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1916 Sinn Féin Rebellion Handbook, books and ephemera
Includes Mackey, Herbert , Roger Casement: The Truth About the Forged
Diaries. 1966, Dublin; and McGuire, Maria, To Take Arms: A Year in The
Provisional I.R.A., 1973, London.
€120-€180 (£100-£140 approx)
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1916 The Easter Rising, Pictorial accounts.
A collection of 4 contemporary and commemorative pictorial books
published in the aftermath of the Rising and for anniversaries.
€150-€250 (£120-£200 approx)
237
Easter 1916 The Illustrated War News
10 May, 1916. A pictorial magazine of the Great War, this issue includes
photographs of the aftermath of the Rising; together with The Sinn Féin
Revolt, Helys, Dublin, 1916.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
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1916 Two Pictorial accounts of the Rising
The Sinn Féin Revolt Illustrated, printed and published by Hely Ltd.; and
Dublin and the Sinn Fein Rising, published by Wilson Hartnell & Co.,
Dublin.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
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MacSwiney, Terence, The Revolutionist: A Play in Five Acts
First Edition, 136pp. Dublin, 1914, Maunsel & Co.; Arthur Griffith &
Michael Collins, Dublin, Martin Lester Ltd.; Hobson, Bulmer, Ed. Saorstat
Eireann: Official Handbook, Dublin, 1932, Talbot Press. Together with a
collection of newspapers and periodicals relating to the struggle for
independence and a collection of Commemorative newspapers and
periodicals published on anniversaries of the 1916 Rising.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
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1916 Scrapbook
Contemporary newspaper accounts and photographs of the Easter Rising
from the Irish Times, Daily Mirror and Daily Mail etc. clipped and pasted
into 25 pages. Marbled boards. 14½ x 11in. (36.83 x 27.94cm)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
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1916 The Aftermath of the Rising Photographs
A collection of 18 photographs of streets and buildings damaged and
destroyed in the Rising. Each print inscribed with the location on reverse.
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
242
1916 Rising postcards
A collection of 23 postcards depicting Dublin during, and in the aftermath
of, the Easter Rising, published mainly by the Daily Sketch, also by Rotary,
Hely’s and Lawrence.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
243
1916 Rising postcards and ephemera collection.
Includes scenes of destruction (11) by Daily Sketch and Hely’s, scarce
photographic of Sheehy Skeffington by Roe McMahon, and 1913 Arrest of
Jim Larkin by Valentine, also 1917 1st Anniversary Mass notice cards (2) of
Edward Daly, William Pearse and others, 1935 IRA raffle ticket, etc. (18).
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
244
1916-1920 Nationalist postcards and photographs
A collection of twelve postcards and photographs from the Easter rising to
the death of Kevin Barry.
€70-€100 (£60-£80 approx)
245
1916 Rising - Memorial card to the executed leaders
A hand coloured printed card, the borders of Celtic interlace and
zoomorphic designs. Centred with a list of the executed leaders of the
Rising. 9¾ x 7in. (24.77 x 17.78cm)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
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In Memoriam. A collection of nine Memorial and Anniversary cards for
leaders of the 1916 Rising
including Padraic Pearse, James Connolly, Seán Mc Dermott, Joseph
Plunkett, William Pearse, Michael O’Hanrahan, Edward Daly Thomas Clarke,
Thomas MacDonagh, Eamonn Ceannt, Roger Casement et al.
€120-€180 (£100-£140 approx)
247
1916 Easter Rising, Volunteers fighting, two paintings.
Oil on board, a pair. Inscribed indistinctly verso.
14 x 20in. (35 x 51cm)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
248
1916 Rising commemorative poster
An Irish Volunteer, standing on a Union flag before the G.P.O. in flames,
holding a rifle and waving a Tricolour, surrounded by a blue and yellow
border with the arms of the provinces to the corners and “1916 - Ireland
First - and Ireland Last - and Ireland Over All” 11¼ x 7½in. (28.58 x
19.05cm)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
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1916 Who dares to speak of Easter week? Poster.
A contemporary poster titled “Who dares to speak of Easter Week?”
flanked by a Croppy Boy and an Irish Volunteer, centred by a patriotic
ballad and surrounded by portrait vignettes of the leaders of the rising
above “The Irish Rebellion of 1916 and its martyrs - Erin’s tragic Easter”.
Published by the Devlin-Adair company New York, 1916. 25 x 19in. (63½ x
48.26cm)
€300-€500 (£240-£400 approx)
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Stephens, James. The Insurrection in Dublin, signed and inscribed
Maunsel & Company, Dublin & London, 1916. Inscribed: “This book has
commenced on the first day of the Irish Revolution and has finished on the
last day. I think its sale abroad was interfered with or suppressed, but in
Ireland it was published without any trouble. It merely represents how wild
the days seem to one who had waited and hoped for these days to come”
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
251
1916 Ashbourne memorial book
Published in 1959 to mark the unveiling of a memorial to commemorate
John Crenigan and Thomas Rafferty, 5th (Fingal) Battalion, Dublin Brigade,
48pp. Together with Quigley, Michael, Ed. Pictorial Record: Centenary of
Thomas Davis & Young Ireland, 1945, Government Publications; and
Souvenir Programme of Pageants at Markievicz Park, Sligo. 21 July, 1951.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
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The Easter Proclamation of the Irish Republic 1916
1975, Dolmen Press, Dublin. Limited edition, numbered 77 / 125. Calf
bound, gilt. In green cloth slipcase.
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)