The Eclectic Collector

The Book of Kells facsimile. A facsimile copy of The Book of Kells with a study of the manuscript by Francoise Henry, Thames & Hudson, 1974. Gilt ...

1656. Oliver Cromwell. Parallelum Olivae by Ludovici Gand [Gand, Ludovici]. Parallelum Olivae, nec non Olivarii Serenissimi, Celsissimi, Potentiss...

1796-1798 manuscript plans for the invasion of England and Ireland by France. (4) (i)Hoche's Instructions to Colonel Tate for a raid on the west c...

1798 (24 September). Bartholomew Teeling's intended speech at the gallows before his execution. A contemporaneous copy of Bartholomew Teeling's in...

1798 (November). Letters and secret documents written or translated by Theobald Wolfe Tone. (8) (i) 1798 Contemporaneous copy in another hand of a...

1798 (10 November) Theobald Wolfe Tone's speech from the dock. Unsigned, written in Tone's own hand. 4 pages, on Whatman paper watermarked 1794, q...

1800-1923 Collection of autograph letters of Irish interest. (17) 1797 Lady Macartney from Emo Park, 1804 Lord Clements, 1811 John Eyre Coote, 181...

Napoleon in Exile, by Barry E. O'Meara, his surgeon. Two volumes, octavo, Third edition, London 1822, quarter morocco, marbled boards. Based in pa...

1822 (January to April) archive relating to The Rathvilly Gang, three of whom were hanged. Includes manuscript letters and affidavits etc. relatin...

1828 (10 July) Certificate of Election of Daniel O'Connell for County Clare. "These are to certify that Daniel O'Connell of Darunane [sic] Abbey i...

1844. A scrapbook compiled by Daniel O'Connell while imprisoned in Richmond Bridewell, Dublin. Compiled for his daughter Eliza, with a dedication ...

1853 The Exhibition of Art-Industry in Dublin Illustrated Catalogue. Published by Virtue & Co., London, 1853. With many plates of sculptures and m...

1855 The Great Industrial Exhibition Dublin medal with others. (5) White metal, with portrait of William Dargan who financed the exhibition, and r...

1859 (25 January) Centenary of Robert Burns 'Grand Festival' Belfast commemorative program. "Grand Festival in The Music Hall, Belfast" organised ...

Circa 1880 Home Rule Ireland One Dollar Certificate for payment to The Ant-Coercion Fund. Home Rule for Ireland'' Bond Certificate: The excessivel...

1799-1917 a valuable collection of autographs in an antique album. (50) Includes Henry Grattan (postbill) Charles Stewart Parnell (2 ), Isaac Butt...

1880 (5 February) Irish Famine: the Queen's Speech, a manuscript by Sir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of The Exchequer. "A paragraph suggested......

1881-1923 Political correspondence of J. J. Clancy (1847-1928) An archive of 31 letters including, 1885 (December 27) from Charles Stewart Parnell...

1882 (4 October) letter from Richard Pigott (the Forger of Parnell letters) to PJ Smyth MP Handwritten from Kingstown the letter content refers to...

Michael Davitt signed letter concerning publication of Within the Pale, The True Story of Anti-Semitic Persecutions in Russia 1903 (9 July) letter...

Polar Exploration: Collection of books including John Ross, Elisha Kane, James Clarke Ross, and Captain Scott. (5) Narrative Of A North West Passa...

1914-1918. An archive of research into German Prisoners of War located at Templemore and elsewhere in Ireland An interesting collection of letters...

1916. The "Castle Document" - the original printing, made by Joseph Plunkett and Rory O'Connor to deceive Eoin MacNeill. Letterpress by hand, with...

1916 A "Half" Proclamation of The Irish Republic. The proclamation was printed in two parts due to lack of type according to John O'Connor The Sto...

1915 (December 25) a copy of Chambers Mathematical Tables, signed by James Connolly. With manuscript inscription "To Roderic Connolly from his fat...

1916 (3-7 March) The Irish Theatre playbill for "Easter" by August Strindberg and related items (3) Tomas MacDonagh was a director with Edward Mar...

[1916] Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada (Seán McDermot), signatory to the Proclamation of The Irish Republic Dated 20 November 1913 to Nora Ashe (sis...

1916 (28 April) Coroner's Examinations of witnesses to the Battle of Asbourne and inquests of casualties. (11) 11 handwritten accounts on official...

1916-1917. Collection of pamphlets including Bishop of Limerick And General Maxwell, Mr Ginnell's Speech etc. (5) Comprises The Lord Bishop of Lim...

1916, May 3, Los Angeles Evening Herald newspaper with banner 'IRISH LEADERS EXECUTED'. Together with a share certificate for the Irish American A...

