At Swim-Two-Birds
by O'Brien, Flann
At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish author Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction. The novel's title derives from Snámh dá Én, a possibly apocryphal place on the river Shannon, reportedly visited by the legendary King Sweeney, a character in the novel.
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At Swim-Two-Birds
by O'Brien, Flann; [O'Nolan, Brian]
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Top corners bumped, jacket grubby and has several chips, one small water spot to jacket at cente
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- First American Edition
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- [1951]
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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NY: Pantheon. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Top corners bumped, jacket grubby and has . several chips, one small water spot to jacket at center of spine.. [1951]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Yellow boards with title stamped in various fonts in black on front. Black cloth spine with title stamped in yellow. A comic classic of modern Irish… Read more about this item Item Price
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At Swim-two-birds
by O'BRIEN, Flann
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- First American Edition
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- 1951-01-01
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- Hardcover
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Dearborn, Michigan, USA
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Pantheon, 1951-01-01. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover, First American Edition (see description) 1951 Pantheon 316 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to navy blue cloth spine with yellow spine titles over yellow paper boards with black and yellow titles - corners sharp. One small scuff… Read more about this item Item Price
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At Swim-two-birds (Penguin Modern Classics)
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780141182681
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At Swim-Two-Birds (Modern Classics)
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Paperback
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- 9780140026368
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At Swim Two Birds
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
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- Reprint, 1950
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- 1950
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- Hardback
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London, Greater London, GBR
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Pantheon Books. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1950. Reprint, 1950. Hardback. Boards quarter bound in blue cloth and yellow paper, light spotting at fore-edge of front board, both boards a touch age-toned, minute losses to paper's surface on corner, lettering on spine a touch rubbed; Pages lightly age-toned, top-edge dusty and spotted, note by previous author… Read more about this item Item Price
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At Swim-Two-Birds (Twentieth Century Classics S.)
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Good
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- 1990-03-29
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- Paperback
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- 9780140181722
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Devizes, Wiltshire, GBR
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Penguin Classics, 1990-03-29. Paperback. Good. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Item Price
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At Swim-Two-Birds (first edition in dust jacket)
by O'Brien, Flann (pseud. O'Nolan, Brian)
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- Used - Fine
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- good
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- First American edition
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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Bordentown, New Jersey, USA
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$300.00
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New York: Pantheon, 1951. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. Hardcover in bright yellow paper covered boards lettered in black over black cloth spine lettered in yellow. States only "First published 1939" on copyright page but this, the first American edition, was actually published in 1951 by Pantheon. 316 pp. A tight, bright example with a touch of soiling… Read more about this item Item Price
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At Swim-two-birds (Penguin Modern Classics)
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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- 9780141182681
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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At Swim-Two-birds
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Carlisle, Cumbria, GBR
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$62.80
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London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1960. Lightly rubbed, cocked, closed edges lightly tanned and foxed, pages clean and bright.. First Edition Thus. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Item Price
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At Swim-Two-Birds (Twentieth Century Classics S.)
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Paperback
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- 9780140181722
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At Swim-two-birds (Penguin Modern Classics)
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Paperback
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- 9780141182681
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At Swim-two-birds
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780246108906
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Didcot, Oxfordshire, GBR
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$942.08
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St Albans: Granada, 1982. Hardcover in very good condition. With a prefatory word by Anthony Burgess. The jacket is slightly sunned with a small abrasion on the spine and minimal shelf-wear. The jacket is not price clipped. The boards are unmarked with minimal shelf-wear. Foxing on the upper page block. The pages in the main body are clean and clear.… Read more about this item Item Price
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At Swim-two-birds
by O'Brien, Flann
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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$60.00
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Macgibbon & Kee, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. An early reprint. Includes 2 articles - one, a newspaper clipping detailing the author's book having been adapted into a theatre production, and the other, a typewritten (rather discoloured) review of the production dated 1970 and 1969 respectively. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked, with creasing and… Read more about this item Item Price
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AT SWIM TWO BIRDS
by O'BRIEN, FLANN
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- Second Impression.
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Skreen, Sligo, IRL
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$86.47
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London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1961. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Impression.. 316pp; A bright copy with slight toning to top edges; Unclipped d/w shows toning to rear panel and small closed tear (1 cm) to base of rear d/w panel; Size: 12mo. Item Price
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At Swim-Two-Birds.
by O'Brien, Flann.
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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$650.00
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New York: Pantheon.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. Near fine in very good+ or better dust jacket. (Bottom corner tips lightly bumped. Spine of jacket lightly age toned. Traces of faint soiling at edges of jacket. Very slim chips at crest of spine on jacket. )… Read more about this item Item Price
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At Swim-Two-Birds
by Flann O'Brien
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1939
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- Hardcover
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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$139.95
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New York: Pantheon, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover book in very good condition with yellow paper boards and black cloth spine, lettering in black and yellow. This is a 1st edition without dust jacket. Endpapers and pastedowns have some spotting, and two small tape marks. Date "1939" on copyright page underlined in pen. Binding in… Read more about this item Item Price
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At Swim-Two-Birds (Four Square Book. no. 759.)
by O'Brien, Flann
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Selkirk, GBR
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$47.73
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London, Four Square Books, 1962;. Softcover. Good condition. 208pp with tanning to edges. Pictorial covers have been covered with clear sellotape. . " A rumbustious, boozy novel about the real people of Dublin." . Item Price
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At Swim-Two-Birds (Irish Literature) (John F. Byrne Irish Literature Series)
by Gass, William
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- Like New
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- Paperback
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- 9781564781819
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$9.22
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Paperback. Like New. Item Price
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At Swim-Two-Birds (Irish Literature Series)
by Flann O'Brien
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- Used:Good
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- 1st Dalkey Archive ed
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- 1998-08-17
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- Paperback
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- 9781564781819
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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$36.37
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Dalkey Archive Press, 1998-08-17. 1st Dalkey Archive ed. Paperback. Used:Good. Item Price
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Kenneth and Hugh or, Self-mastery
by Bell, Catherine D.
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- Used - About very good in original black publisher's cloth with blind stamping, wear to corners and minor loss at spine, some foxing, a
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- Early American Edition
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- 1862
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA
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$84.00
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New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1862. Early American Edition. About very good in original black publisher's cloth with blind stamping, wear to corners and minor loss at spine, some foxing, and cocking.. Scarce printing with no copies located on Worldcat at cataloging, though it appears to be largely identical to the 1858 first edition, with different publisher's cloth.… Read more about this item Item Price
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