The Eclectic Collector

1786 List of Honour, The English Grammar School or Whyte's Academy and an 8-page manuscript poem. A letterpress printed list of candidates for Pre...

1798-1898 Centenary silk handkerchief A white silk handkerchief, the centre printed with crossed pikes beneath a harp and the inscription, 'Rememb...

1798 - 1868 Bound collection of political pamphlets relating to Ireland, signed by George Canning, British Prime Minister. A bound collection of e...

1813 and 1822. Agrarian unrest in Ireland. Documents relating to "The Moll Doyles" 1813 (10 June) statement in the hand of Walter Kavanagh the old...

1831 (14 September) front of letter signed O'Conor Don. Addressed to Miss Jebbs, Devon, with crowned FREE circular datestamp in red. 3 x 4½in. (7....

1832 (June 10) Letter from Daniel O'Connell to Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue KG, PC, Whig politician. A two page letter. O'Connell seeks to e...

1834 (March 19) Letter from Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland rejecting a plea for mercy. A three page letter ...

1836 Return of Loan Fund Societies for county of Carlow and two letters relating to the regulation of Friendly Societies in Ireland. The financial...

1838 (June 16) Signed autograph letter from the Duke of Wellington. To Emerson Tennently, 10 Pall Mall, politely refusing a request of a favour. A...

1846-1847 Famine Period anonymous death threat to clergyman in Carrickmacross. Neatly written note addressed to Revd. F. Fitzpatrick with drawing ...

1847 (March 15) Duke of Wellington signed autograph letter. A 2½-page letter, headed 'Confidential', regarding the appointment of a Major General ...

1875 (12 July). Letter from Arthur McMurrough Kavanagh, limbless Member of Parliament for Carlow Three page letter from the pen of the incredible ...

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

1890s Signed applications for renewal of licences to sell spirits, beer and cider. 33 signed applications for renewal of licence to sell spirits, ...

1910-1911 Scoil Eanna, Prospectus. Listing Headmaster, P. H. Pearse; Masters; Teachers, including William Pearse (Art); Extern Lecturers, includin...

1911-1917 Women in revolutionary Ireland Plunkett, Horace; Pilkington, Ellice; Russell, George William. The United Irishwomen. Their place, work a...

1914 The Handbook for Irish Volunteers: Simple Lectures on Military Subjects. M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin, 1914, grey/green cloth, 100pp. 5¼ x 4¼in. (...

1914 The Rise of the Irish National Volunteer Movement, signed by Owen O'Duffy. An Address delivered in St. Peter's Club, Divis St., Belfast by T....

1908-1930 Thomas and Kathleen Clarke, archive of letters and documents. Including a cryptic postcard 1908 (Nov. 21) from Northumberland Street, Ed...

Sean Heuston, three educational certificates and an archive of letters regarding his commemoration. Three educational certificates to John J. Heus...

Roger Casement autograph letter, signed. On Ballycastle Club, Co. Antrim notepaper, undated. To Gill, a cryptic two-page letter, advising of his t...

Poblacht na hEireann, Proclamation of The Irish Republic Printed by City Printing, Limerick. Undated. Green and black with a composite image of th...

1916 Irish Republican Army, Leaders of The Insurrection. (4) A poster printed and published by the Powell Press; together with a poster of De Vale...

1916 The Times. History and Encyclopaedia of the War, two volumes covering the Rising August 1 & 8, 1916.

Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook 1917 edition of the Handbook, an extremely useful reference on the 1916 Rising. Including casualty lists and lists of...

1916 - 1966 A collection of commemorative publications. A colour illustrated calendar published by Irish Art Publications; The E.S.B. Journal, Apr...

Peadar Kearney 'The Soldier's Song' First Edition Music by Pádraig O' hAonaigh, arranged by Cathal MacDubhgall. 12¼ x 9¼in. (31.12 x 23½cm) Peadar...

Let Me Carry Your Cross' by Thomas Ashe, sheet music. A four page booklet with loosely inserted additional page. R. Whitehead-Handley, publisher. ...

1917 - 1920 Thomas Ashe & Terence MacSwiney commemorative cards and a collection of patriotic songs. A collection of four printed cards commemorat...

Gnathai Gan Iarraidh The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Fein together with two books and & The Irish Statesman, final issue. (4) Maunsel, Dublin and London...

