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427
1970 ‘B’-Specials Final Commemoration Service, Order of Service,
signed
The Order Of Service signed to the cover by James Chichester Clarke,
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland; John L. O. (Jack) Andrews, Deputy
Prime Minister N. I.; Sir Norman Stronge, among others. The Royal
Ulster Special Constabulary, known as “The B-Specials” was disbanded
in May 1970, following the publishing of the 1969 Hunt Committee
Report. Their last date on duty was 30 March 1970.
€
150-
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200 (£120-£160 approx)
428
1976 - 1981 Republican and Socialist documents
Includes a broadsheet issue of the Republican News c.1979 outlining
raids by RUC on Sinn Féin “People’s Advice Centres” and arrests of staff;
a newsletter of the Irish Republican Information Service, July 13, 1978;
Galway People, 7 January 1977; I. C. S. P., Internal Bulletin, No. 3, June
1976; and a letter to Alice Burke from a member of the Irish National
Caucus, Massachusetts Chapter, September 1981. (5)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
429
1985. Hugh Aodh Doherty (b.1950) Prisoner Art.
Farm Buildings On A Shoreline and Figure And A Cow On A Path, Oil on
card, 6.5” x 12.5” & 5.5” x 10.5” respectively. Signed ‘Hugh Doherty
POW Parkhurst Prison’ & dated 1985. Hugh Doherty was arrested at the
conclusion of the Balcombe Street Siege in December 1975 and
sentenced to 11 terms of life imprisonment. He began art classes while
imprisoned at Parkhurst Prison on The Isle of Wight. He was released
from prison in 1999 after serving 24 years.
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€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
430
Long Kesh Prisoner Art
A relief carved and painted mahogany frame enclosing a modern
reprint of the Proclamation of Independence, signed to the reverse by
37 prisoners. 23 x 17in. (58.42 x 43.18cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
430A
Irish Republican Army, Cavan Roll of Honour
A hardwood shield-shaped plaque, chip carved in low-relief with a
scrolling ribbon enblazoned “Irish Republican Army”. above the arms of
Cavan over a scroll entitled “Cavan Roll of Honour” and listing various
names: Thomas Sheridan, Joseph Mc Mahon, Sean McIntyre, Michael
Baxter, Sean McCartney, Eddie Boylan, Andy Sullivan, Thomas
Fitzpatrick, Patrick McManus, Paddy Dermody, James Crossan, Jack
McCabe. flanked by two AK-47 assault rifles, surrounded by the arms
of the four provinces. With brass plate engraved “To Big Joe - From -
The Monaghan & Tyrone - POWs Portlaoise Jail 1985.” 23 x 28in. (58.42
x 71.12cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
431
21st century Sinn Féin leaders’ signatures
A collection of nine modern signed items, including Michael
McDonnagh, Sinn Féin, A Century of Struggle, signed by the author
and Gerry Adams; Gerry Adams, Hope and History, signed by the
author; signed election posters for Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness
and Mary-Lou McDonald; a Sinn Féin promotional poster; and a
modern Proclamation of Independence signed by Gerry Adams and
Martin McGuinness. (9)
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€
120 (£60-£100 approx)
432
1998-2005: Stormont Northern Ireland brochures and ephemera
including Clinton visit press pack
An interesting collection of mixed ephemera including ‘President
Clinton’s visit to Northern Ireland December 2000’ press pack folder. 3
copies of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement used in the referendum
campaign, Stormont Castle booklets and others. (10 items)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
433
2007 (8 May) Northern Ireland Assembly signed commemorative
brochure
A commemorative brochure produced for the occasion of the opening
of the Assembly in May 2007 signed by political figures including Tony
Blair, Bertie Ahern. Martin McGuinness, Ian Paisley (inscribed “Ephesians
6 v 19-20”), Peter Hain, Albert Reynolds, Gerry Kelly, John Hume, Gerry
Adams. Ministers of the Assembly have also signed beside their
respective portraits including Peter Robinson, Caitriona Ruane, Nigel
Dodds, Michael McGimpsey, Margaret Ritchie, Conor Murphy, Arlene
Foster, Michelle Gildernew, Edwin Poots and Reg Empey. An extremely
scarce piece of ephemera relating to one of the most important
moments in Northern Ireland’s recent history. Also with a unsigned
example of the same brochure. (2 items)
€
800-
€
1,200 (£640-£960 approx)
434
1958 Behan, Brendan. Borstal Boy. First Edition
Together with Confessions of a Rebel, First Edition, 1965.
€
80-
€
120 (£60-£100 approx)
435
Behan, Brendan. Brendan Behan’s Island; An Irish Sketchbook, signed
by the author and illustrator.
Hutchinson; 1962; hardback in dust jacket; ; 192 pages; drawings by
Paul Hogarth. Signed to the title page in blue fountain pen by Brendan
Behan and Paul Hogarth.
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€
500 (£240-£400 approx)
436
Burke, Edmund. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke,
Collected in Three Volumes
Burke, Edmund. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke,
Collected in Three Volumes. Dublin: Published for Messrs. R. Cross, W.
Wilson et. Al., 1792. First Edition. 8vo. First Collected edition. 3
volumes. Full calf. Titles gilt on red morocco labels. Occasional calf
wear with small loss
Occasional calf wear with small loss
€
300-
€
400 (£240-£320 approx)
437
Cameron, Sir Charles A. History Of The Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland And Of The Irish Schools of Medicine.
(1886). Pp.(x), 759, errata. All plates called for are present. Half red
morocco, wine cloth gilt. Decorative gilt spine.
Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed and lightly scuffed.
Occasional internal stains. A nice tight copy. Good+ overall.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
438
Lewis Carroll “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” with signed letter
from illustrator John Tenniel
MacMillan, London, 1910, 122pp, original boards. With final page of ms
letter signed by John Tenniel, illustrator of the book and 1905
magazine clipping relating to him tipped in at free front end paper.
Letter content relating to his decision to stop his work as a cartoonist
and illustrator and to focus on painting. An interesting item. 8 x 5½in.
(20.32 x 13.97cm)
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
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