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CHURCHILL, PARNELL AND IRISH INDEPENDENCE
Autograph album kept by Mary Lizzie Burgess, signed and inscribed to her by Charles Stewart Parnell (20 December 1889) and on the same page in 1891, soon after his death, by his widow Katie O'Shea; later signed in 1960, at Miss Burgess's request, by Winston Churchill (with accompanying correspondence); 1889-1960

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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CHURCHILL, PARNELL AND IRISH INDEPENDENCE

Autograph album kept by Mary Lizzie Burgess, signed and inscribed to her by Charles Stewart Parnell (20 December 1889) and on the same page in 1891, soon after his death, by his widow Katie O'Shea; later signed in 1960, at Miss Burgess's request, by Winston Churchill (with accompanying correspondence); with further contributions by Lloyd George, Gladstone, Michael Davitt, John Dillon (a letter advising her on how "Women can help the cause of Irish Freedom"), transcript of verses by Fanny Parnell, and others, red morocco, upper cover stamped 'M.L. Burgess/ Norwich', clasp, usual wear, 8vo, 1889-1960

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