23 July 2013 - Rare Book & Collectors Sale

#0224

Lot 497/0224

SOLD Hammer price €1000

Irish Brigade Flag (Spain 1936-37)

A large Flag or Banner used by a unit of General O’Duffy’s Irish Brigade in Spain, 1936-37, machine stitched in panels with a diagonal red cross on blue round, approx. 65″ x 39″ (166cms x 99cms), a few stains, some minor damage but generally in very good condition.
Provenance: Capt. Padraig Quinn of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, commanding officer of “C” Company in O’Duffy’s Brigade.
Gen. O’Duffy’s Brigade including about 600 Irishmen fought on the side of the Spanish insurgents led by Gen. Franco, 1936 – 37. A very scarce item. (1)

Lot 498/0224

SOLD Hammer price €140

[1916] – Eason & Son, Ltd. – The Rebellion In Dublin, April 1916, oblong 12mo, D. (Eason & Son) c. 1917, 18 mounted real photographic cards, ptd. wrappers, clean copy. (1)

Lot 499/0224

SOLD Hammer price €80

Sinn Fein: The Sinn Fein Rebellion Picture Souvenir, 1916. Oblong 8vo 32pp. of unusual photos, orig. ptd. wrappers. (1)

Lot 500/0224

SOLD Hammer price €80

1916: [The O’Tatur] pseudo Murphy (T.W.) Dublin After the Six Days Insurrection, oblong 12mo, D. (Mecready, Percy & Co. Ltd.) 1916, 31ptd. pictures, ptd. wrappers, [passed for transmission abroad by the Official Press Bureau.] Scarce. (1)

Lot 501/0224

SOLD Hammer price €220

Republican Accounts: O’Murchadha (Sean)ed. CuimheachanEire Amach na Casca 1916 Co. Mhuineachain, [The War of Independence in Co. Monaghan] 8vo Monaghan 1966. illus.; Cuimhnionn Luimneach, Casg, 1966, Limerick and the Easter Week Rising etc. 8vo Limerick 1966, illus.; Roche (Richard) Here’s Their Memory, A Tribute to the Fallen of Republican Wexford, 8vo Wexford 1966, illus.; Mac Thomais (E.) Down Dublin Streets, 1916, D. 1965, illus.; & 2 others rare items. All orig. ptd. wrappers. V. good. V. Scarce. (6)

Lot 502/0224

SOLD Hammer price €110

Republican Pamphlets: Johnson (Thomas) A Handbook for Rebels, A Guide to Successful Defiance of the British Government. D. 1918. First, 31pp., ptd. wrappers; The Sinn Fein Revolt Illustrated, oblong sm. folio D. (Hely’s) n.d. [1916], profusely illus., pict. wrappers; Hartnell (Crawford) The Case for Ireland Re-Stated to the President of the U.S.A., oblong roy 8vo 1918, illus. thro-out, cold. ptd. wrappers; a lg. ptd. leaflet, Letter from Gen. Smuts to Mr. E. de Valera, 4th Aug. 1921, & 1 other item sim. All good, as a lot. (1)

Lot 504/0224

SOLD Hammer price €140

Signed by Dan Breen

Breen (Dan) & Mc Garrity (Joseph)contrib. My Fight for Irish Freedom, 8vo D. (Talbot Press) 1926, frontis, cheap Edition (Nov. 1926), signed by the Author dedit, page, illus., cloth, some wear. (1)

Lot 506/0224

SOLD Hammer price €145

Signed by Eamon de Valera

Weekly Irish Times: Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook, Easter 1916. Roy 8vo D. 1917 Issue with illus. signed by E. de Valera over his own photograph orig. ptd. wrappers, frayed. Scarce. (1)

Lot 507/0224

SOLD Hammer price €130

Signed by Captain William Redmond

W.W.1: Kerr (S. Parnell) & Redmond (John E.) What the Irish Regiments have Done, 8vo, L. (T. Fisher Unwin) 1916, First Edn., signed on hf. title “Capt. W. Redmond St. Patrick’s Day, 1916, London,” cloth, nice clean copy. Scarce. (1)

