RARE BOOK AND COLLECTOR'S SALE July 30th & 31st, 2024

78 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 613. Costello, Maj. Gen. M.J. Irish Army, Southern Command, 1st Division, Cork. Division Routine Orders 1942-43-44- 45 (May). & Standing Orders, Southern Command Part II. A thick file of mainly cyclostyled circulars, mostly issued by Gen. Costello (later leader of the Irish Sugar Co.). Copiously indexed in ms. at front. Apparently mostly administrative, but careful research will doubtless uncover matters of interest. ‘In NO circumstances will an Army bicycle be used for PRIVATE purposes.’ (24-31 July 1943). (1) €300 - €500 614 – See page 79 615. The Curragh Camp Tri-Colour Tricolour Flag: A Free State Tricolor Flag , machine stitched, approx. 180cms x 84cms (71”x 33”), in three panels with rope socket to one side. In very good condition. Provenance: Col. Sean Collins Powell (nephew of Michael Collins), O/C. of the Irish Army’s Curragh Training Camp, and given by him to the family of Capt. R.J. Thompson. Reputed to have been the first Tricolour flown at the Curragh camp. €1000 - €1500 616. Dodd and Atwood families. A file of documents, some fragmentary, relating to military service in WW1, including letters of sympathy on loss of a son and brother; a copy of a 1939 letter from M.J. Dodd of Galway to Winston Churchill, with acknowledgement; with a few photos, including one of a pilot. As a coll., w.a.f. (1) €80 - €120 617. Food Production in Ireland 1917. An interesting small file of documents urging more tillage, including Irish Bishops’ statement, official leaflets etc., also a 1925 letter relating to redemption of Dail Loan 1919-20, etc. An interesting food collection relating to Production in the early stages of the State’s Foundation. (1) €80 - €120 613 615 618. Republican Leaders in Cork Republican Autographs A very good Autograph Book , mostly containing conventional messages to a young person dated circa 1907, but with a double page about half way through containing a fine selection of Republican autographs, many of them signed in Youghal in June 1922, including G.N. Count Plunkett (undated); Eóin Mac Néill Q207, Eochaill [Youghal] 23.ix.1917; Éamon de Valéra, Eochaill 12-vi-1922; Aibhistín de Staic; Pádraig Ó Caoimh, 12adh Meitheamh 1922; H[arry] Boland 12/6/22; Dómhnall Ó Ceallacháin, Corcaigh, 12.6.’22; Seán McHales III Cork Brigade I.R.A. (also earlier signature of William O’Brien). Harry Boland died about six weeks later, in early August 1922. This may be one of his last signatures. In a full morocco album, some wear, as a m/ss. (1) €2000 - €3000