De Burca Rare Books

08/06/2026

Gists for Fathers Day 🎁

26/05/2026

BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN (Constitution of Ireland) with signature of Eamonn de Valera.
Dublin: Government Publications Sale Office, [circa 1970s]. Small octavo. .pp. 214. Original printed grey wrappers bearing the Irish harp to upper cover and priced “10p” to lower panel. With tipped-In presentation inscription reading “Le dea-ghuí (“With good wishes) Éamon de Valera,” adding an appealing association with one of the principal architects of modern Ireland and the driving force behind the adoption of Bunreacht na hÉireann in 1937. Very good copy in the original wrappers. Internally clean and bright throughout.

25/05/2026

Samuel Beckett. Original Signed Photographic Portrait ✍🏻
Original black-and-white photographic portrait signed by Samuel Beckett in dark ink beneath the image. Photograph measures approximately 140mm x 90mm. In Fine condition.

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21/05/2026

Marilyn Monroe. SCOPE. America’s New Big Picture Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 1. Signed by Marilyn Monroe ✍🏻

November 1952. New York: Vue Magazine, Inc., 1952. First issue. Quarto magazine format. Original pictorial wrappers. Signed by Marilyn Monroe in blue ink across the front cover portrait. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions and contemporary advertisements. Includes the articles “Why is Marilyn Monroe Queen of S*x Appeal?” and “Loves of Joe DiMaggio,” together with numerous features on American popular culture, politics and entertainment of the early 1950s.

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12/05/2026

Poetry

Our Poetry section houses rare books for sale from authors such as Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, Douglas Hyde, Thomas Kinsella, George Montague, Thomas Moore, Paul Muldoon, Frank O’Connor, J.M. Synge and old books from many more.

12/05/2026

“I met my love by the gas works wall.” ❤️

Rare and hard to find books relating to Ireland. Irish History, Literature, Poetry, Fine Bindings, Genealogy, Signed Edition's, First Edition's, Prints & Maps, Religion, Children's, Travel, Sport, Celtic Revival, Art & Music and Rare Manuscripts.

11/05/2026

BARRY, Tom. Guerilla Days in Ireland (Signed first edition with original artwork) Dublin: Irish Press Limited, 1949. First edition. .pp. 228. Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Original hand-coloured Irish republican artwork by C. McCarthy depicting the tricolour and Volunteer emblem, specially designed as a presentation leaf for Tom Barry’s inscription, adding notable visual and historical appeal. This copy is warmly inscribed by Tom Barry on the decorative presentation leaf: “With regards & good wishes … Tom Barry.” A good bright copy with some fading and wear to spine, scattered spotting and marks to endpapers, and traces of old tape residue to front and rear pastedowns. Internally clean and sound.

11/05/2026

Guerilla Days in Ireland by Tom Barry (Signed first edition with original artwork)

Dublin: Irish Press Limited, 1949. First edition. .pp. 228. Original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Original hand-coloured Irish republican artwork by C. McCarthy depicting the tricolour and Volunteer emblem, specially designed as a presentation leaf for Tom Barry’s inscription, adding notable visual and historical appeal. This copy is warmly inscribed by Tom Barry on the decorative presentation leaf: “With regards & good wishes … Tom Barry.” A good bright copy with some fading and wear to spine, scattered spotting and marks to endpapers, and traces of old tape residue to front and rear pastedowns. Internally clean and sound.

04/05/2026

New arrivals: Over 250 Irish History books 📚

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01/05/2026

MANCHESTER UNITED. Extensive autograph album of 40 players and associated figures, signed.

Small oblong autograph album, c. late 1950s–1970s, red covers, containing numerous ink signatures across coloured leaves (pink, cream, blue), each carefully identified in a contemporary hand beneath the autograph. Very good. Ink signatures bold and well-preserved throughout. Minor wear to covers; internally clean with only light handling marks.
Signatures include: Sir Matt Busby, Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, Paddy Crerand; Martin Buchan; Tommy Docherty; George Graham; David Sadler; Alex Stepney; Ian Donaldson; Ted MacDougall; Carlo Sartori; Jimmy Murphy; Trevor Anderson; Lou Macari; Willie Morgan; Damien Ferguson. 40 in total.

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