Lot 511/0224

SOLD Hammer price €110

[Collins (Michael)] After W.S. Rogers, a large coloured Print of Collins in Military Attire – standing with cane in hand, with text on bottom “The late General Michael Collins, T.D., Commander in Chief of the National Army, killed in action August 1922,” approx. 53cms x 39cms, printed in Germany (Munich) published by the Franco Art Studios, Dublin, as a print, w.a.f. Framed. (1)

Lot 512/0224

SOLD Hammer price €280

Political Print: [Anglo Irish 1922] a colourful Print depicting the various Leaders in relation to the Treaty such as Arthur Griffith T.D., Michael Collins, T.D., Sean Mac Keon T.D. (Commt. I.R.A.), Richard Mulcahy T.D. (Chief of Staff, I.R.A.), and with a central profile of Eamon de Valera, President, flanked by two tri-colours and surmounted by a sun burst, in the typical Celtic design, by D. O’Loughlin, Murphy & Boland Ltd. c. 1922, approx. 34cms x 32cms, mounted and framed. Scarce. (1)

Lot 513/0224

SOLD Hammer price €160

[Collins (Michael)] A black and white Photographic Print of Collins in his Irish Volunteer Uniform, c. 1916, with text on bottom “General Michael Collins – Commander In Chief – National Army,” approx. 42cms x 30cms, framed. (1)

Lot 514/0224

SOLD Hammer price €200

Photograph: Mr. Kevin O’Higins (Minister for Justice) unveiling a Memorial to Civic Guards (killed in the course of duty) at the Depot, Phoenix Park, Dublin, 1927, Lg. orig. photo. approx. 36.5cms x 49cms, framed, (some dust marks on glass, inside frame.) (1)

Lot 518/0224

SOLD Hammer price €120

Print: 1798 – A coloured print depicting a Charge / Battle Scene between the Rebels and the Red Coats, entitled “Boys of Wexford,” approx. 49cms x 39cms (19 1/4″ x 15 1/4″), framed. (1)

Lot 519/0224

SOLD Hammer price €70

Photograph: Parnell (C.S.) a black and white original Photograph of Parnell posing side – on in overcoat and neck tie, approx. 14cms x 10cms, mounted and framed. Good. (1)

Lot 520/0224

SOLD Hammer price €540

Bust: Parnell (C.S.) a chalk/plaster head and shoulders portrait Bust of Parnell, on octagonal base, designed and cast by S. Watson, Dublin 1887 (stamp on back), approx. 14″ (49cms) high. Unusual & Scarce. (1)

Lot 521/0224

SOLD Hammer price €200

Commemorative Plate: Parnell (C.S.) A Wallis Gimson & Co. Portrait Series Plate, Rd. No: 41050, depicting a head and shoulders portrait of Parnell with framed surround interwoven with flower, capitalised with shamrocks and harp and “Erin Go Bragh,” gilding worn, otherwise a good example. Scarce. (1)

Lot 522/0224

SOLD Hammer price €300

Bust: O’Connell (Daniel) a chalk relief, side profile depicting O’Connell, mounted on oval wooden board, approx. 16″ (41cms) high. Unusual & Scarce. (1)

Lot 526/0224

SOLD Hammer price €850

Gary Trimble (Irish 1928 – 1979)

Bronze: “Eamon De Valera, T.D., President of Ireland,” portrait Bust, bronze on a stone base, 1 of 9, cast by Werner Schuemann in 1961, as a bronze. (1)

Lot 527/0224

SOLD Hammer price €360

Prison Craft: [Portlaoise (Maryboro)] An unusual framed Craft depicting a life buoy or starbust, designed or drafted from “Players” Cigarette Boxes / Cartons, in box frame, reputed to have been designed in Portlaoise Prison by Dick Feran, c. 1920’s. Unusual. (1)