COLUMBA, ULTAN, SENAN, BERCHAN, MALACHY a.o.

The prophecies of Saints Colum-cille, Maeltamlacht, Ultan, Senan, Bearcan, and Malachy as compiled, translated and annotated by the late Mr. Nicholas O'Kearney, and published in 1856 by John O'Daly, 9 Anglesea St., Dublin.

Dublin, James Duffy & Co., 1925. 15 x 11 cm. Original cloth. xii, 138 p. In Irish (old script) and English (plus Latin). Extensive notes and commentaries. Binding with vague stain. The Irish prophets: from St. Columba to St. Malachy of Armagh, prophecies of the medieval Saints of Ireland in an accessible edition.

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N° du livre: 282523

Catalogue: Irish - Eire - Ireland - Ierland

(TOORIANS, Lauran). OLD IRISH

Cétamon. ('Cétemain' or 'May Day' in Early Irish with Dutch translation).

[Tilburg], Brandon Pers, 1997. Oblong 13 x 17 cm. Original wrappers. 28 p. With Irish illustrations in red and green. 1st edition. Fine condition. The Old Irish poem 'Springtime' with introduction, note and translation into Dutch, a beautiful bibliophile book.

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N° du livre: 271255

Catalogue: Irish - Eire - Ireland - Ierland

LECKY, William Edward Hartpole

Autograph signed letter (ALS) to an admirer, dated "Xmas day. 1891."

6 lines on paper printed "38, Onslow Gardens, S.W.". Small trace of glue on verso, from an album or an envelope. Lecky has "much pleasure in sending you my autograph". He hopes "that you may work with so much perserverance and success that Pugh may some day ask for yours". William Hartpole Lecky (1838-1903) was an Irish historian and politician, married to Elisabeth van Dedem, herself a historian, and also lady-in-waiting of Queen Sophie of the Netherlands.

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N° du livre: 205473

Catalogue: Irish - Eire - Ireland - Ierland

McGEE, Thomas d'Arcy / Rigby GRAHAM

A Legend of Antrim. (With three original woodcuts by Rigby Graham).

Banholt, (Bonnefant Press), 2012. 28,5 x 20 cm. Original wrappers. (16) p. Set by hand in Neue Hammer-Unziale (on loan from Sub Signo Libelli) and printed on handmade Losin paper in an edition of 60 numbered copies. Beautiful Irish landscape prints: the Mull of Kintyre, Murlough Bay and Slieve Binnian in this Irish poem from the nineteenth century.

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N° du livre: 283138

Catalogue: Irish - Eire - Ireland - Ierland

SHAW, George Bernard

17 original press photos from 1925-1950.

About 15 x 21 and 20 x 25 cm. With press organisation stamps and captioned tickets, often with red crayon lines. Some photos with marker lettering and tracking or white gouache used for editing or altering towards publication. One corner torn off, one photo clipped, and one on which part of a ticket was glued. Some creases and tears and other little signs of wear. Shaw taking dancing lessons from Max Rinder (heavily retouched, 1925). With a 'Typical American Girl' (1929). Becoming a Freeman of Dublin, with Hernon, Dulanty and O'Neill (heavily retouched in black and white, 1946). Shaw in conversation, his partner summarily torn off (1938). A bust made by Jo Davidson (at the lower side with some glued paper damage, 1931). With Mrs. Feliks Topolski and her infant son Daniel (1945). With Pandit Nehru (1949). Shaw speaking, gouache retouches photographed (1941). Conversing with Danny Kaye (1949). Walking through a new abbey gate (1949). In a Chinese robe with his friend, Sir Robert Hotung (seriously clipped, 1949). With Lady Astor on his 94th birthday, and about Shaw's beard (June 28, 1950). In a hospital bed (Oct. 6, 1950). Visiting his garden (Oct. 16, 1950). Two pictures of Shaw's handwriting (1930, 1933).

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N° du livre: 275521

Catalogue: Irish - Eire - Ireland - Ierland