O'BRIEN, WILLIAM. (M.P). — When We Were Boys. (A Novel).

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1890. 1st edition. A Fenian romance with a land reform theme set in 1860 Pp.550/16(ads), occasional minor spotting throughout, cracking to inner rear hinge but holding. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, bumps to corners and minor edge wear. Good.** "William O'Brien (2 October 1852 – 25 February 1928) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher, author and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was particularly associated with the campaigns for land reform in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as his conciliatory approach to attaining Irish Home Rule."(wiki).