CHRISTMAS RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE December 11th & 12th, 2024

64 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 479. Memorial Card: ‘ Colonel Commandant Tom Kehoe Irish National Army, killed at Carrigaphooca, Co. Cork, 16th Sept. 1922 (aged 23 years), pen picture, folded, prayers. Scarce. (1) €100 - €150 480. Memorial Card: In Undying Memory of Ireland’s Bravest Son General Michael Collins Commander in Chief Irish Army, killed in Action at Beal-na-Blath, near Bandon, Co. Cork, on 22nd August, 1922,’ pen picture, single Card. Scarce. (1) €200 - €300 481. Memorial Cards: (1916 Leaders) - Pray for the Repose of the Souls of the following Irishmen who were executed by English Law May 1916, folded Card, hand cold. flag; together with another similar single Card in Irish and English (double sided) with Poem by Brian na Banban, as Cards. (2) €150 - €200 482. Republican Postcard: An original Photograph Postcard of James O’Sullivan, Captain in the Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers 1916, published by Curran, Dublin blank verso. Scarce. (1) €160 - €220 483. [Sinn Fein]: An Official bound Membership Card for Sinn Fein member ‘Cumann Mountjoy Ward - Sean Byrne, N.C.R. NO. 1 Signed Tho. Hester,’ with m/ss entries. Scarce. (1) Provenance: By Direct Family Descent. €200 - €300 484. [Wolfe Tone Clubs] The Constitution of the Wolfe Tone Clubs, 2pps., D. n.d. (c. 1910s) it outlines objects, Declarations of Principles by Irish Leaders 1798-1867, and Directions for organising and working Wolfe Tone Clubs, ptd. wrappers. Scarce. (1) €120 - €180 485. [Irish Republican Prisoners Dependents Fund] A small interesting File of Documents, relating to fund raising etc. by members of Cumann na mBan for the Fund, including receipts dating from 1921/22, also a typescript dated 25/1/22 from M.Ni.R. regarding meeting of secretaries to arrange a Ceildihe etc., also a manuscript Letter to Miss Byrne from Mr. Ni Ragallaigh requesting a visit to discuss workers, as a File, w.a.f. (1) Provenance: Miss Madge Byrne by direct family descent. €400 - €500 487. Irish Photographs: A group of Political & Army related Pocket Pictures, including a group Photograph at Bodenstown in 1914 (Cumann na mban members), a 1922 Irish Freestate Army Transporter with Soldiers on board, and four others by Sean Copeland 1933 of Soldiers in the 1933 Snow and de Valera’s Car on O’Connell Street, as a collection, w.a.f. (1) €150 - €200 489. Political Badge: Fine Gael, a shield shaped Lapel Pin, painted blue and red with cross design and ‘Fine Gael’ on top, with pin clasp on reverse. (1) €180 - €220 490. Military Interest: (Co. Waterford) An original brass Cap Badge, c. 1913, the obverse inscribed ‘Waterford Regt. I.N.V. (Irish National Volunteers)with City Coat of Arms. Scarce. (1) * They were established throughout the City and County in 1913 in response to the call to defend Home Rule against the threat from the Ulster Volunteer Force. €200 - €300 491. Irish Political Interest: A group of three original pictorial pin Badges, for elections, including Pierse McCann (Tipperary), Thomas Ashe (Kerry), and Ned Daly (Limerick). Rare collection. (3) €250 - €350 490 480 485 479 491 483