1916-1922 collection of US and Canadian newspapers with reports of events in Ireland. Also includes a Sinn Fein periodical 1924, a 1909 Daily Sket...

1916 Rising picture postcards: collection of portraits. (14) Published by Powell Press including scarce issues for Thomas Hunter, Thomas Allen, P...

1916-1922 collection of pictorial booklets. (3) Includes 1916 The Sinn Fein Rebellion by WG Baird, 1916 Pictorial Review by Parkside Press 1946, a...

1916, 'Who Dares to Speak of Easter Week?', poster. Limited edition (2/300) reprint by the late Sean Crean, New York and Leitrim, of a 1916 poster...

Circa 1900 to 1917. Manuscripts including some written by Thomas Ashe A manuscript essay on Padraig Pearse in Irish, possibly by Ashe, also a penc...

[1917] Copies of two lengthy letters from Thomas Ashe to "Greiracroide" (Gregory) written in 1913. 10 pages in Ashe's hand in pencil and ink, in a...

[1917] Thomas Ashe speech in Irish to teachers' meeting circa 1913. 7pp manuscript in Irish old script in ink. Appears to exhort his audience to p...

1914 (7 July) letter from Thomas Ashe during his fundraising tour of the USA. The letter, in Ashe's hand in ink and in Irish, on The Garde, Hartfo...

1916-1917 letters to Thomas Ashe in English prisons from various friends and his sister. Correspondents include Mel Hanifin, S. O Murtha, Catherin...

1916 (28 June) letter from Thomas Ashe in Dartmoor Prison to his sister Nora. Written in ink in Ashe's hand on prison paper with censor marks, he ...

1916 (13 December) letter from Thomas Ashe to his sister Nora from Lewes Gaol. Written in Ashe's hand on prison paper, with interesting insight in...

1917 (23 January) letter from Thomas Ashe to his sister, Nora, from Lewes Gaol On prison notepaper, printed regulations on one side, written in As...

1917 (2 February) two letters from Thomas Ashe at Lewes Gaol to his sister, including mention of Michael Collins. Extracts cut from large multi re...

1917 (21 February and 12 March) letters from Thomas Ashe to his sister Nora from Lewes Gaol (2) In Ashe's hand in ink on prison paper, contents a ...

1917 (17 March to 17 May) three lengthy multi-correspondent letters to Thomas Ashe in prison in England. (3) To circumvent prison rules of only on...

1917 letters to Nora Ashe from Richard Hayes in prison, and Miceal O Aodha. Short letter, part of a multi-correspondent letter, from Dr Richard Fr...

1917 (10 April) letter from Richard Mulcahy, later commander-in-chief of the IRA, to Thomas Ashe in Lewes Gaol. Written in pencil in Mulcahy's han...

1917 (May) two letters from Thomas Ashe to his sister Nora from Lewes Gaol. In Ashe's hand in ink on part pages of prison paper - the remainder ha...

1917 (28 June) letter from Michael Collins to Thomas Ashe. An important letter, entirely in Collins' hand, from 10 Harcourt Street, Dublin. Intere...

1917 (19 July) letter from Countess Markievicz to Thomas Ashe. In pencil in the hand of the Countess, from 9 Belgrave Road, inviting "Mr Ashe" to ...

1917 (25 July) letter from Michael Collins to Thomas Ashe. Typescript on Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependents' Fund headed paper, inviting ...

1917 (July-August) Thomas Ashe speeches - his notes. Written mostly in pencil on scraps of paper, sizes from 2 by 1 inch to 10 by 8 inches. Topics...

1917 (31 July) note to Thomas Ashe from WT Cosgrave, Rising veteran and later President of the Irish Free State. A very brief note in Cosgrave's h...

1917 (31 July) letter from Sean T. O'Kelly, Rising veteran and later President of Ireland. Typescript on Conradh na Gaeilge neaded paper, inviting...

1917 (1 August) letter from Michael Collins to Thomas Ashe. In Collins' hand in ink about meeting up with Ashe in Nenagh, and enclosing a mimeogra...

1917 (5 August) Oration by Commandant Thomas Ashe at Casement's Fort, Ardfert, Kerry. Ashe's handwritten notes and his copy of the printed oration...

1917 (28-30 August). Letters from Austin Stack and Joseph Foley, regarding Thomas Ashe imprisonment. (3) Two letters from Stack from "HM Male Pris...

1917 (3 September). The Court Martial of Thomas Ashe - a collection of documents. Orders by Colonel Kennard establishing the Court Martial, letter...

1917 (7 September) letter from Thomas Ashe in Mountjoy Prison. Written in ink on an envelope - the prison authorities had restricted his access to...

1917 (22 August) letter from Michael Collins to Nora Ashe, after the arrest of her brother Thomas. In Collins hand in ink, saying he has visited T...