Dublin: Printed by Br. James Forrest, 1885. First edition. 8vo; orange printed wrappers, 46, [2] pp. The Orange Institution of Ireland “is composed of Protestants, united and resolved to the utmost of their power to support and defend the rightful Sovereign, the Protestant Religion, the Laws of the Realm, the... More
Bronx: Irish Northern Aid, 1978. First American edition. 8vo; stapled, illustrated wrappers, [2], 17, [1] pp, illustrations. A description of the history and conditions of Irish political prisoners in Long Kesh/H-Block, the notorious prison outside Belfast. Includes illustrations of the squalid conditions and inhumane treatment Republican prisoners are forced to... More
[Northern Ireland?], [ca. 1983]. First edition. 8vo; light blue, stapled card wrappers, 32 pp. A collection of early writings from the outspoken Irish nationalist priest, Fr. Joseph McVeigh, condemning the institutional and legitimized violence of the British state against Northern Irish Catholics. Essays/speeches includes: “Growing Up Catholic in the North... More
Ripley, Derbys.: Ripley Printing Society Ltd. First edition. Original, stapled wrappers (18.5 x 12.75 cm); 15 pp. A scurrilous piece of anti-Irish/Catholic propaganda, Freeman accuses the disloyal Irish of taking British jobs while remaining pampered, unpatriotic, superstitious, and backward. He goes on to contend that the priests are at the... More
Antrim: Printed by Geo. H. Mearns, 1877. First edition. 8vo; sewn orange wrappers printed in black, 10 pp. The title well describes the contents of this thin pamphlet where “fearing God and honouring the Queen” go a long way toward your admittance. Soiled wrappers are almost loose, but are tenuously... More
London: Drane's, [ca. 1915]. First edition. 12mo; illustrated wrappers, 90 pp, [6] pp, adverts. An anti-Home Rule, anti-Papal screed that criticizes Irish Nationalism broadly with particular virulence reserved for the Catholic hierarchy and Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, whose Irish Universities Bill (1908) extended university education to Catholics. This... More
Dublin: The Glendale Press, 1983. First edition. Octavo. Green paper-covered board with gilt spine; 351 pp.; 35 illustrations; dust jacket. A Fine copy in a Near Fine, slightly smudged dust jacket. A relatively uncommon biography of Thomas Michael Kettle (1880-1916). This first full-length biography presents a well-researched account of the... More
London: Office of "Echoes of Service" 1902. First edition. Octavo (22.5 cm); viii, 276 pp.; photographic frontispiece of the author. Blind-ruled blue cloth, gilt spine. A Very Good+ copy with some very light rubbing to board edges and corners lovingly bumped. Cheap paper is browning, but besides contemporary owner's signature... More
Chino: Chick Publications, ©1988. Second printing. 8vo; perfect-bound, illustrated wrappers, 160 pp, photographs. The author traveled to Northern Ireland at the outset of the Troubles, and although not entirely unsympathetic to Catholic deprivation and discrimination, he accuses the Vatican of fomenting social revolution in an attempt to gain complete control... More
London: E. Lahr, 1931. 12mo; stapled, newsprint wrappers, 12 pp. This edition limited to 2,247,365 copies with each copy signed by the Author with a rubber stamp. O’Flaherty’s short, playful attack on capitalism, whereby the unemployed would be substituted for pets of the upper class. The publisher’s notice on the... More