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153 info@fonsiemealy.ie 572 O’Cathasaigh (P.) The Story of the Irish Citizen Army, 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1971, Special Reprint NO.1 (750) copies, Signed by Eileen O’Casey, full leather, gilt lettering, glassine dust cover, good copy; also Dublin’s Fighting Story 1916-21, told by the Men who Made It, 8vo Tralee (Kerrymen) 1940’s, illus, signed on t.p. by Nora Connolly O’Brien (James Connolly’s sister), ptd. wrappers. (2) €180-€220 573 1916 Interest etc: Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook Easter 1916, 8vo D. (Weekly Irish Times) 1916, First Edn., illus. & adverts, ptd wrappers, later green cloth; Dublin’s Fighting Story 1916-21, 8vo Tralee (Kerryman) c. 1950’s, illus., ptd. wrappers; Stephens (James) Insurrections, 8vo D. 1909 (Reprint), cloth backed boards; The Sinn Fein Leaders of 1916, 8vo D. (Cahill & Co.) 1917, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers; Cusack (M.R.) Revolution and War, the Secret Conspiracy of the Jesuits in Great Britain, 8vo, L. 1910, ptd. wrappers, as a lot. (5) €120-€180 574 [The Blueshirts], O’Duffy (Eoin) Crusade in Spain, 8vo, D. (Browne & Nolan) n.d., illus. & (newscutting inserts), blue cloth, d.j.; Gannes (H.) & Repard (T.) Spain in Revolt, a History of the Civil War in Spain in 1936..., 8vo L. (V. Gollancz Ltd.) 1936, (Pre Publication), orange wrappers; O’Riordan (M.) Connolly Column, 8vo D. (New Books) 1979, First Edn., illus. cloth & d.j.; McGarry (F.) Eoin O’Duffy, A Self Made Hero, 8vo Oxford (U.P.) 2005, First Edn., illus., cloth & d.j., as a lot. (4) €80-€100 575 Dublin Municipal Annual: The Lord Mayor’s Handbook, for 1942, & 1944. 2 vols. 8vo D. 1942 & 1944. First Edns., illus. thro-out orig. printed wrappers, cover design on 1944 issue by Raymond McGrath. Contains a wealth of information on all aspect of Dublin’s Works & Life. 1944 Issue contains an article on Dublin Libraries by Roisin Walsh, City Librarian, and the copy is signed by her. Both in fine condition & very scarce. (2) €70-€100