Gaelic Book Cover Art – Mac Liammhóir, Mícheál / Mérimée, Prosper / Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) / Austin Molloy aka Austin Ó Maolaoid / Ó Cadhlaigh, Cormac / Chesterton, G.K. / Carleton, William / Collins, Wilkie / Corkery, Daniel / Cullum, Ridgwell / Ó Neachtain, Eoghan / Goldsmith, Oliver / Keightley, S. R. / and many others,

Collection of 35 gaelic publications (plus one english language edition by Annie M.P. Smithson), most of them with their stunning vintage dustjacket – art by artists like Austin Molloy and others. All publications vintage gaelic translation of world – literature and all published between the late 1920’s and late 1950’s.

Dublin and others, 1929 – 1957. Octavo. More than 4000 pages. Original Hardcover, nearly all with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some dustjackets with larger tears. Some dustjackets missing. See full list and display of each book with photographs and detailed description. The price includes an upgrade to worldwide free shipping of the collection per DHL Express Courier.

Austin V. Molloy (aka Austin Ó Maolaoid, AóM) was born in Castleknock, Dublin, in 1886, son of John Molloy, a master carpenter, and his wife Marianne. He studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, where he became friends with Harry Clarke, and started selling cartoons to Arthur Griffiths’ Sinn Féin magazine from about 1909. His cartoons also appeared in Dublin Opinion from 1922.
From 1923 he taught illustration and layout at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, taking over from Clarke. Between them they taught a generation of illustrators, including George Altendorf, Olive Cunningham, Richard King, Victor Penney and John Henry.
He illustrated numerous book covers, particularly for An Gúm (″the scheme”), a government project to publish books in Irish, including translated works of English, American and European literature. He died in 1961. (Source: Irish Comics wiki)

• Keywords: Catalogue Four – International Art · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Collections Literature Rare · Gaeilge · Gaeilge – Rare · Gaelic Language Collection · Irish Literature – Rare · West Cork Rare Book Fair 2022
• Language: Gaeilge
• Inventory Number: 28896AB

EUR 3.800,-- 

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