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ROEBUCK JAM
An assortment of labels, mounted, two different sizes, with a few
loose examples. The Roebuck Jam Co. was based in the grounds
of Maud Gonne’s home at Roebuck House in south Dublin.
Provenance: Roebuck House.
€100 - €200
793
AUSTIN CLARKE
The Sun Dances at Easter. A Romance. London, Melrose, 1952,
first ed.
Inscribed on f.e.p., ‘Seán MacBride / With best wishes / Austin
Clarke / Autumn ’52’. With a small collection of books and
pamphlets, including Despard, ‘Songs of the Red Dawn’, a reprint
of the Fianna Handbook lacking covers, etc.
Provenance: Roebuck House, home of the Gonne/MacBride
family.
€200 - €300
794
INAUGURAL SUPPER MEETING OF THE COLLEGE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, DUBLIN
A signed menu card, dated 1st November 1944, with signatures of
Jack B. Yeats, Michael B. Yeats, Eamon de Valera, Owen Sheehy
Skeffington and many others, 17.8 x 11.5cm
€250 - €350
795
THE YEATS FAMILY
A group of three photogravures from portraits by John Butler
Yeats, framed together, a self-portrait (from a watercolour original),
William Butler Yeats as a young man (from a drawing), and Susan
Mary (Mrs.) Yeats as a young woman (also from a drawing). The
photogravures are by the distinguished engraver Emery Walker,
adviser to the Dun Emer / Cuala Press. Each engraving circa 5 x
4 ins, overall circa 12 x 18 ins.
€200 - €300
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