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

84 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 639. [Markievicz (Countess)] A coloured circular miniature Portrait Promotional Badge, with profile of Markievicz and coloured green, white and gold. and ‘Countess Markievicz T.D.’ Good example. (1) €100 - €150 640. Republican Interest: A rare Roger Casement Badge, green, white and gold with portrait and text ‘Ireland over All,’ metal pin back. (1) €80 - €120 638. Pearse (P.H.) Scoil Éanna. Agenda Book 1912 (for meetings of directors). In Hely’s small quarto ledger, morocco- backed. About 15 numbered pages at front, followed by several unnumbered, including 5 pp entirely in Pearse’s hand, with about 10 pages in another hand, presumably the chairman’s. A few pages are loose. The remainder is blank. Laid in is a bank statement, June 1912, with notes in Pearse’s hand. The damage is unfortunate, but it is possible to see what the Board was doing and considering in the latter half of 1912, including allocation of shares, ‘Brass plate for office’, Miss Gavan Duffy’s proposal as to St. Ita’s, etc. Agenda items are generally on left hand pages, action decided on right. The agenda for 22 August 1912 (special meeting) includes ‘discussion as to the feasibility of Mr. Pearse’s re-purchasing the College from the Company’; ‘letter from Messrs. Gerrard re liquidation proposals’; ‘Report on progress of negotiations with creditors’, etc . (1) An important document, showing Pearse’s constant problems with finance. €2000 - €3000 637. [MacBride, Major John] A heavy Webley .44 Revolver believed to have belonged to John MacBride . Engraving on the barrel states ‘John Rigby & Co. / Suffolk Street Dublin’. The Major had left his gun for repair at Lamberts in Hatch St. shortly before the Rising, but never returned, having joined the Rising at the last minute. He was not a signatory, but was second-in-command at Jacob’s factory, and the British had old scores to settle with him from his Transvaal days. He was executed on 5 May 1916, leaving Maud Gonne a widow, but perhaps not a grieving one, as she had separated from MacBride after alleged misbehaviour. ‘A terrible beauty is born ..’ (1) €3,000 - €4,000