Frank Ryan: The Search for the Republic [Signed and Inscribed by Cronin]

Dublin: Repsol Publishing / Skelling Press, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. Dublin: Repsol Publishing / Skelling Press, 1980. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); 284pp. Publisher's photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining £9.90 price; boards bound in green cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Eight (8) pages of glossy black-and-white photographs. Dust jacket a bit bumped and toned. Boards lightly bumped; spine cocked. Binding sound. Textblock toned; endsheets and interior pages clean. Very Good. Inscribed and dated by the author to his wife at title page.

Cronin was journalist and former officer in the Irish Army who twice served as the Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army. He was imprisoned for his involvement with the IRA and left the group after his release.