WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2018 AT 11AM

History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 15 SEPTEMBER AT 11AM 127 1918-1923War of Independence and Civil War, four books. Barry, Tom. Guerilla Days in Ireland. Irish Press, Dublin, 1949, first edition, 8vo, blue cloth gilt and dust jacket; Henry, Robert Mitchell. The Evolution of Sinn Fein. Talbot Press, Dublin, 1920, 12mo, blue cloth gilt; McCardle, Dorothy. Tragedies of Kerry. Fitzpatrick, Dublin, 1937, 12mo, paper wrappers; Sigerson, George. The Last Independent Parliament of Ireland. Gill, Dublin, 1918,12mo, green cloth gilt. (4) Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 127 128 1920s Michael Collins, life, love and death, five photographs. A press photograph of the Irish plenopotentiaries at the 1921 Anglo Irish Treaty negotiations, 6½ x 8½ins.; a photographic studio portrait of Kitty Kiernan, 5 x 3½ins, mounted with her printed calling card; a photograph of the body of Michael Collins, his head bandaged, laid out on a metal bed, with army guard, inscribed verso ‘The death bed of Michael Collins - Shanakiel Hospital Co Cork - Sundays Well’, 4 x 6ins.; a photograph of a senior Free State Army officer and an unidentified woman at the graveside, 5½ x 7½ins.; a press photograph of Johny Collins, Michael’s brother at Michael’s grave, 4½ x 7ins. (5) Estimate €300-€500 (approx £270-£440) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 128 126 October - November 1922, Oglaigh na h-Eireann, handwritten general orders and Official Bulletins. Six hand-written communications, on Battalion Headquarters Dublin City Brigade note paper, each signed “P ua B Adjt I”; together with two official bulletins, Oglaigh na h-Eireann, Field General Headquarters, 1922. (8) Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 126 125 1922. Provisional Government of Ireland. Seal of Office of the Minister for Local Government Bronze, 70mm. In the First Provisional Government (16 January to 30 August 1922) W.T. Cosgrave was the Minister, with Michael Collins as Chairman. In the Second the Minister was Ernest Blythe, with W.T. Cosgrave as Chairman. Unique. Provenance Collection of F.E.Dixon Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 125