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

26 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 127 Signed Copy by Member of First Dail Walsh (J.J.) Recollections of a Rebel, 8vo Tralee n.d. c. 1944. First Edn. Signed on f. loose blank, & dated 29/9/44. Illus. etc., & with orig. photographic portrait postcard tipped in, cloth backed boards. Good. (1) € 100 - 150 128 Written before The Truce Presentation Copy Briollay (Sylvain) Ireland in Rebellion, trans. from French 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1922. First Edn. in English. Inscribed Pres. Copy, ‘ To An Accomplice S. Briollay 6th March 1922’ green cloth, with v. rare printed dust wrappers. V. Scarce. (1) € 180 - 250 129 Signed by Risteard Mulcahy Dail Eireann: Buan-Orduithe Standing Orders, sm. 8vo D. 1923. Orig. cloth, gilt. (1) * Signed on front loose end ‘Risteard Ua Madhchatha’ & ‘Michael O’hAodha.’ € 80 - 120 130 Signed by Captain Spindler [Casement (Sir R.)] Spindler (Capt. Karl) Das Gehaimnisvolle Schi ff , 8vo Berlin 1921. Rare First Edn., Signed by the Author, port. frontis fold. map & illus., & with many news cuttings loosely inserted, orig. gilt decor. cloth. Rare. * Spindler captained The Aud which attempted to land arms for The Volunteers in Kerry in 1916. This book was later published in English as “The Mystery of the Casement Ship,” Berlin 1931. (1) € 160 - 220 131 Irish Volunteers: [Hobson (Bulmer)] The Handbook for Irish Volunteers, Simple Lectures on Military Subjects by ‘H.’ Sm. sq. 16mo D. (Gill & Son) 1914. Sole Edn., hf. title orig. green cloth, rounded corners. V. Scarce. (1) * Carthy 3730. Hobson was a Quaker from Belfast, was a Veteran I.R.B. member, founder of Na Fianna in Belfast and a pioneer of Sinn Fein and the Volunteers. He fell out with the I.R.B. after backing Redmond’s attitude towards the Volunteers and was out of favour afterwards. After alerting Eoin Mac Neill about the Republicans plans for the Rising, he was captured and held in custody during Easter Week. He afterwards withdrew from Public Life. € 150 - 200 132 Inscribed by Austin Stack & Richard Mulcahy Irish Volunteers: Hobson (Bulmer) A Short History of the Irish Volunteers, Vol. I [All Published] 8vo D. (The Candle Press) 1918. First Edn., Intro. by Eoin Mac Neill, orig. blue cloth. Rare. (1) * Inscribed on title page by ‘Aibhistin de Staic,’ and on front loose blank by ‘Risteard Ua Mealeadha’. € 180 - 250