Irish Heroes in the War
London: Everett & Co., Ltd., 1917.
Price: $350.00
Hardcover. First edition. 335, [1] pp. Illustrated. Publishers' green cloth, gilt spine titles. Very good, with some staining to boards, corners bumped, without dustwrapper. Inscribed by Sergeant Major Peter Fanning (4th Battalion, Tyneside Irish Brigade) to the great boxing champion: "From Peter Fanning, Jarrow-on-Tyne, England 27.8.28., To James J. Tunney, America." James "Gene" Tunney, the son of Irish immigrants, beat Jack Dempsey to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
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