MacMANUS, M.J. Eamon de Valera. A Biography [Signed by De Valera]

Portrait frontispiece of Eamon de Valera. Dublin and Cork: Talbot Press, 1947. Crown octavo. pp. 371. Quarter green cloth, titled in gilt. Signed by Éamon de Valera on titlepage. Previous owner's signature on half-title. A fine copy in dust jacket with publisher's promotional slip around dust jacket. In this present account of De Valera’s life the author has traced, vividly and dramatically, the development of a career which has been romantic in almost every phase. His book does not only provide a new interpretation of the character and personality of a great Irishman, but also embraces the political scene of which De Valera has been the central figure. New illustrated edition. With additional chapter on the Churchill - De Valera Controversy

[L4 8B]