1. Patterson, Annie W.

The Harp and Irish Music [Article in Journal of the Ivernian Society Volume III – January – March]

Cork, Guy & Co. Ltd., 1911. Octavo. VII, 67, VIII pages. Stapled Softcover. The binding in very poor condition ! Staples rusty and the wrappers detached. The bookblock itself still in good condition and all the articles very readable.

2. Bunting, Edward.

The Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the Piano Forte. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Irish Harp and Harpers, Including an Account of the Old Melodies of Ireland / [″A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the Piano Forte; some of the most admired melodies are adapted for the voice, to poetry chiefly translated from the original Irish songs”].

Reprint of the First Edition (Dublin, 1840). Three Volumes in One. Dublin, Cahill & Co., 1969. Folio. Pagination: Three titlepages for three works bound in one: Volume I: “The Ancient Music of Ireland” (1840): 11, 100 pages of History of Irish Music and the Antiquity of the Harp and Bagpipe of Ireland” as well as 109 pages of “The Ancient Music of Ireland arranged for the Pianoforte” with the essential “Index to the Irish Names of the Airs” [Names of Airs are displayed in Gaelic / in English Translation and then Translated [For example: “A muinnin” / “A muirnin” / “The Darling”] and “Index to the English Names of the Airs” [with “Name of the Air”, “Author and Date of Origin of the Air” as well as “Where and from Whom procured”]/ Volume II: “A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland” (1809) – with: “An Historical and Critical Disssertation on the Harp” – 28 pages of text plus two p;lates of Historical Harp – Illustrations plus 72 pages of Irish Airs set to Music / Volume III: “A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music – Containing a variety of Admired Airs never before Published” (1796), 31 pages//. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition of this important reproduction of the original 18th and 19th century edition of Bunting’s work on Airs and the Harp. Essential for every collection on the History of Irish Music and in this reprduced form especially carefree to use.

3. [Carolan, Turlough] O’Sullivan, Donal [and Arthyur O’Neill].

CAROLAN – The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper. In Two Volumes. Volume I: The Life and Times and The Music / Volume II: The Notes to the Tunes and The Memoirs of Arthur O’Neill.

First Edition. Two Volumes (Complete Set). London, Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1958. Quarto (18.7 cm wide x 24.7 cm high). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Carolan, XV, 285 pages plus the often missing Fold-Out-Map of Ireland bound to the rear / Volume II: Frontispiece-Illustration of Carolan entertaining a small crowd (From the Painting by J.C.Timbrell in 1844), XIII, 200 pages. Volume Two also includes a Portrait of Carolan’s Biographer, Belfast Harpist Arthur O’Neill (this Portrait is cleanly detached and loosely inserted). Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Portrait of Arthur O’Neill cleanly detached but loosely inserted.