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History 131 Beaslai Piaras, Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, in two volumes. Phoenix Publishing, Dublin, 1926, first edition. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 131 132 Eamon de Valera painted plaster portrait bust. A plaster bust of de Valera, wearing gilt-rimmed glasses, a black coat with Fainne on the lapel, the plinth named ‘Eamon de Valera’. Estimate €150-€250 (approx £130-£220) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 132 133 1937 Irish Press Corporation, Class ‘A’ Stock, share certificate. Issued to Catherine Brennan, certifying her ownership of two shares, dated December 15, 1937. When Fianna Fáil founder Mr Eamonn de Valera established the Irish Press Corporation, he sold the “A” shares in the Delaware- registered IPC to US-based investors, who were mainly Irish and Irish-American. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 133 129 After LeoWhelan RHA (1892-1956) Portrait of Michael Collins and a framed plaque of Collins. A colour lithographic print of the 1922 portrait by Leo Whelan, published by Walton’s Music Shop in 1972 to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, framed; together with a framed limited edition plaque of Collins. The plaque attractively mounted on a biography of Collins, signed by Hugh Clauson and numbered, 8/500. Provenance Collection Pat O’Hagan, Belfast. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 129 130 Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins Memorial booklet and Michael Collins, The Path to Freedom. A commemorative booklet published shortly after the deaths of both men, profusely illustrated. In the original Harry Clarke pictorial wrappers. 62pp, Martin Lester, Dublin, 1922; together with Michael Collins, The Path to Freedom. Talbot Press, Dublin, 1922, 12mo, green cloth.153 pp; and Brady, Edward. Ireland’s Secret Service in England. Talbot Press, Dublin, 1928, 12mo, green cloth. 160pp. (3) Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 130