Easter Rising (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The first three FDC'S feature all seven signatories to the Proclamation: Clarke, Mac Diarmada, MacDonagh, Pearse, Ceant, Connolly, Plunkett. With a stamp for each of them & each with separtely designed envelopes.They are all postmarked First Day Issue and dated 12/4/66. The latter two feature Roger Casement and are similarly stamped but with postmark dated 3/8/66.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Le Miroir May 16, 1916. 16pp. Profusely illustrated with photographic images of scenes from the First World War - German Prisoners, Russians in the Caucuses & Rebellion in Dublin.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Black & white print with scene inside GPO showing Pearse and many others including casualties. Stiff card.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pp. 94, adverts. Illustrated. Scarce. Commemoration booklet issued for 50th Anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

From the papers of Sylvia and Robert Lynd. A scarce piece of Pearse ephemera: no other copy traced. 1p, 12mo. On a piece of discoloured laid paper, worn, with crease to one corner. The full title of the book, which was edited by Desmond Ryan, was 'The story of a success, being a record of St. Enda's College, September 1908 to Easter 1916'. Reads, with manuscript additions in square brackets: '50 Lower Baggot Street, / DUBLIN, [15 11 ] 19[17.] / MAUNSEL & CO., Limited, have pleasure in sending herewith a copy of / [The Story of a Success / by / Padraic Pearse] / for Review, and will be grateful for a copy of the paper containing any notice that may appear. / Prices: Cloth, [3/6 act] Paper, / Date of Publication [19 11 17]'.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A clean unmarked copy, a bit of wear to the backstrip.

Condition: Very Good. 1966. Paperback. V. Scarce. Good clean copy in original wrappers. 94pp, map + advertisements. Covers showing light shelf wear, sellotape label to bottom spine. Lightly toned, text and images crisp and clear and remains a very nice copy. Keywords: Ireland, Revolutionary Ireland. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1966. Paperback. V. Scarce. Good clean copy in original wrappers. 94pp, map + advertisements. Covers showing light shelf wear, sellotape label to bottom spine. Lightly toned, text and images crisp and clear and remains a very nice copy. Keywords: Ireland, Revolutionary Ireland. . . . .

Mimeograph, 2pp. fol., pages detached from each other, slightly foxed and chipped, but complete. The internees are characterised, not just Irish (but sub-heading "There are still 2 Irish girls interned here") but people the British describe as German sympathisers, some of whom are simply interested in Indian independence. Conditions are "Russian". Not listed.

The context of the letter is explained in Maxwell's entry in the Oxford DNB: 'In the autumn of 1902 Maxwell was chosen by the duke of Connaught, then acting commander-in-chief in Ireland, as his chief staff officer at Dublin. There he remained until May 1904, when Connaught became inspector-general of the forces, and Maxwell followed him to London. At the end of 1907 Connaught was transferred to Malta as commander-in-chief and chief commissioner in the Mediterranean; Maxwell, promoted major-general at the end of 1906, once more accompanied him, and served with him until September 1908.' The recipient was either the army chaplain Rev. Henry Peverley Dodd, or a relation of his. 2pp, 4to. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with blank second leaf slightly damaged. Folded once. Addressed to 'Dear Mr. Peverley Dodd'. Good firm stylized signature: 'Your truly. / J. E. Maxwell'. He begins by giving correct the correct (and long) title for the Duke, before discussing the details of 'those supporting H. R. H.', including 'Sir E Merewether should come before me, and I am Major not Brigadier General.' Ends, 'You should leave out all references to Dress, but you can let H. E. The Governor know that H. R. H. will be in Review order Blue but with forage cap, white cover; then H. E. will no doubt order what dress others wear.'.

