Speeches and Addresses. In Parliament, on the Platform, and at the Bar, 1859 To 1881. Dublin: Sullivan, 1882. Second Edition. Pp 250. Publisher’s blue cloth, decorated & lettered in gilt, all edges in gilt. Light shelf-wear to covers, otherwise a very good copy.

Presentation copy, Inscribed by the Author on front free endpaper.

Alexander Martin Sullivan was an Irish lawyer, best known as the leading counsel for the defence in the 1916 treason trial of Roger Casement. He was the last barrister in either Ireland or England to hold the rank of serjeant-at-law, hence his nickname ‘The Last Serjeant.’