The Assassin : Special Author's Edition, Numbered and Signed

London, England: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Fine Dust Jacket. 1928. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 286 pages: 5.5 x 7.75 in.: 1.4: Signed by Author: KB#011169: Fine condition facsimile bookjacket / dustjacket protected by a Mylar Cover. Special Author's Limited Numbered First Edition (#48 of 150), SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Liam O'Flaherty). Light Blue Boards with gilt lettering (of author's name on front) and title/author on spine. Spine is faded and no dustjacket is included. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright (except as indicated), tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "On 10 July 1927 Kevin O’Higgins was assassinated in the streets of Dublin. He had fought for Irish independence but had become more conservative and, as Minister of Justice of the Irish Free State, had signed the execution orders of seventy-seven political prisoners. His assassination was the IRA’s revenge for that action. This book appeared a year later. Nowhere does it mention O’Higgins, Minister of Justice or execution orders but it seems fairly certain that it was based, at least in part, on O’Higgins’ assassination. Indeed, the assassination target in this book is entirely anonymous. We know little about him, except that he was an Irish politician who was deemed to have betrayed the republican cause (though no details are known of the nature of his betrayal) and that he dressed smartly. The story follows the four main conspirators, not the victim, whom we see only very briefly." .