MONTEITH, Captain Robert. Casement’s Last Adventure. (Signed by the Author)

Illustrated. Chicago: Privately Printed, 1932. Medium octavo. N.d. (c.1932). First Limited Edition. pp. xii, [6], 191, 12. Black linen decorated and titled in gilt. Signed and inscribed at Tralee, Easter 1948, under his portrait frontispiece ‘Yours in Ireland’s Cause / R. Monteith / Kommandant Irische Brigade / 1916.’ Loosely inserted publisher’s order form with portraits of Casement and Monteith. A near fine copy in rare dust jacket.
Both Monteith and Casement started out as loyal servants of the British Crown and ended up as its most implacable enemies. Monteith joined the British army in his teens and won medals for his service in India and South Africa. Casement won a knighthood for his humane investigations in Africa and South America. Both came to detest the ruthless methods of British Imperialism, and dedicated themselves to rid Ireland of that régime. This work tells the tragic story of Casement's attempt to raise an Irish Brigade in Germany, his unsuccessful attempt to purchase large quantities of arms and his capture after landing at Banna Strand, County Kerry.

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