 25 such copies and signed by the compiler. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Rare. Having assembled the „Three Candles‟ collection over a number of […] €250.00 |
 | DE GENNARO, Gaetano. Pastels and Paintings. Introduction by Kees Van Hoek. With 37 mounted plates. Dublin: At the Sign of the Three Candles, 1945. 495 x 290mm., pp. [viii], 38, 36 (plates). Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Half diagonal ribbed cloth on printed boards. A near fine copy. De Gennaro, an Italian artist, worked for many years in Ireland where his paintings were highly regarded and he became widely […] €325.00 |
 | 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 |
 | DE VALERA, R. & O NUALLAIN, S. Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. IN FINE DUBLIN BINDING With numerous maps, plans and photographs. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972. Folio. Bound in recent half calf over green thick buckram boards. [L3 Top OD1] €275.00 |
 | DILLON, Myles & CHADWICK, Nora K. The Celtic Realms. With one hundred and five illustrations and eight maps. London: Wiedenfeld and Nicolson, 1972. Second edition. pp. x, 346. Fine in repaired dustjacket. A masterly survey of the history of the Celtic peoples from the earliest times to the Norman invasion of Britain. Treating the society, culture and genius of the Celts. Celtic Realms explores […] €95.00 |
 | DILLON, Myles & CHADWICK, Nora K. The Celtic Realms. With one hundred and five illustrations and eight maps. London: Wiedenfeld and Nicolson, 1972. Second edition. pp. x, 346. Fine in repaired dust-jacket. A masterly survey of the history of the Celtic peoples from the earliest times to the Norman invasion of Britain. Treating the society, culture and genius of the Celts. [L3 7 Top] €75.00 |
 | DUBLIN CIVIC WEEK. Official Handbook for Dublin Civic Week, Sept. 17-25 1927. Seachtain na Cathrach. Edited by Bulmer Hobson. With numerous illustrations. Dublin: At the Sign of the Three Candles, 1927. 275 x 190mm., pp. 57, 86 (adverts), plus correction slip. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A fine copy. Dublin‟s contribution to science, literature, music, commerce etc. Amongst the illustrators are Harry Kernoff, Flora Mitchell, Seán O‟Sullivan and Estella […] €225.00 |
 | DUNLEVY, Mairead. Dress in Ireland. With 129 illustrations and 8 colour plates. Cork: Collins Press, 1999. Quarto. pp. 192. Modern blue buckram with original pictorial wrappers laid on. A very good copy in dust jacket. This is the first authoritative work on the History of Irish dress, lavishly illustrated and based on original research on primary sources, the book examines in detail the story of Irish costume […] €145.00 |
 | DUNN, Joseph. “The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge The Cualnge Cattle-raid. Now for the first time done entire into English out of the Irish of the Book of Leinster and Allied Manuscripts. With two pages in facsimile of the manuscripts. London: Nutt, 1914. Royal octavo. pp. xxxvi, 382. Original green cloth, title in black on upper cover and in gilt on spine. Light browning to titlepage. […] €345.00 |
 | FITZPATRICK, Jim. Celtia. A Collection of Posters and Drawings in the Celtic Style (Signed first edition) Dublin: Dé Danann Press, 136 Sandyford Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14. Mount Salus Press, 1975. First Edition. Quarto. pp. [4], 72. Illustrated wrappers with a full-colour design ‘Ériu’ on upper cover; illustrated throughout in black and white, including several full-page plates in Fitzpatrick’s intricate Celtic-revival style. Signed by the artist in blue ink on the half-title. […] €450.00 |
 | Fitzpatrick, Jim. The Art of Jim Fitzpatrick. Portfolio 1. (Signed by Fitzpatrick) Dublin: Dé Danann Press, 1981. Large folio illustrated portfolio containing eight colour plates after the celebrated Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick, each depicting scenes drawn from Irish mythology and legend, including Nemed the Great, Sadv the Deer Goddess, Lugh Attacks the Fomor Army, The Battle of Moira, Fathach, Poet of the Fir Bolg, Eochaid Slain by […] €450.00 |
