Colum, Padraic (Introduction).

Broad-Sheet Ballads. Being a Collection of Irish Popular Songs with an Introduction by Padraic Colum.

[First Edition]. Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, [1913]. xvi, 76 pages. With a frontispiece reduced from a drawing by Jack B. Yeats. Original green cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Blind line decorations. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to corners and spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occasional foxing, otherwise internally clean. A nice copy.

Jack B. Yeats (Art Work).

Broadside Characters: Drawings by Jack B. Yeats. ‘Broadside Characters by Jack B. Yeats’ with an Introduction by Anne Yeats is printed on Irish Paper at the Cuala Press, 116 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Alistair Carwood was the press-man, The Edition consists of three hundred hand coloured copies. December 1971. This is Number 175.

First and Limited Edition in this Form. Dublin, Cuala Press, 1971. 28 x 19 cm. Top edges uncut. Original blue cloth. Hard cover with paper label on front board. Fine. Very minor shelf wear and dust dulling.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Belloc, Hilaire / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1935 and 1937.

Photo-Lithographic Reprints of the First Cuala Press Editions. Two Volumes. Shannon, Ireland, T.M. McGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29-21 cm. Both Volumes: 64 pages, incl. blanks and title pages. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Fine and very good in very good dust jackets. For exact descriptions please go to westcoastrarebooks.com and search for items 103459 & 103460.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Higgins, F.R. / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1935. A Collection of Old and New Song. Songs by W.B. Yeats, James Stephens, F.R. Higgins, Frank O’Connor, Lynn Doyle, Bryan Guiness, Padraic Colum. Illustrattions by: Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Sean O’Sullivan, E.C. Peet, Harry Kernoff, Maurice McGonigal. Music by Arthur Duff.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, Ireland, T.M.MacGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29 x 21 cm. 64 unnumbered pages, incl. blanks and title page. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Fine in very good dust jacket. Very mildly age darkened. Dust jacket with minor edge wear and and short tears. See images. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Belloc, Hilaire / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1937. A Collection of New Irish and English Songs 1937. Songs by: W.B. Yeats, W.J. Turner, Oliver Gogarty, Hilaire Belloc, Dorothy Wellesley, James Stephens, Edith Sitwell, Frank O’Connor, Gordon Bottomley, F.R. Higgins, Padraic Colum, Walter De La Mare. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Harry Kernoff, Maurice McGonigal. Music by W.J Turner, Arthur Duff, Edmund Dulac, Frank Liebich, Hilda Matheson, Art O’Murnaghan, Hilair Belloc.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, Ireland, T.M. McGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29 x 21 cm. 64 pages, incl. blanks and title page. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket creased, mildly stained and with short tears. Internally very clean. See images.

Gibbons, Stephen Randolph.

Captain Rock, Night Errant. The threatening Letters of Pre-Famine Ireland, 1801 – 1845.

First Edition. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2004. 23 x 15 cm. 282 pages. Original black cloth with title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. As New.

Ó Donnchadha, Diarmuid.

Castar an Taoide [The Turn of the Tide].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Coiscéim, 1995. 8°. XIII, 637 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author.

Mac Giolla Chearna, An tAthair P.

Ceachta as Leabhar na Cruinne [Lessons from the Book of the World].

1955 Reprint. Dublin, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1955. 18 x 12 cm. 125 pages. Original soft covers. Very good condition. Front board partially faded. See image. Name of previous owner. Internally clean.

Various Authors. Dillon, Myles (Editor).

Celtica Vol. X and XXVII.

Two Volumes. Dublin, School of Celtic Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, 1973 & 2013. 25 x 15 cm. Vol. X: 274 pages / Vol. XXVII: 8 pages. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, and dust dulling.

Hughes, Harry / Ryan, Aine.

Charles Hughes. Lankill to Westport. 1876 – 1949.

First Edition. Westport, Charles Hughes Ltd. and Portwest Ltd., 2007. 24.5 x 17 cm. xvi, 351 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf and edgewear. Signed by both authors on the title page, together with a gift inscription by an unknown person. See images. Internally bright and clean.