[Lennon, George] O'Reilly, Terence:Rebel Heart: George Lennon : flying column commander.
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Cyprus: Public Information Office, 1974. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book shows light wear to covers only with creaseless covers and spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking … Mehr…
Cyprus: Public Information Office, 1974. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book shows light wear to covers only with creaseless covers and spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Illustrated with very graphic photos of destruction caused by the bombing and Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. 8 by 10.75 inches. 110 pages. Includes a timeline of the history of Cyprus, maps with a timeline of invading Turkish forces, dispersed population tables, newspaper clippings, U.N. statements, specific military capabilities, etc., Public Information Office, 1974, 4, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1963. [1963]. Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full brick-red cloth. The spine is stamped in crimson and gilt. Octavo. Brilliant yellow endpapers and topstain. 305pps. Stated First American Edition. There is mild bumping and rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends, a previous owner's name is neatly penned on the front pastedown, and there is modest reading wear including a small tear with attendant creasing at the bottom of page 73. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has mild touches of rubbing to the rear panel and has a small nick at the head of the spine; the original price (4.95)is intact. Basis of the 1965 film starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar. "...He tells the story first -- Frederick Clegg, an obscure little clerk and a collector of butterflies who one day goes on to net his finest specimen, Miss Miranda Grey, a soft, lovely twenty-year-old. In his colorless yet curiously expressive words, he tells of the months in which he stood by the office window and watched for the beautiful Miranda whenever she was home from art school. Then Frederick suddenly wins a fortune in a football pool and devises an ingenious way to make his dream come true. He buys a secluded country house and, when all preparations have been made, kidnaps Miranda from outside her apartment in London. The body of the novel concerns the two months during which Miranda is held prisoner in the cellar of the house..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition. Hard Cover. JOHN FOWLES THE COLLECTOR FIRST EDITIONS LITERATURE FICTION BRITISH AUTHORS FREDERICK CLEGG MISS MIRANDA GREY LONDON ENGLAND COLLECTIBLE USED BOOKS NOVELS. Catalogs: Literature & Fiction, World., Little, Brown, and Company, 1963, 0, 2009. Cork, Mercier Press, 2009. 22 cm. 287 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare, out-of-print ! George Lennon (1900–1991) was an Irish Republican Army leader during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. As a young member of Na Fianna Éireann, Lennon, with companion "Barney" Dalton, was arrested for activating an explosive device (I.E.D.) along the Dungarvan quay. West Waterford O/C P.C. O'Mahony listed him, in October 1914, as a fourteen-year-old "Adjutant" in the newly formed Dungarvan Volunteers. An Irish Republican Brotherhood circle of twenty, organized by O'Mahony, included Lennon, Pax Whelan and Dan Fraher, all later prominent during the War of Independence. After the Easter Rising, in which he stopped a train in a futile search for arms, he left Abbeyside School just prior to his sixteenth birthday. Initially imprisoned as a seventeen-year-old at Ballybricken Prison, Waterford City, he was "on the run" for nearly a year before being captured and sentenced at Lismore Court House to Cork Male Gaol. Incarcerated with Charlie Daly of Kerry, he was released prematurely, due to ill health at the time of the third outbreak of Spanish Influenza, in May 1919. He served as West Waterford Vice O/C under O/C Pax Whelan. With Liam Lynch on 7 September 1919, he took part in the first County Cork attack on British military forces at Fermoy's Wesleyan Church. In May 1920 he participated in "one of the fiercest of all barracks attacks..." directed at the Royal Irish Constabulary in Kilmallock, County Limerick. After this he was attached to the East Limerick Flying Column (the first organised of "men on the run") and took part in a series of attacks on Crown forces including Bruree, Co. Limerick and Kildorrery, Co. Cork. He also served with the West Limerick Column and, at Liam Lynch's request, helped organise the famed Cork No. 2 Column portrayed in Sean Keating's iconic Men of the South. In October 1920 he took command of the West Waterford Flying Column as the youngest leader of an active service unit. Operating from the Comeragh Mountains] and the Drum Hills, Lennon, with Great War veteran John Riordan, planned and led the Piltown Cross ambush on 1 November 1920 (the date of the execution, in Dublin, of Kevin Barry) in which a British Army unit was overwhelmed and armaments seized. In January 1921 the flying column took part in the unsuccessful Pickardstown ambush near Tramore and the Burgery ambush in March 1921. Capturing childhood acquaintance RIC Sergeant Hickey, he had him executed as a "police spy". In all, Lennon was involved in some 17 engagements, not including gun-running activities and arms seizures. The activities of Lennon's column resulted in nearly a thousand British soldiers being deployed to Waterford, along with over two hundred RIC and Royal Marines. The local newspaper in 1924 referenced "...in the struggles that took place he had many hair-breadth escapes." These included while being "on the run:" Kilkenny, Fermoy and Ballyhooly, Co. Cork and Cappagh, Kilmacthomas, Cappoquin and Grawn (Faha Bridge), Co. Waterford. Escapes as a Republican "Irregular" from Irish Free State Forces in County Waterford were made in July 1923 from Ballybricken and Barnakill, Kilrossanty. After the Truce of 11 July 1921, he served as County Waterford IRA Liaison Officer, seized the former Cappoquin] RIC Barracks and led his men into a generally non-receptive Waterford City. In January 1922, staying at Vaughan's Hotel with I.R.A Chief of Staff Liam Lynch (shot 10 April 1923) of Cork and Charlie Daly ( "Drunboe Martyr" executed 14 March 1923) of Kerry, he was present at the Mansion House when the Dail voted to accept the Anglo-Irish Treaty. In the subsequent Irish Civil War, he took the anti-Treaty side and fought at the Battle of Waterford of July 1922 (See Irish Free State offensive) against former comrade and East Waterford Commanding Officer Paddy Paul. The first and last shots of the battle were fired from his command at Ballybricken Gaol. Retreating westward he subsequently resigned in a letter to Liam Deasy when it became obvious that the war would prove ruinous for Ireland. (Wikipedia), 2009, 0<
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