MacMANUS, M.J. Eamon de Valera. A Biography (Signed by Éamon de Valera & His Wife)

Portrait frontispiece of Eamon de Valera. Dublin and Cork: Talbot Press, 1962. Crown octavo. pp. 356. Black paper boards, titled in gilt on spine. Signed by Eamon de Valera and his wife Sinéad on front endpaper. In very good condition. Rare with both signatures.
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.
A desirable dual-signature copy: signed on the front endpaper by Éamon de Valera (then President of Ireland, 1959-73) and by his wife Sinéad de Valera, Irish-language children’s author and teacher. While De Valera’s signature alone is not uncommon, examples co-signed by Sinéad are notably so. Rare with both signatures.

[Cat 163]