The Irish Republic. A Documented Chronicle of the Anglo-Irish Conflict and the Partitioning of Ireland, with a Detailed Account of the Period 1916-1923. With a Preface by Eamon De Valera. Dublin: Irish Press, 1951. New Edition (fourth printing). Pp, 1045. Blue cloth, title lettered in gilt to spine, in publisher’s grey dust jacket printed in blue, with some small tears & a little loss to lower right corner.  A very good copy.

One of the definitive historical accounts of modern Irish history, first published in 1937. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of De Valera & folded maps at rear.

Inserted is a copy of: ‘Taoiseach’s Broadcast to the Nation’ Reprinted The Irish Press News paper on the 17th May 1945. (8 pages, folded. Photograph of De Valera to front cover. Fragile).

Éamon de Valera’s radio address marking the end of World War II in Europe. Delivered on 16 May 1945, it is best remembered as his firm defence of Ireland’s wartime neutrality and his pointed reply to Winston Churchill’s criticism of that stance.