 | GLATT, John. The Chieftains. The Authorised Biography (Signed by The Chieftains; Paddy Moloney and Kevin Connef) New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997. First American edition. pp. [viii], 294. Brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (minor marking to upper panel). Signed and inscribed on the title page by several members of The Chieftains, including Kevin Conneff, Matt Molloy, and one other, with the Irish […] €250.00 |
 | GOGARTY, Oliver St. John, et al. Secret Springs of Dublin Song. Dublin: The Talbot Press. London: Fisher Unwin, 1918. Super royal octavo. First edition. pp. xi, 51. Printed by letterpress on fine handmade paper. Light brown cloth over bevelled boards, title in gilt on maroon morocco label inset on upper cover. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (No. 327). Untrimmed. Light wear to extremities. A near […] €295.00 |
 | GOGARTY, Oliver. An Offering of Swans and Other Poems (Signed Presentation Copy from the Author to George Russell) With portrait frontis. by Augustus John and a preface by W.B. Yeats. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, n.d. [1924?]. First edition. pp. 57. Original blue cloth, titles to spine and front board in gilt. Signed presentation copy from the author “To George Russell / The Magnanimous / from Oliver Sn. Gogarty / 5.VII,’24”. Usual faded to […] €1,675.00 |
 | GOGARTY, Oliver. Wild Apples. (Limited to 50 Copies, Signed presentation copy from the author to Harry Clarke) Dublin: Cuala Press, 1928. First edition. pp. 33. Quarter cream cloth on grey paper boards, printed paper title along spine, with minute loss. Presentation copy, inscribed “To my friend, the Artist, Harry Clarke” and dated (22.v.’28) by the author on front free endpaper. With letter loosely inserted to Harry Clarke from Thomas Bodkin. Fine copy in […] €4,350.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. Coole. Completed from the manuscript and edited by Colin Smythe, with a foreword by Edward Malins. Dolmen Editions X. Dublin: Dolmen, 1971. pp. 107. Folio. Quarter cream linen on paper boards, title in gilt on spine. Occasional mild foxing to prelims. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Miller 180.A fuller edition including extra material not in the Cuala edition. The endpapers are from an engraving of a cross-section of Coole […] €95.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. Hugh Lane’s Life and Achievement, with some account of the Dublin Galleries. (Rare in Dust-Jacket) London: John Murray, 1921. Illustrated. Octavo. pp. 290. First edition. Publishers green cloth. Label with title on spine. A very good copy in repaired dust-jacket. [L3 6F] €275.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. Hugh Lane’s Life and Achievement, with Some Account of the Dublin Galleries [PRESENTATION COPY WITH ALS FROM COOLE PARK TO LADY MARGOT ASQUITH] Illustrated. Portrait on frontispiece. London: John Murray, 1921. First edition. Octavo. pp. xv, 290, 6 (publisher’s list). Worn grey cloth. Presentation copy with ALS from Lady Gregory to Mrs. [Margot Asquith] in envelope laid on front pastedown. A well read copy. A good copy with a very interesting letter. A very good Autograph Letter Signed from Lady Gregory […] €1,450.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. The Blessed Trinity of Ireland [LIMITED TO 50 COPIES ONLY] Stories of St. Brigit, St. Columcille and St. Patrick. Put Down Here for Posterity by Lady Gregory According to the Old Writings and the Memory of the People of Ireland. With hand-coloured illustrations by Margaret Gregory. Gerrard’s Cross: Colin Smythe, 1985. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 63. Specially bound by Des Smith and Des Breen […] €875.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. The Image and Other Plays. London & New York: Putnam’s, 1922. First American edition. Crown octavo. pp. iii, [1], 253. Blue cloth, title on printed label on spine. A very good copy. [Porch E] €145.00 |
 | GREGORY, Lady. The Kiltartan History Book. Illustrated with coloured plates by Robert Gregory. Dublin: Maunsel, 1909. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. viii, 52, 4 (publisher’s list). Quarter coarse linen on blue papered boards, title on printed label on spine. Brown printed wrappers. Occasional light spotting and darkening to spine. A very good copy. The folk-history of the Kiltartan poor, illustrated by […] €165.00 |
