Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS SALE 6th & 7th, December 2022

100 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 595. Rare Civil War Presentation Posters: [1922] Stop Press - Poblacht na hEireann, A Diary from the Four Courts - June 28th 1922, single printed sheet (worn) Scarce; together with Stop Press - Poblacht na hEireann War News No. 2 - Thursday 29 [1922] printed one side, fold marks. Scarce, this includes the Proclamation issued by sixteen Anti-Treaty Commandants accusing the Provisional Government of acting on British Orders to attack the Four Courts Garrison, both housed in a custom-made pouch with matching slipcase. (2) €350 - €420 596. James Flynn, Irish - XX-XXI Century “The Big Fella - General Michael Collins,” bronze Limited Edn. No. 5 of 12 copies only, depicting Michael Collins in full military attire with swagger stick in left hand on marble plinth base, Signed approx. 66cms (26”) high overall. (1) €1500 - €2000 598. Sarah Churchill, British (1914-1982) “Sir Winston Churchill,” etching, Limited Edn. No. 42 (300) copies, approx. 54cms x 43cms (21” x 17”), Signed, framed. (1) €150 - €200 595 597. Rare Civil War Poster Broadside : Proclamation, Offer of Amnesty, A very rare poster issued by General Risteard O’Maolcatha (Mulcahy), Commander-in-Chief (Free State Army), dated 8 February 1923, offering an amnesty to ‘’All persons now in arms against the Government who, on or before Sunday 18 February 1923, surrender with arms to any officer of the National Forces through any intermediary.’’ Printed in large type within a black border 53cms x 39cms (21’’ x 15½’’). Printed on one side only, restored & framed. Very Rare. * Issued after the agreement by a leading Southern I.R.A. Officer, Liam Deasy, to call for an immediate and unconditional surrender by the remaining Republican forces. Deasy had been looking for a way to end the fighting before his capture by Government forces on 18 January. He was sentenced to death and a firing squad was appointed, but at 4 a.m. a message from Gen. Mulcahy ordered that he should be brought to Dublin instead. After further discussions he agreed to sign a document calling for a surrender. There was no direct response from other Irregular leaders, but according to historian Carlton Younger ‘the plea, from a man so admired by his fellows, was an important factor in brining the conflict to an overdue ending.’ A very Scarce item. (1) €600 - €800 596