^Lot 303 1922 (April 1-17) Freeman's Journal Civil War post printing machinery destruction editions

13 by 8.5 in.




Mimeograph typescript.Three scarce 7pp editions of the Freeman's Journal produced after the destruction of their printing presses by Anti-Treaty IRA men for its support of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The first edition declaring "the sledge is not all-powerful. On the night it demolished our machines we managed to produce one sheet. Today we offer our readers seven. The Freeman's Journal declines to bow to tyranny..."