1p., 4to. In good condition, lightly aged, with punch holes at margin. MacEntee begins his letter to Hickey: 'In the tribute which "The Statist" pays to the late Hilaire Belloc a reference is made to his essay on usury. I read this some time ago but cannot recall the title of the volume in which it appeared. I should be grateful, indeed, if you would be kind enough to make good the lacuna by supplying the missing title.' He congratulates Hickey 'on the article itself'. In MacEntee's opinion 'it was quite the best and most balanced of all those that I have read and I do not except the more voluminous and supercilious Eton and what-not articles in "The Tablet"'. He hopes that Hickey will holiday in Ireland that year, and 'will not forget to call'. At the head of the page is an ANS 'To C. B.' from 'Tom Hickey': 'As this letter from Sean MacEntee, then Irish Minister for Finance, was prompted by your article on Hilaire Belloc, which the Minister so enthusiastically praises, I think it only fair to pass it on to you'. Note: "Following his education MacEntee worked as an engineer in Dundalk, County Louth, and was involved in the establishment of a local corps of the Irish Volunteers in the town. He mobilised in Dundalk and fought in the General Post Office Garrison in the Easter Rising in 1916. He was sentenced to death for his part in the rising. This sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. MacEntee was released in the general amnesty in 1917, and was later elected a member of the National Executives of both Sinn Féin and the Irish Volunteers in October 1917. MacEntee was later elected Sinn Féin Member of Parliament (MP) for Monaghan South at the 1918 general election.".

Mimeograph, 4pp. (complete?), fol., pages detached from each other, stained, foxed, crumpled, closed tears, and chipped, with loss of a few letters only. It commences, The Committee of the Irish National Relief Fund (London Branch of the Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependents' Fund) having been closely in touch with all the events which led up to the release of the interned prisoners at Frongoch, Reading and Aylesbury are convinced that the release was due to the sustained public protests in Ireland . It goes on that the same method should help in the cases of the Countess Markiewicz (at Aylesbury see above)), discussing her situation in detail. It discusses the conditions and situations of male prisoners, deportations and the need for funds. The funds are also needed for the relatives of those executed. Not listed.

Enlarged edition, published two months after the first, the editor's copy, with his typical inscription: "Edward J. O'Brien, March 17, 1922 [?]. Secretum meum mihi [My secret is my own]." It features poems by Thomas MacDonagh, Patrick Pearse, Joseph Plunkett and Sir Roger Casement, who were leaders of the Irish Volunteers and played key roles in the Easter Rising. Many of the poems in the volume were composed in Irish, whilst others are traditional Irish poems that the poets translated into English. The volume is introduced by one if its editors, Padraic Colum (1881-1972), who was a leader of the Irish Literary Revival. He emphasizes the non-militant contributions that the poets made to the Irish republican movement, particularly in the fields of literature and education. Colum had founded the short-lived Irish Review journal with Macdonaugh and others and had worked at Pearse's bilingual school. The other editor, Edward J. O'Brien (1890-1941), whose copy this is, was an influential anthologist known for his annual collections titled the Best American Short Stories. Ernest Hemingway's first publication, titled "My Old Man", appeared in the 1923 edition. The first edition of the Poems was published in July 1916, following the British reprisals for the Easter Rising which saw MacDonacgh, Pearse and Plunkett put to death. This edition followed in September and included further poems by each of the four poets. In the interim between editions, Casement, too, was executed. Octavo. Green boards, lettered in green on spine and front cover. With front cover of dust jacket tipped in. Former library notes to front free endpaper. Spine a little toned, a touch of wear to ends and corners, occasional small pencil notes to margins: a very good copy.

DAS GEHEIMNISVOLLE SCHIFF Blockadedurchbruch S.M. Hilfskreuzer Libau zur irischen Revolution. August Scherl, Berlin 16.-20. Tsd. 1921, 256 SS. und eine Karte. Mit Besitzvermerk u. leichten Gebrauchsspuren - unter seinem Fotoporträt in Uniform eigenhändig signiert (Spindler sollte 1916 eine Waffenlieferung zur Unterstützung des irischen Freiheitskampfes nach Irland bringen, er konnte die Blockade durchbrechen u. landete, wurde aber gefangengenommen. Aus der Gefangenschaft konnte er dann selbst fliehen.).