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Doyle (Arthur Conan) Eachtraí Sherlock Holmes [Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]

£250

Proinnéias Ó Drógáin d’aistrigh go Gaeilge [translated into Irish Gaelic by Prendergast O’Drogan]
Dublin, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais [the Government Publications Sales Office], 1936.

First Irish Gaelic edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket.

The first and only edition of the first-ever Irish Gaelic translation of Sherlock Holmes – produced during the Irish language revival period, published by the government’s own publications office, and now genuinely scarce.

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A little minor foxing; remains of sticker to cloth spine; jacket with some damage to spine ends with loss to foot.

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