First edition. 260pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Cocked. Stains to outer text block edge, does in places carry through to text block. Lender's sheet on front free endpaper. Gutter stretched at title page. Lender's stamp on copyright page. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket Mylar wrapped, price unclipped. 8vo. A reluctant and now retired secret service agent is brought back from exile after the Irish government is told that the British will be withdrawing from the north.
