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

159 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 881 Railwayiana: [Co. Cork], A heavy brass Railway Turn Key, engraved “Upton,” and “Crossbarry,”mounted on wooden stand with plaque “CIE Sta ff , Crossbarry - Upton Railway.” Note: Upton Railway was the scene of a heavy gun battle during the War of Independence which saw an attack by the I.R.A. on members of the Essex Regiment. Six civilian passengers died and ten were wounded in the cross fi re. Two IRA Volunteers were killed outright in a group of 13 led by Charlie Hurley. € 400 - 500 882 An Irish Maritime Memento Maritime: Dublin, an envelope enclosed with a Chip or Piece of Wood, the envelope contemporaneously inscribed “Chips from he Lifeboat wrecked in Dublin Bay o ff Monkstown Xmas Eve 1896,” (1) * The Kingstown Lifeboat disaster occurred in 1895, Christmas Eve with the Death of all 15 members on board the Lifeboat which was dispatched to the SS Palme. Many of the crew leaving young families behind. A tragic event, as all members of the SS Palme were subsequently rescued. € 200 - 300 883 Lord Alfred Tennyson Association Antique Fabric: A very attractive piece of green ground silk Fabric decorated with colourful fl owers, approx. 30cms x 20cms (12” x 8”), in 19th Century frame. (1) * N.B. Framed with label under glass, inscribed, ‘Part of the Wedding Dress of Alfred Tennyson’s Grandmother, Mary Turner of Caistor, c. 1780, or his Great Grandmother, Eliz. Clayton c. 1750. given to me by Rev. E. Jesse, July 1914. His mother Emilia Tennyson told him the strips of it were placed on the wall of the Somersby Dining Room below the picture of her father W.J. Rawnlsey.’ € 250 - 350 880 Raising Funds to Finish St. Finbarr’s Cathedral A rare 19th Century etched and decorated Badge, depicting St. Finbarrs Cathedral, Cork, with beaded rim, the reverse inscribed “N. 53, 1872, J.H.”, approx. 4.5cms (1 ¾ ”) wide. (1) € 180 - 220 885 Collection Relating to Cotton Merchant Platt (James) (1888-1948) of High fi eld Hall, Northrop, Flintshire, a Liverpool businessman, founded in 1921 the cotton broking fi rm of James Platt & Co. He was a JP of Flintshire from 1930 and was High Sheri ff of the county in 1936. He was also a keen yachtsman and cricketer. In 1935 he stood as Conservative candidate for Liverpool Wavertree, where a by-election became due when the sitting MP was elevated to the peerage as Lord Brocket. Platt was strongly tipped to win, but the unexpected arrival of Lord Randolph Churchill as an Independent Conservative candidate split the Conservative vote and - after a campaign that received nationwide coverage - handed the seat to the Labour candidate, Joseph Cleary (he lost again in the general election nine months later). (1) Grant of Arms Grant of arms to James Platt of High fi eld Hall, High Sheri ff elect of Flintshire, from the Garter and Norroy Kings of Arms, 17 January 1936. Illuminated with the arms of Pratt, Garter, Norroy, and the royal arms. On parchment, with seals attached in brass containers. All in a leather case bearing the monogram of King George V. A fi ne item. (2) Scrap Book Large album (32 x 26 cm) of news cuttings about the Waverley by-election. (3) Scrap book Large album (34 x 23 cm) of news cuttings, invitations, letters, and general ephemera relating to James Platt as High Sheri ff of Flintshire, his business a ff airs, his family, the “coming-out” of his daughter Joan and her later engagement - including a charming letter written by Joan as a small girl to her parents (then in Egypt on cotton business) asking them“do bring back a black baby”. As a collection, w.a.f. (3) € 300 - 400