Fonsie Mealy's RARE BOOKS & COLLECTIBLES December 7th & 8th, 2021

97 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 691. Smoke Irish Brands, Create Jobs Markievicz (Constance), Dail Minister for Labour. Leaflet (1pp, one side only) addressed to ‘Men andWomen of Ireland’ saying ‘Your Duty is Clear’ and asking them to ‘Demand Irish-Made Cigarettes,’ with a list of Irish manufacturers. With a British recruitment leaflet printed in green, headed ‘4 Questions for the Women of Ireland,’ referring to ‘what the Germans have done in Belgium,’ etc. Both Scarce. (2) €200 - €300 692. Rare First Printing Markievicz (Constance de) Women, Ideals, and the Nation, A Lecture Delivered to the Students’ National Literary Society, Dublin by Constance de Markievicz (Macha of Inghinidhe na hEireann), D. (Inghinidhe na hEireann) 1909, First Edn., 16pps, original ptd. blue wrappers. (1) * This was the First of Only two Pamphlets she wrote. €200 - €300 693. Pro & Anti Treaty Leaflets A good collection of Pro-Treaty Leaflets, about ten, printed in red and black, numbers 3,4,5,6,7,7,10,12,13,17, and a separate collection of ten Anti- treaty Flyers, some scarce items. As a collection. (1) * These give a clear insight into the opinions of both sides of the Treaty and how the bitter feud occurred. €300 - €500 694. Appeal for ‘Information’ for Law and Order [British Intelligence in Ireland] A Poster, c. 18” x 12” (46cms x 30cms), asking for information from‘self-respecting Irishmen’ to put a stop to ‘murders’ by members of the Irish Republican Army, to be sent to D.W. Ross at a Poste Restante address in London, c. 1920’s. Write your information on ordinary notepaper, being careful to give neither your name nor your address. Remember also to disguise your handwriting, or else to print the words...’ and offering a reward and the utmost secrecy. With a small printed leaflet (c. 6” x 4”) bearing the same text. Both items are Scarce, particularly the Poster. (2) €200 - €300 695. Republican Interest: de Markievicz (C.) A Call to the Women of Ireland, 8vo D. (Fergus O’Connor) 1918, First Edn., ptd. wrappers; [Anon] Irish American Verdict on Easter Week, 8vo D. (J.J. Walsh) 1916, 11pps, ptd. wrappers. Scarce; [Anon] The Sinn Fein leaders of 1916, 8vo D. (Cahill & Co. Ltd.) 1917, adverts and illus., ptd. wrappers; Clery (A.E.) Poets of the Insurrection, 8vo D. (Manusel & Co. ltd.) 1918, lacks wrappers, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) €80 - €120 696. ‘The Right to Shoot’ [Greenwood (Sir H.)] Pamphlet, 3pp (single folded sheet) issued by the Peace with Ireland Council, c. 1920, London, quoting various exchanges from Hansard about killing of civilians by British Forces in Ireland, including Croke Park (‘Bloody Sunday’). Scarce. (1) €180 - €220 697. Postcards: Irish Political, a collection of 6 photographic Cards, including Eoin MacNeill, Dr. O’Dwyer, Countess Markievicz, Thomas Ashe (2), Group of John Daly, Thomas J. Clark, Sean MacDermot, as a collection, w.a.f. (1) €70 - €100 698. Postcards: Irish Political, a collection of 6 Republican Cartoon Postcards, including ‘Caisc Dochais a Eire’, La Le Padraig, a Seditious, Thomas Ashe, as a lot, w.a.f. (6) €60 - €80 691 692 694 696 697