Henry Joy McCracken by Edna C. Fitzhenry (GT556)

Published 1936: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated frontispiece

Original red cloth with black titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 164 clean and bright pages, small pen line mark on page 36 and 37, small tear also on page 36 (no text affected), mild speckled foxing on the title page and edges, previous owners signature on the first free page. Boards slightly rubbed and faded with time. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed with time and chipped along the edges consistent with age but remains intact. A very rare original first edition. (GT556)

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Henry Joy McCracken was an Irish republican executed in Belfast for his part in leading United Irishmen in the Rebellion of 1798.

According to his descendants, Henry Joy McCracken, commander of the United Irishmen in the north of Ireland, wore this green coat at the Battle of Antrim on June 7, 1798. McCracken lost the battle and was captured and hanged a month later for treason.

Edna C. Fitzhenry
Talbot Press, limited, 1936 - Ireland - 164 pages. [Google Books]