451. Pearse, Padraic.

The Sovereign People. [With a new Introduction by Pádraig Ó Snodaigh protesting against Ireland’s entry into the EEC “To advocate joining the EEC is to advocate the submersion of Irish nationality in a political experiment…”].

Ath Cliath, Pabal Teoranta, 1972. Octavo. 19 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Very good condition.

452. [Curran, John Philpot] Davis Esq., Thomas.

The Speeches of the Right Honorable John Philpot Curran. Edited with Memoir and Historical Notices

Second Edition. Dublin, James Duffy, 1859. 18.5cm x 13cm. XXXIV, 471 pages. Original Hardcover / Decorative publisher’s cloth. Tiny, 19th century library stamp. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of James P. Mc Carthy. [Duffy’s Library of Ireland]

453. McCarthy, Justin.

The Story of an Irishman.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1904. 22.6cm x 15cm. 411 (20) pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly shaky. Otherwise in good condition with signs of external wear. Minor traces of foxing to endpapers and titlepage. Text itself in excellent condition.

454. Hutton, Mary A.

The Táin – An Irish Epic Told in English Verse by Mary A. Hutton.

Dublin, Maunsel & Co., 1907. Small Quarto (18 cm x 22 cm). XII, 495 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Top edge gilt. The Volume now in collector’s Mylar. Binding with some fraying and rubbing to spine. As usual, the text deckled edges with some foxing. Last page of the Appendix unopened with a small tear. A very rare and important book with all the History and insight into “The Táin”.

455. [Barnes, Peter] Fairfield, Letitia.

The Trial of Peter Barnes and others (The I.R.A. Coventry Explosion of 1939).

London / Edinburgh / Glasgow, William Hodge, 1953. Octavo. XIII, 284 pages. With illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket slightly frayed and with some tears and loss. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! [Notable British trials – Volume 77].

456. Berleth, Richard.

The Twilight Lords – An irish Chronicle. [The Fierce Doomed Struggle of the Last Great Feudal Lords of Ireland Against the England of Elizabeth I].

New York, Barnes & Noble, 1978. Octavo. XV, 316 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

457. Mansergh, Nicholas.

The unresolved question – The Anglo-Irish settlement and its undoing 1912 – 1972.

New Haven/London, Yale University Press, 1991. Octavo. X, 386 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

458. Whyte, Louis.

The Wild Heather Glen: The Kilmichael Story of Grief and Glory.

Co. Cork, The Kilmichael/Crossbarry Commemoration Committee, 1995. 15 cm x 21 cm. 171 pages, illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition ! Rare !

459. Bowers, Fergal.

The Work – An investigation into the history of Opus Dei and how it operates in Ireland today.

Dublin, Poolbeg, 1989. 20 cm. iii, 150 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

460. [O’Flanagan, Michael] Carroll, Denis.

They have fooled you again. Michael O’Flanagan (1876-1942), priest, republican, social critic.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Columba Press, 1993. 22cm. 271 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.