Socialism and Nationalism. A Selection from the Writing of James Connolly with Introduction and Notes by Desmond Ryan. Dublin: At the Sign of the Three Candles, 1948. First Edition. Cream cloth boards, lettered in black, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. Light rubbing to jacket, ownership name to endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy.

The first (of three) volume of Connolly’s writings in Irish, British and American journals.

The Editor had access to the unrivalled library of Connolly books and manuscripts in the possession of William O’Brien.