RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

135 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 934. [Dan Breen] An In Memoriam Card with black and white Photograph of Daniel Breen (date 27 December, 1969), Signed on reverse by Fellow Military Comrade ‘Tom Barry’, an unusual and rare association. (1) €150 - €220 935. Civil War in County Sligo Brig. J. Corcoran A memorial Banner to Brig. J. Corcoran, ‘ Oglach calma / a fuair bás ar son na bhÉireann / Killed in action April 1921 / ar dheis láimh Dé go raibh a anam,’ Signed Henry McNicholas, Sligo Prison, 20.9.24. Embroidered canvas, with crossed swords, I.R. flags and lilies, etc., circa 26” x 28”. Stained and marked, with a few small holes (no significant loss), frayed at edges, but generally in acceptable condition, approx. 74cms x 74cms (29” x 29”). (1) €400 - €600 936. Curragh Internment Camp Tokens: A collection of four original metal Currency Tokens inscribed ‘Curragh 1940’ in 1d, 6d, 1/- & 2/- denominations, the first and second brass coloured, the others grey, with blank backs, attractively mounted in a wooden frame. (1) * Evidently these were issued to inmates of the Curragh Internment Camp, where some 400 Republican sympathisers were detained in 1940. Very Scarce. €150 - €200 Section 6: 940 - 1063 940. Blunt (Lady Anne) A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race. 2 vols. L. 1881 First Edn., Two hf. titles, 1 fold. map & 15 illus. plts. include frontis, etc., by the author, 24pp cat end Vol. II, some slight browning, orig. decor. cloth, gilt. (2) €250 - €350 941. Blunt (Lady Anne) Bedouin Tribes of The Euphrates, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1879. First Edn., Two hf. titles, fold. cold. map, 2 frontis + 10 plts., 32pp. cat. end of Vol. II, some endpapers pasted down at gutter, some dust stains, orig. gilt decor. cloth, worn. (2) €425 ‑ €650 942. Fishing: Hofland (T.C.) The British Angler’s Manual, or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1839. First Edn., engd. frontis & 13 full page pls. & 39 wd. cut illus. in text, orig. blind stamped cloth. (1) €130 - €180 931 . No Lot 932. Irish Political Badge (Police 1916 etc.) A varied collection to include a metal Garda Siochana Cap Badge, an R.I.C. (Royal Irish Constabulary) Whistle by J. Hudson, Birmingham, with chain, a Royal Engineers Cap Badge, and other 1798 and 1916 Commemorative Badges, as a lot, w.a.f.; together with Medal: [1916] A Commemorative Miniature, 1916, 'Seachtain na Caisce,' Volunteers Medal, with green and orange ribbon, the obverse of starburst design and central fallen Cuchulain, the reverse in scribed 'Seachtain na Casga - E 1779 - 1916 (Michael) Scully ai Ialocondti, as a Medal. (2) € 150 / 200 934 935 933. Dan Breen’s Cut-Throat Razor & Strap An early 20th Century German made Gentleman cut throat Razor with resin handle housed in original box, together with associated strap, once the property of Daniel “Dan” Breen, Irish Volunteer and key Figure in the I.R.A.’s South Tipperary Brigade, as is, w.a.f. (2) Provenance: Given by Dan Breen to Min Maher, and by direct family descent. €600 - €800