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Three Lectures on Gaelic Topics
by Pearse, P. H. (Patrick)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 12mo. 60pp. Blue cloth, gilt title on upper board. Ownership blindstamp else a fine copy.
Patrick Pearse was President of the New Ireland Literary Society. This is his first book. The lectures are: Gaelic Prose Literature; The Folk-SOngs of Ireland; and The Intellectual Future of Gaelic.
In 1916, he was Commander-in-Chief of the Easter Rebellion and was executed in Kilmainham Gaol on May 3 of that year.
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23452
- Title
- Three Lectures on Gaelic Topics
- Author
- Pearse, P. H. (Patrick)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- M. H. Gill and Son
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1898
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
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