Sinn Féin, No. 209, Vol. 5 [New Series], April 11th, 1914 by [IRELAND] SINN FEIN COMPANY - 1914

Dublin: Sinn Fein Printing and Publishing Co, 1914. First Edition. Large tabloid (46cm.); pictorial self-wrappers; 8pp.; illus. Previous mail fold with subsequent closed tears, the longest bisecting entire upper cover with small loss affecting cover map and small portion of text on verso, additional minor wear along fore-edge, else a Good, near-complete and unopened example of a scarce periodical, superceding the United Irishman. Issue entirely devoted to the proposed partition, the upper cover adorned with a map first issued by the London "Graphic" depicting the "territory proposed to cut away from the remainder of Ireland under the Government's compromise proposals on the Home Rule Bill." Interior articles include a chapter of the serialized novel "One Generation Passeth," by Lily McManus; a short article "Irishwomen and the Proposed Partition"; and an article in Gaelic. All issues quite scarce, with just scattered physical holdings in OCLC as of March, 2019, and none in the trade.