Celtic Cultures from Focloir

HBS 31-32 Catholic Church. The Stowe Missal: MS. D. II. 3 in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. Edited by Sir George F. Warner. Suffolk(Series: Henry Bradshaw Society, Volumes 31-32). ; Wolfeboro, N.H., USA: Boydell Press for the Henry Bradshaw Society, 1989, lviii, 45 pages, illus., facsim. Liturgical text in Latin; editorial matter in English. Two volumes in… Read more about this item

England pghb Prothero, G. W. (George Walter), 1848-1922. A memoir of Henry Bradshaw, fellow of King's college, Cambridge, and university librarian. London: K. Paul, Trench, & Co., 1888, vii, 2 l., 447 pages, illus. Good to very good copy of the hardcover. Some wear to cover, green cloth, with some blemishes. $45.00 Box 70, III, 4 Notes: Bradshaw, Henry, 1831-1886. Appendix: 1.… Read more about this item

Gaelic mqpm MacQuarrie, Duncan M. The placenames of Mull. [Inverness: D.M. Macquarrie], 1982, 102 p., [16] p. of plates, illus. Paperback. Inscription on front free endpaper, from library of Celtic scholar, very good else. Very uncommon. Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic $18.50

England krhim Kinvig, R. H. A history of the Isle of Man. Liverpool: University Press, 1950, viii, 180 pages, illus, maps, index. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket would be pretty close to the same but it has the remains of a sticker at the bottom of the spine. Call it good. $10.00 Box A125 Notes: "Published… Read more about this item

England mjmhb Myers, John Myers. The harp and the blade. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1941, 345p, very good copy. A fantasy of Druidic England. Originally published in 1941 and largely remembered because of 'Silverlock'. Myers wrote a number of other major fantasies. $18.50 Box 4118

Wales 021 Jenkins, Geraint H. Literature, religion and society in Wales, 1660-1730. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1980 (1978), 351 pages, bib, index. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00 Box 30

Scotland ljws Leirfall, Jon. West over sea: reminders of Norse ascendency from Shetland to Dublin. Translated by Kenneth Young from the Norwegian Vest i Havet. Sandwick, Shetland Islands: Thule Press, 1979, 159p, illus. Very nice copy in dust jacket. $16.50 Box A 114

Scotland bwe A Black Watch episode of the year 1731. Compiled from contemporary records with introduction and notes by H.D. Macwilliam. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1908, viii p., [1] leaf, 50 p, index, plates. Offsetting to free endpapers, invariably caused by the glue on the back of the lining papers, (probably in all copies), very good copy, clean, tight,… Read more about this item

Manx jkmp Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone. Contributions to the Study of Manx Phonology. (University of Edinburgh Linguistic Survey of Scotland Monographs No. 2.) Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson, 1955, 137 pages. Good to very good copy in dust jacket. Very uncommon. … Read more about this item

Scotland mkri MacLeod, Kenneth, 1871-1955. The road to the Isles: poetry, lore, and tradition of the Hebrides. With an introduction by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser. Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son, 1927, 248, notes, maps on endpapers. "Material contributed to the 'Songs of the Hebrides' and 'The Celtic Review' from the year 1907 onwards."--p. 7. Spine sun-faded, gilt lettering on spine and… Read more about this item

Ancient World 13kd Kendrick, T. D. (Thomas Downing). The Druids: a Study in Keltic Prehistory. New York: R. V. Coleman, National Book Buyers' Service, 1927, xiv, 227p, index, illustrations, maps. Good copy. First published in London by Methuen in 1927. $25.00 … Read more about this item

Gaelic gap Graves, Alfred Perceval, 1846-1931. The Celtic song book, being representative folk songs of the six Celtic nations. Chosen by Alfred Perceval Graves.[London]: Ernest Benn, Ltd, 1928, xix, 21-332 pages. In original green cloth with gilt lettering. There is some foxing on the endpages, else a nice, clean, tight copy.Notes: With music (unaccompanied melodies). Many of the songs… Read more about this item

Scotland wpp Wainwright, F. T. (Frederick Threlfall). The problem of the Picts. Edited by F. T.Wainwright. (Series: Studies in history and archaeology).Edinburgh: Nelson, 1955, xi, 187p, bib, index, 12 plates, maps on lining papers. Very good, dust jacket is just fair. Scarce. … Read more about this item

Gaelic 182mlp Mac an Luain, Pádraig Eoghain Phádraig 1885-1979. An hour by the hearth/ Uair an chloig cois teallaigh: stories told by Pádraig Eoghain Phádraig Mac an Luain. Collected, translated, and annotated by Séamas Ó Catháin. (Series: Scríbhinní béaloidis 14). Dublin: Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann, 1985, xxxvii, 103 p., [1] leaf of plates: illus. Accompanied by cassette: Uair an chloig… Read more about this item

Gaelic 512sa Stewart, Alexander, Rev. Nether Lochaber: the natural history, legends, and folk-lore of the West Highlands. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1883, xviii, 417p. Ex-library copy with usual markings and stamps but a nice, clean copy else. No record of it having ever been read. "The contents of this volume made their first appearance in the shape of a… Read more about this item

Gaelic038bm2 British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts. Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Museum. Volume II. By Robin Skelton. Dublin: School of Celtic Studies/Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1992, xxxvi, 634 pages. Reprint. Like new. $27.50

Gaelic038bm1British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts. Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Museum. Volume I. By Standish Hayes O'Grady, 1832-1915. Dublin: School of Celtic Studies/Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1992, xi, 706 pages. Reprint. Like new. $27.50

Gaelic554 Yee, Patrick. Ròsaidh Rabaid a' cluich. Steòrnabhagh: Acair, 1998, 12p. Hardbound children's pop-up book in Scottish Gaelic.Very colorful. Good condition. $12.50

Gaelic552 Wilson, Karma. Mathan mòr tinn. Dealbhan le Jane Chapman; [an tionndadh Gàidhlig Norma Nicleòid]. [Steòrnabhagh]:Acair, 2008, 38p, large very colorful oblong paperback. Book was poorly wrapped for sea journey resulting in bending to cover, good copy overall. $17.50

Gaelic551 Whyte, Henry. The Celtic Lyre: a collection of Gaelic songs with English translations by Fionn. Music in both notations. Glasgow: Archibald Sinclair, 1927, 68p. Good copy Songs in Scottish Gaelic with English translation. $50.00