[Patrick Pearse [Pádraic Pearse], Irish national hero, shot by the British after the Easter Rising of 1916.] Review slip by his Dublin publishers Maunsel & Co., for his posthumous ‘The Story of a Success’.

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]’.