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

192 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 1055 Broadside: General Election - Manifesto to the Irish People, Issued by the Standing Committee of Sinn Fein, double sided, Gaelic and English, approx. 44cms x 58cms (17” x 23”). (1) € 180 - 220 1056 Republican Ephemera A collection of various ephemera, lea fl ets and pamphlets, as seen, including a prospectus for ‘Michael Collins” [bust] by Seamus Murphy RHA, to be Acquired for the Nation’, etc. (1) € 80 - 120 1057 Signed by Peadar Kearney Music Sheet: O’Cearnaigh (P.)words, Mac Dubhghaill (C.) Composer The Three - Coloured Ribbon, 4to, D. (The Gaelic Press) n.d., Signed “Is Mise Peadar Ó Cearnaigh,” 2pps. Good Copy. (1) € 125 - 175 Broadsides: Stop Press - Poblacht na hEireann - War News, [No. 1] 28 June 1922 - No. 174 6th March 1923, Eight Years of The Republic. An unbroken run of 174 nos., lg. atlas folio & folio broadsides, printed one side only. All in extremely fi ne condition. This collection contains the very rare fi rst issue unnumbered, signed by Rory O’Connor which e ff ectively announcing the start of the Civil War on 28 June 1922, & the equally rare issue for Christmas 1922, also unnumbered, No. [1] - 7 large newspaper folio as issued; remainder regular folio as issued; all single sheets, printed one side only. First seven numbers printed mostly on coloured paper, remainder on regular newsprint. As a periodical, w.a.f. * There appears to be no record of a complete run of this publication, but it certainly did not continue beyond De Valera’s ‘dump arms’ order of May 24th at the very latest; probably it ended somewhere in the early 180’s. The bulletin began with the attack on Republican forces in the Four Courts, as a way of conveying urgent news of the changing situation to journalists, Republican supporters and the general public, and was issued in broadside format to facilitate pasting on walls. It was edited mainly by Erskine Childers until his arrest (November 1922), later by Frank Gallagher and others. While written from the point of view of the Republicans or Irregular forces, it continued the tradition of accurate journalism established by the earlier ‘Irish Bulletin.’ It is by far the most important source for the day-to-day conduct of the Civil War, containing a great amount of material not found anywhere else (since the daily papers published little or nothing originating from the Republican side). There are many poignant issues, such as these recording the deaths of Michael Collins, Erskine Childers and very many others. A superb collection of serious historical importance, preserved in fi ve plastic folders. € 5000 - 7000 1054 Important Civil War Periodical The Largest Set to Come for Public Auction