Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Collectors' Sale December 9th & 10th, 2020

157 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 870 Magonni (J.H.) Magonni’s Dancing Studio, Dublin. a thick 4to notebook, titled “ Pupils Book,” containing thousands of names of students with addresses, who attended the school between 1934 - 1961, together with ptd. circulars & manuscript letters loosely inserted. An unusual record. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) € 200 - 300 871 Important Diary of Carlow M.P, 1895-1901 Co. Carlow: Manuscript diary listing daily events from 22 April 1895 to 2 December 1901. The writer appears to be John Hammond (1842-1907), a grocer in Tullow St., Carlow, who was M.P. for the county from 1891, and chairman of the county council from 1899, until his death. (He refers to himself in the diary in the third person as “J.H.”). The diary records a life of frenetic activity, with local meetings of many kinds, religious services, journeys to Dublin and London to attend meetings of the Irish Party and debates in the House of Commons, drives round the county, apparently with hardly a day of relaxation (Hammond was unmarried). An important document illustrating the life of a conscientious public representative at a period of rapid change in Irish political life. (1) € 225 - 350 872 The Stones of the City [Dublin Corporation] Proceedings of Paving Committee, 16 July - 31 December 1912. Large folio hf reversed calf, morocco title label, stout cloth boards, titled ‘Paving Committee’ on upper board, cloth hinges, a.e.m., custom-made by Sealy Bryers &Walker, left hand pages with printed title ‘Subjects for Consideration’, right hand pages ‘How Disposed Of ‘ Circa 300 pp, brief manuscript entries and comments. Subjects include new buildings, alterations, places recommended to be taken in charge, supply of materials, wages, disciplinary matters, applications for employment, applications by employees, claims for compensation, etc. etc. (1) € 450 - 650 873 Manuscript Journal: A manuscript notebook, c. 1922 - 1923, containing mostly legal notes etc., but some daily notes, all in pencil, including one which mentions ‘ Wonton destruction of houses.’ Probably a student, studying at the start of the Irish Free State. As a m/ss., w.a.f. Interesting, would bene fi t from further study. (1) € 100 - 150 874 [John Boyle O’Reilly] Typescript text of a lecture or article about O’Reilly (the Fenian and writer), 31 pp, unsigned, probably 1930s. (1) € 80 - 140 875 Membership Lists of the Kildare Street Club Two volumes containing names and addresses of members of the Kildare Street Club. The fi rst is stamped “K.S.C. Hall Porter’s Address Book” and lists the members under initial letter of surname, with many deletions and additions; half calf (dam), 23 x 30 pp. The second, a large (25 x 32 cm) vol bound in red calf and stamped “United Kingdom Representative” contains entries in chronological order between 11 April 1949 and 4 December 1950; 64 pp (the rest blank) containing approx. 750 signatures. The Kildare Street Club was founded in 1782, its membership originally consisting of prominent Irishmen opposed to the connection with Britain. During the 19 th century, however, it came to be associated predominantly with the pro-Union Ascendancy. After the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922 it fell into decline, and in 1976 it amalgamated with the Dublin University Club, its premises being leased to the Heraldic Museum and the Alliance Française. As a manuscript, w.a.f. (2) € 250 - 350