Books

THE INFORMER, Jonathan Cape, 1925, first edition, front fore edge corner tips ever so slightly / gently bumped, else a bright vg+/near fine copy in a vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some dust-soil and some slight wear and tear to the head and heel of the dust-wrapper spine and flap folds. Most successfully filmed in 1935 winning 4 Academy Awards. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.

Set during the Irish War of Independence, 'The Informer' tells the story of Gypo Nolan, a man who betrays his friend, Frankie McPhillip, to the British authorities for a reward, and is subsequently consumed by guilt and paranoia. It is a gripping exploration of moral conflict and psychological turmoil.