Product Description
Despite the title, this is more of a broad history of the origins and development of what became the movement for Independence in which Sinn Féin became the leading political mover after the 1918 election, rather than being a history of the Sinn Féin party per se
This is a hardcover first edition, published 1920 by Talbot Press, 1920.
Signed by a previous owner to the front endpaper, ( dated April 1967) the front flyleaf looks to have been removed, binding is tight titles blindstamped to spine , bumping and cracks to top and tail of spine. Small format hardcover.
In his summary , the author ( writing in 1919) concluded that he thought it impossible that Ireland would gain political independence...' given the forces ranged against it'