Conlon Lil (3 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. [light external soiling, very slight edgewear to covers]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) A history of the founding and early years of the Irish republican women's paramilitary organization, which was allied with the Irish Volunteers, and later, the Irish Republican Army. Its members played a role in the 1916 Easter Rising, and the organization was active in the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). "It took the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War [and] was declared an illegal organisation by the government of the Irish Free State in 1923" (Wikipedia).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine condition. First Printing of the First Edition. Kilkenny, Ireland: Kilkenny People Ltd. , 1969. Appears unread. Near Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Light bump to corner else fresh and crisp. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with a few photos. "First printed 1969" is so stated on the copyright page. All about Cumann na mBan, The Irishwomen's Council, formed in 1913 to advance the cause of Irish liberty. A very attractive copy of a book tough-to-find in any edition. Copies of this first printing are especially scarce. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. viii, 312pp.

First edition. 8vo. 312pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Some light marks on covers. Otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this first edition book in pictorial card covers. Scarce book.