WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

55 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 1916 Rising 126 Pádraig Pearse signature on his cheque, 1913 Royal Bank of Ireland, Terenure, cheque for seventeen shillings and seven pence to J.W. Nolan, dated 15 July 1913, signed ‘Padraic Mac Piarais’ and written in Pearse’s hand. 7.50 by 3.50in. (19.1 by 8.9cm) Condition: Very fine, slight wrinkle. Estimate €800-€1,200 (approx £700-£1,040) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 126 127 Pádraig Pearse. CompleteWritings, and others - collection of 5 volumes. Scríbinní, 2nd printing, Phoenix Dublin 1924; St Enda’s And Its Founder by Desmond Ryan, Phoenix Dublin 1917, first edition; Plays Stories Poems, Talbot Dublin, 1950 reprint; Life of P.H. Pearse by Louis le Roux, Phoenix Dublin, undated; Songs Of The Irish Rebels, Phoenix, Dublin, undated. Condition: Original cloth, good to very good, bindings with sunned spines (2), one split, a few bumps and scuffs, good to very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 127 128 Collection of books, booklets and periodicals (19). Includes An Macaom, edited by P.H. Pearse, 1909-1913, (3); Bodac an Cóta Lactna by Pádraic Mac Piarais, 1905, An Pósad by An Craoibín, Gill & Son circa 1900 (Douglas Hyde), Pádraic Mac Piarais Sgéaluide by James Hayes, Cosan an Óir by Máiréad Ní Gráda, An tÁilleán by O Donncada and Ua Fágáin, 1902, etc. Condition: Mixed condition, mainly fair to fine, generally good to very good, some distressed covers. Provenance: Some from the library of Richard ‘Mac’ O’Rahilly, also known as ‘The O’Rahilly’ (1903-84), son of ‘Ua Rathghaille’, ‘The O’Rahilly’ (1875 -1916)” Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 128