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

98 Imperfections Not Stated Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 701. The Returned Volunteers . Important photograph by Keogh Brothers, 30cms x 38cms, mounted, showing a large party of Irish 1916 Volunteers, with a few family members, after their release from British jails, photographed outside Dublin’s Mansion House. The prisoners were released by a British Government decision of June 15 1917, ostensibly to secure a favourable atmosphere for the deliberations of the Irish Convention; but also because Sinn Fain had started nominating prisoners to contest Parliamentary by-elections. In any case the releases were widely welcomed. Eoin MacNeill can be seen prominently near the centre here, second row from front, wearing an old-fashioned tie, with his arm ostentatiously around Eamon De Valera’s shoulder to stress their reconciliation. Some of the others did not live to see the independence they had fought so hard to achieve. A photograph of historic importance in Ireland’s path to independence, an excellent copy. (1) €600 - €800 699. Postcards: Republican, a collection of eleven picture postcards of the various 1916 and other Republican leaders including: P.H. Pearse, MacDiarmada, Clarke, Connolly, Joseph Mary Plunkett, Ceannt and MacDonagh, as a collection, w.a.f. (1) €80 - €100 700. Signed by Peadar Kearney Music Sheet: O’Cearnaigh (P.)words., Mac Dubhghaill (C.) composer, The Three - Coloured Ribbon, 4t9o, D. (the Gaelic Press) n.d., Signed, Is Mise Peadar O’Carnaigh, 2pps. Good Copy. (1) €125‑€175 703 – See pages 99-101 704. Dail Eireann 1919 : A very large photograph Print, “Dail Eireann, 1919” with cameo photo of all 69 deputies set in a red decorated Celtic design, approx. 18” x 21½”, some staining, in contemporary frame, as a print, w.a.f. (1) €200 - 300 705. Pearse (P.H.) Golden Moments with P.H. Pearse, 24mo D. (Whelan & Son) n.d. Sole Edn., 57pp., orig. printed boards. Very good copy. Ex. Scarce, particularly in this condition. (1) €150 - €200 705 702. Poblacht na hEireann. War News. 1922-1923, Nos. 2 - 167, lacking just ten of the 167 issues. Various sizes. An extensive collection carefully filed in four large binders, lacking the following numbers only: 1,7,8,10,76,90,91,96,98,107. A remarkable compilation chronicling the progress of the Civil War from day one through almost to the end, exclusively from the Republican point of view, but recording such events as the execution of Erskine Childers, the summary execution of ‘Rory and Liam and Dick and Joe’ - and many other events large and small, whose echoes continue to sound into the present day. indispensable to the study of the period. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €2000 - €3000 704