1922. 3.5 x 4.25 inches, no place, no date, circa 1922, in Gaelic [translated: Glendalough House Annamoe [?] County Wicklow Eire / Ireland Yours very sincerely Robert Barton] and his full signature in Gaelic and English -- a very early and important item. Fine condition. Irish Nationalist and politician who participated in the negotiations leading up to the signature on the Anglo-Irish Treaty. As an officer in World War I, he was stationed in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Uprising..... More

Dublin: 1925. 3.5 x 4.5-inch card, no place, no date ("Dublin" written on the back), circa 1925. Signed as "James A. Burke" in English: "May the ties of friendship between Ireland and the United States be further strengthened by the breath of freedom." An important and powerful quote from the earliest days of the Irish Free State. Tiny pen notation in the lower left corner; near fine condition. Irish Nationalist and founding member of Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine..... More

Dublin: 1925. Excellent full signature on a 2.5 x 4.75-inch embossed thin paper-stock calling card for ROINN AN UACTARAIN - ASAID MUIRBTEAN UAC - BAILE ATA CLIAT - DUBLIN. Exceptional centering and contrast, circa 1925. Mounting remnants on the back, but still in near fine condition. Irish radical politician who, upon the assassination of Michael Collins, succeeded him as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from August to December 1922. He served as the first President..... More

1923. 3.5 x 4.25 inches, signed "Desmond Fitzgerald, Enay 24, 1923." Mounting remnants and notations on the back, but still in near fine condition. Irish Revolutionary who participated in the 1916 Uprising and later the Irish Civil War. He supported the treaty with Great Britain that created The Irish Free State, becoming its second Minister of Foreign Affairs. More

London: 1842. 1 page, 7 x 4.5 inches, London, October 6, 1842, on stationery bearing a fine steel engraving of the Rosary at old Brompton. Written to a collector, in full: "I am ever very sincerely yours - Anna Maria Hall." Natural folds; very good condition. Irish author of children's books who often published under the name Mrs. S. C. Hall. More

1933. 2.25 x 4.5 inches, no place, dated March 27, 1933, with the addition of a sentiment written in Gaelic (not translated). Fine condition. Irish radical politician who served in the governments of Eamon de Valera and Sean Lemass in a range of ministerial positions. During the 1916 uprising, he mobilized at Dundalk and fought in the General Post Office Garrison. This action earned him a sentence of death, later commuted to life in prison and soon after, released in..... More

1925. 3.5 x 4.5 inches, no place, February 24, 1925. Signed in full with the addition of a sentiment written in Gaelic (not translated). Very good(+) condition. Irish radical politician who, in 1916, joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He fought in Marrowbone Lane in the Easter Uprising and was subsequently jailed in Wormwood Scrubs and Brixton prisons in England. He was a member of the Irish Republican Army, the guerrilla army of the Irish Republic, and successfully organized many bank..... More

Franklin Center: Franklin, 1984. 461 pages, 8vo, full brown leather with gilt tooling, all edges gilt. Franklin Center, Pa.: The Franklin Library, 1984. A fine copy. Limited First Edition, signed by O'Brien on blank page before the half-title. More

1923. 3.5 x 4.25 inches, May 23, 1923, signed "With Great Esteem, C. O'. Higgins" -- a choice example of one of the most important figures in Irish history during the first half of the 20th century. Ink notations and mounting remnants on the back, but still in very good condition. Irish statesman who supported the treaty with Great Britain that created the Irish Free State. In 1922 he became Minister of Justice and Vice President of the Executive Council..... More

London: 1932. Two Autograph Notes signed with initials GBS, on his partly printed correspondence cards, 4 ½ "X 2", each captioned: With Bernard Shaw's Compliments, 4 Whitehall Court, London. The first: The Melbourn Hotel, August 8th 1932, in full: "I dont know Cicelys address, so must send her cards to you. This should have been enclosed with the pictures." The second, evidently written to his dentist, December 3rd 1936, in full: "The lower plate proved so much worse with the..... More

1974. 1 page on personal letterhead, 10.25 x 7.25 inches, no place, January 23, 1974. In this letter, Uris discusses legal issues raised by his book "Ireland: A Terrible Beauty," in part: "...You have my word through this letter that I will make any adjustments necessary to make this chapter as free of libel as possible, but it must be understood that if my sources are unassailable, then those comments and passages will remain as written..." Pen notations by the..... More