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

61 fonsiemealy.ie fm All contents and images are subject to copyright 320 Genealogy: Debrett’s Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1829. Engd. plts., orig. cloth; Sanford (J. Langton) & Townsend (M.) The Great Governing Families of England, 2 vols. roy 8vo Edin. 1865. First Edn., lg. fold map, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (4) € 140 - 200 321 D’Alton (John) The History of Drogheda, with its Environs, 2 vols. D. 1844. First Edn., add. engd. title Vol. I, 2 frontis & 21 engd. plts. & maps, list of subs., orig. cloth, good; also Lenihan (Maurice) Limerick; its History and Antiquities, roy 8vo D. 1866. First Edn., fold. map frontis & 4 plts. text illus., orig. cloth, joints cracked. (3) € 180 - 250 323 WorldWar I: May (Col. H.A.R.) Memories of the Artists Ri fl es, 4to L. 1929. First Edn., profusely illustrated, decor. cloth. (1) € 80 - 120 324 Macgibbon (D.) & Ross (Thos.) The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, 5 vols. sm. folio Edin. 1887 - 1892. First Edn., illus. thro- out, t.e.g., orig. gilt decor. buckram. v. good. (5) € 200 - 300 322 Kathleen Clarke’s Copy O’Brien (William) & Ryan (Desmond) eds. Devoy’s Post Bag. Vol. One - Vol. Two, 1870-80, 1880-1928. D. 1948 & [1953]. Tall 8vo cloth in chipped d.ws, clean copies. Vol. Two Signed by the editor William O’Brien, dated Feb. 1953. Kathleen Clarke’s copy (widow of Tom Clarke, who features extensively in the later letters), with her dairy account from Hughes Bros.laid in. Kathleen Clarke was a daughter of the old Limerick Fenian John Daly. She married Tom Clarke in 1899 after his release following 15 years imprisonment in England. Clarke asked her not to take part in the Rising, charging her instead with responsibility for the welfare of relatives of those who would be killed or imprisoned. The week after the Rising, she set up Irish National Aid and Victim Support, fending o ff various Redmondites who o ff ered to assist her. A year later she hired Michael Collins as an assistant, giving him a platform from which he reorganised the Volunteers. She later joined Fianna Fail and was elected to the Dail, but left the party over the execution of Republicans. She was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1939, the fi rst woman to hold the position. When it appeared that Margaret Mary Pearse might have an interest in the position, it was suggested that Mrs. Clarke might stand aside. Her response was, ‘Tom Clarke’s widow stands aside for nobody!’ John Devoy was head of the I.R.B.’s American wing Clan na Gael and provided the fi nancial support which kept the Irish organisation alive from the 1870s all the way to the Easter Rising. His post bag tells the inside story of fi fty years of struggle, persevering through many setbacks to the establishment of an independent Irish state. € 180 - 220