Saorstat Eireann. Irish Free State Official Handbook. Dublin: Talbot Press, 1932. Pp, 324. Black cloth boards, title lettered in gilt to spine, upper cover with elaborate pictorial Celtic design by Art O’Murnaghan. Shelf-wear along edges & corners of binding, otherwise a fine bright copy.

Folded map of Ireland in pouch to rear pastedown.

Written and illustrated by some of the most talented & outstanding figures of the day & beautifully illustrated in sepia from paintings by many famous Irish Artists including Paul Henry, John Keating, Sean O’Sullivan, Maurice MacGonigal, Harry Kernoff, among others.

With thirty three chapters on Irish economics & culture including: Irish Literature by Gerard Murphy; Irish Folk Music; by D.J. O’Sullivan; Fauna and Flora by Robert Lloyd Praeger; History by Eoin MacNeill, Industries; Trade and Commerce; Irish Language; Architecture; Education etc.