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1912 (March 6) Signed autograph letter from Roger Casement, loosely inserted in a copy of The
Black Diaries.
The one page letter to ‘Gardiner’, relating to a book Casement is lending him, Joseph Arthur Comte de
Gobineau’s Ethnological Theory; loosely inserted in Peter Singleton-Gates & M. Girodias. The Black Diaries.
Olympia Press. 1959. Limited edition.
Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau (1816-1882) is today most remembered for developing the
theory of the Aryan master race and helping to legitimise racism by scientific racist theory and racial
demography. Roger Casement (1964-1916) is described as the “father of twentieth-century human rights
investigations”, he was honoured in 1905 for the Casement Report on the Congo and knighted in 1911
for his important investigations of human rights abuses in Peru.
Estimate €1000-€1500 (approx £850-£1275)
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1878 Mauser rifle, of a type used by the Irish
Volunteers.
A 1871-model Mauser, lacking bolt. Found in a
house in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
Estimate €300-€500 (approx £255-£425)
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