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Sinn Fein By-Election Cartoons: A good collection of four handbills bearing cartoons supporting Sinn Fein Candidates in the series of by-elections won by the party in 1917, including, * Ireland at the Cross-Roads ... Vote for De Valera and the Road to Freedom; (East Clare 1917); * Vote for De Valera Who Saved Your Sons from Conscription. (East Clare 1917); * The Irish Party's Only Props in Longford (Longford 1917); * Subserviency. The Old Order. ''You'll never get across,'' showing a young man carrying Ireland toward freedom across a river, by stepping stones labelled ''Roscommon,'' ''South Longford,'' ''East Clare.'' An attractive collection from the period when Sinn Fein was establishing itself as the majority party. Interesting collection, as a lot, w.a.f. (4) Sinn Fein By-Election Cartoons: A good collection of four handbills bearing cartoons supporting Sinn Fein Candidates in the series of by-elections won by the party in 1917, including, * Ireland at the Cross-Roads ... Vote for De Valera and the Road to Freedom; (East Clare 1917); * Vote for De Valera Who Saved Your Sons from Conscription. (East Clare 1917); * The Irish Party's Only Props in Longford (Longford 1917); * Subserviency. The Old Order. ''You'll never get across,'' showing a young man carrying Ireland toward freedom across a river, by stepping stones labelled ''Roscommon,'' ''South Longford,'' ''East Clare.'' An attractive collection from the period when Sinn Fein was establishing itself as the majority party. Interesting collection, as a lot, w.a.f. (4)