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206 [REBELLION INDUBLIN]
“TheRebellion inDublin, April, 1916’’ APhoto souvenir booklet of the 1916Rising:
Darkbrownoblongbookletwith stringbinding (as issued), featuringan imageof the
CustomHouse on the cover. Published by Eason& Son, 1916. Therewere a number
of different versions of this booklet - this is probably the earliest version, contain-
ing an introductory page on ‘’The Six Days’ Rebellion’’ along with 12 views of the
post-Rising destruction and portraits of some of the leaders. Illustrated wrappers,
frayed at edges.
€150 - 200
207 [SINNFEINREBELLION]
Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook. Easter 1916. A complete and connected narrative
of the Rising, with detailed accounts of the fighting at all points inDublin and in
the country ... Rebel Proclamations andManifestoes ... Casualties ... R.I.C. ... Names
of persons interred ... Official Lists of Prisoners ... Casement Trial and Sentence ...
Who’sWho, etc. Illustrated.Dublin, IrishTimes, 1917. Royal octavo. Second edition.
xvi, 248pp. Recent clothwithoriginalwrappers laidon.Good.
€150 - 200
208 [REPUBLICANEPHEMERA]
Republican Ephemera. A collection including the Proclamation of the IrishRepub-
lic with a tricolour ribbon; A Pearse Brothers Memorial Fund pinned lapel badge
(1920s);Memoires of the Brothers Pearse; Coláiste na bhFiann 1974Rosmuc; A cal-
endar for the year 1960 with a portrait of Pearse within a Celtic decorated border
against a draped tricolour; Invitation card for Sinn FéinResurgence FundCeilidhe
at theEngineersHall,DawsonStreet, September, 1946. SignatureofT.O’Sorohanon
back.With:Anti-PartitionStamps in stapledwrappers [24]. (7)
€200 - 300
209 [SHEEHYSKEFFINGTON, Francis]
Echo of Irish Rebellion 1916. Verbatim Report of the Proceedings before the Roy-
al Commission. Vindication of Mr. Joseph Edelstein. Dublin, Published for Joseph
Edelstein, circa 1933. 64 Edelstein, an American writer who was caught up by ac-
cident in the arrest and illegal execution of Skeffington, this pamphlet reprints the
entire evidence taken by the Royal Commission of Inquiry - to our knowledge the
only suchpublication apart from the original newspaper reports. The ‘Report of the
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Causes of the Rebellion’ was published in book
form by the ‘Weekly IrishTimes’ in 1916. It was re-published in 1998. Includedwas
the ‘Inquiry into the Shooting of Three Men at Portobello Barracks’ (i.e. in which
Skeffingtonwas shot). Printedwrappers, damp staining throughout. Rare.
€100 - 150
210 [SINNFEINREVOLT]
The ‘SinnFéin’Revolt1916.Twelve InterestingViews. Showing theRuinsofSackville
Street and adjoining streets after theRising.Dublin, PublishedbyT.J. Coleman, cir-
ca 1916. Printedwrappers. Slightly frayed. Story of the Rising with a good range of
photographs. Scarce.
€150 - 200
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