1918 Report of the Proceedings of the Irish Convention Plunkett, Horace (Chairman), His Majesty's Stationery Office, Dublin, 1918. Red cloth gilt....

1920 (March 25) Letter from Terence MacSwiney to Michael Collins A one-page autograph letter in black ink on ruled notepaper, with Dáil Éireann ha...

1920 (August 2) Letter from Terence McSwiney On Lord Mayor of Cork notepaper, in Irish to 'Diarmuid'. With Dail Eireann Oifig an Runaidhe (Office ...

1921 (December 8) Michael Collins autograph signature On London and North Western Railway, Holyhead, Kingstown & Dublin Express Steamers notepaper...

1922 - 1923 Civil War scrap book. Containing printed photographic postcards with views of the destruction to Liberty Hall, 1916, the shelling of t...

Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins Memorial booklet and Michael Collins, The Path to Freedom. A commemorative booklet published shortly after the...

1922 Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins memorial booklet 62pp, Martin Lester, Dublin, 1922. A commemorative booklet published shortly after the d...

1923-24. Letters and sketches from Professor August Weckbecker, German sculptor and stained glass artist to Carlow priest. Correspondence is addre...

1940s Irish dancing notebook A manuscript 16mo notebook of 249 pages of instructions for Irish dances. Provenance: Compiled by the grandfather of ...

1948 General Election Fianna Fail poster A black and white poster depicting ranks of men and women marching in step with the slogan, "Step togethe...

1948 General Election poster for Labour A black and white poster showing two housewives hanging out washing one woman with a white sheet tagged "N...

1973 (September 20) Signed letter from Edward Heath to Major General Thomas O'Carroll, Chief of Staff, Irish Army. One page, on 10, Downing Street...

1961-1967 NASA Mercury Programme, early manned space flight, post mission reports. A collection of ten reports by the NASA Manned Spacecraft Centr...

1968-1978 NASA, a collection of official publications from the estate of NASA scientist Charles M. Grant. Collection comprises 17 NASA Facts sheet...

1970 NASA Space Station programme, Skylab. (12) Signed photohraphs of the first three crews of Skylab, the Executive summary of a McDonnell Dougla...

1971 NASA Space Shuttle programme, Final Report Alternate Concepts Study, Executive Summary. A 38-page report prepared for NASA by Lockheed Missil...

1972 Apollo 16 Flight Crew Logs from the estate of NASA scientist Charles M. Grant. An internal NASA record of Apollo 16's flight crew's pre-fligh...

Archdall, Mervyn. Monasticon Hibericum: or a History of the Abbeys, Priories and other Religious Houses in Ireland. Dublin, printed by J. Wright o...

Betjeman, John. Summoned By Bells, signed limited edition. John Murray, London, 1960. Number 125 of a limited edition of 125 copies and signed by ...

Samuel Beckett, How It Is, limited advance edition, signed. London: John Calder, 1964. First edition, limited issue, of Beckett's translation of '...

Brendan Behan, Brendan Behan's Island Bernard Geis Associates, New York, 1962. First Edition, signed to the title page by Brendan Behan and Paul H...

De Burca, Seamus, D'alton Louis and others. 1940s to 1970s collection of booklets De Burca (Bourke) Includes Brendan Behan A Memoir, love And Acid...

Donaldson Lieutenant-Colonel D.S. General Views & Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow From drawings made by the Author. London, 1860...

Graves, James and Prim, John G Augustus. The History and Antiquities of St. Canice's Kilkenny. The History and Antiquities and Architecture of the...

Hardiman, James. The History Of The Town and The County Of The Town Of Galway. With Moore, Thomas, Irish Melodies. (2) 1926 reprint by Connacht Tr...

James Joyce, Poems Penyeach 1927 Shakespeare and Company, Paris. First Edition of Joyce's second collection of poems. Small 8vo, sewn in original ...

James Joyce Portrait of the Artist London: Egoist Press, [1917], 1917. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles in blind to upper board and to spine g...

James Joyce, Ulysses, first American edition Random House, New York, 1934. First (authorized) American Edition. 8vo: xviii,774pp. Publisher's crea...

Patrick Kavanagh, Collected Poems, Signed Special Edition. MacGibbon & Kee London, 1964. Original boards with slipcase. Number 55 in a special edi...

Lewis, Samuel. Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. In three volumes. London Lewis and Co., 1850. Second edition, 4to., dark grey cloth gilt and b...