WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

84 War of Independence 187 1921-1933 collection of autographs including Countess Markievicz, Eamon de Valera, Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha, and others. All in a small neat autograph book; also includes Margaret Pearse, Father Michael Flanagan, Seán Mac Eoin, Bridget Whelan (mother of Thomas), Seán Beaumont, Máire Ní Raghallaigh, Austin Stack, Piaras Beaslaí, etc. Attractively housed in a quarter morocco clamshell box with gilt labels. 3.50 by 4.50in. (8.9 by 11.4cm) Condition: Very fine. Provenance: De Burca Rare Books; Private collection; Whyte’s, 8 November 2014, lot 292; Private collection. Estimate €1,500-€2,000 (approx £1,300-£1,740) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 187 188 1919. Eamon de Valera, President of Dáil Éireann, photographic postcard and signed card. Dáil Éireann printed card signed by de Valera. Rare items from De Valera’s shortlived Presidency of the Dáil. Condition: Slight soiling, very good De Valera had been re-arrested in May 1918 and imprisoned and so could not attend the January first session of the Dáil. He escaped from Lincoln Gaol, England in February 1919. As a result, he replaced Cathal Brúgha as Príomh Aire or President in the April 1919 session of Dáil Éireann. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 188