The Little Prince in Irish

December 9, 2006 2:58 PM

Help me acquire The Little Prince in Irish (An Prionsa Beag.)

I have a goal to make a nuisance of myself in 12 languages. I plan to use The Little Prince (one of my favorite books) as a study aid and I already have it in 11 of them (including Esperanto) but I have been unable to get ahold of a copy in Gaelic. The only edition I know of was published as An Prionsa Beag by Fat Lagan Press in 1997 (ISBN 1873687338) and it has been out of print for a while.

posted by Captain Shenanigan to Writing & Language (5 answers total)

Best answer: Not sure where you live. In the UK there's one copy in the public library in Haringay, which you should be able to get through inter-library loan. In the US there's a copy in Cleveland Public Library. Their interlibrary loan page on Worldcat says you can borrow items if you are based in other states through your own library system - 10 dollar charge.
posted by paduasoy at 3:19 PM on December 9, 2006

Maybe search around on Litriocht? Or contact a second hand book shop like Greenes and see if they can get a hold of one for you?

I have a copy in Bengali I'm learning to read from :P
posted by jamesonandwater at 3:37 PM on December 9, 2006

How to find rare and out-of-print books is a great site by a librarian with lots of links to international used bookstores and search sites. It also includes some search strategies to use while locating your book. The site is a bit unattractive but the info is very good.
posted by holyrood at 4:32 PM on December 9, 2006

These people appear to have it.
These people even cheaper.
I know nothing about the reliability or honesty of either business, just googled "an preonsa beag" and that's what came up.
posted by katemonster at 4:49 PM on December 9, 2006

Or contact the publisher to see if they have any back copies.
posted by katemonster at 4:52 PM on December 9, 2006