 | HADDEN, J. Cuthbert. Faust- Gounod: [SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM ELIZABETH CORBET YEATS TO MOLLY GILL] [The Great Operas Series]. London: Jack, 1907. First edition. 16mo. pp. 32, [4 (leaves of coloured plates)]. Gilt decorated tan buckram. Inscribed on verso of frontispiece “To Molly / With love / March 25 – 1910 / Many happy returns on / your birthday / E C Yeats. A magnificent association copy. Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, […] €975.00 |
 | 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 |
 | HYDE, Douglas. The Love Songs of Connacht. Being the fourth chapter of the Songs of Connacht, collected and translated by Douglas Hyde LL.D [SIGNED BY AN HYDE] An Craoibhín Aoibhinn’ President of the Gaelic League. With preface by W.B. Yeats. Dublin: Published by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats at the Dun Emer Press, in the house of Evelyn Gleeson at Dundrum, 1904. Octavo. pp. [viii], 128. Quarter linen on blue papered boards. Limited to 300 copies only. Paper labels to spine and upper cover. […] €1,250.00 |
 | IRISH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Official Souvenir of Irish International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907. Illustrated. Dublin: Printed & Published by Hely’s Limited, Dame St & Acme Works, Dame Court, 1907. Oblong octavo. pp. [2], [18 (plates)]. Green stapled printed wrappers. A very good copy. Very scarce. The Irish International Exhibition (sometimes Dublin International) was a world’s fair held in Dublin in 1907. The decision to hold the exhibition was […] €175.00 |
 | Irish Literary Society of London. Souvenir Programme of the Coming of Age of the Irish Literary Society of London, 1892–1913. London: Irish Literary Society, 1913. 4to. pp. [i], 2–14, [30] advertisements (44 pp. in total), illustrated with a photographic portrait of Alfred Perceval Graves, original printed pictorial wrappers designed in the Celtic Revival style by Sághra Mhic Threasa, stapled as issued. Published to commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the Irish Literary Society of London, founded in 1892 by leading figures […] €150.00 |
 | IRISH TOPOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. A remarkable album of 108 original topographical drawings in a bespoke volume of 29 folios, with all but three of the leaves at the back carrying one or two drawings; these have been stuck to each page or to a fly-sheet attached to the page, executed during an extended tour of Ireland in 1840. Forming an unpublished and highly important visual record of the country immediately prior to the Great Famine. Oblong quarto. Half purple morocco on green linen boards, titled in gilt on matching morocco label to upper cover ‘SKETCHES / IN IRELAND / 1840’. The artist, likely connected to the Bourke family, Earls of Mayo, at Palmerstown […] €2,750.00 |
 | JAMESON WHISKEY. The History of a Great House. Origin of John Jameson Whiskey. Containing some interesting observations thereon together with The Causes of its Present Scarcity. With drawings by Harry Clarke. Dublin: Printed for John Jameson & Son Ltd., Bow Street Distillery, Dublin and 7 Mark Lane, London E.C. by Maunsel & Roberts Limited, 1924. Octavo. First edition. pp. 20. Fine in illustrated wrapper. Steenson A6.a Clarke devoted […] €1,500.00 |
 | 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 |
 | KERNOFF, Harry. Woodcut Portrait of W. B. Yeats. Signed and captioned by the artist. Single leaf, 180 x 250mm. Circa 1950. Framed and glazed [330 x 395mm.] In very good condition. Rare W.B. Yeats woodcut. Harry Kernoff (1900-1974), artist, was born in London, son of a Russian father and Spanish mother. In 1914 the family moved to Dublin, where he studied at the Metropolitan School of Art and won the Taylor Scholarship in 1923. […] €675.00 |
 | KINSELLA, Thomas & Louis Le BROCQUY. The Tain. Brush Drawings by Louis le Brocquy, Translated and signed by Thomas Kinsella from the Irish Táin Bó Cuailgne Dublin: Dolmen, 1969. Imperial octavo. First edition. pp. vi, [2], 294, [2]. Black buckram with an illustration of a bull in white by Le Brocquy on upper cover, title in white on spine. Signed by Thomas Kinsella. Limited edition of 1750 of which 750 were for sale in the USA. A fine copy in near […] €1,850.00 |
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