COUNTRY GIRL: A Memoir.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject portrait b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with b/w and gilt lettering,author's/subject's colour photographic rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Tiniest of snicks to front,bottom corner of dw/dj.Gilt coloured spine/backstrip of dw/dj with reddish brown,gilt and black lettering and both head+foot of same minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xpp+3-339pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,a prologue,Pts 1-4 comprising 9,7,3 and 4 chapters respectively,19 b/w author/subject biographical b/w photographs randomly interspersed throughout the text and the book, acknowledgements,list of permissions,list of illustrations; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a dedication,Pts separator pages,and 2pp blanks at the rear. The publication of Edna O'Brien's memoir is a major literary event. O'Brien was born in Ireland in 1930,and her brilliant debut novel,'The Country Girls',was banned there upon its publication in 1960.Since then she has created a body of work which bears comparison with the very best writing of the 20thC. In 'Country Girl' we come face to face with a life of high drama and contemplation.And along the way there are encounters with Hollywood giants,pop stars and literary titans - all of whom lend this life,so gorgeously,sometimes painfully remembered here,a terrible poignancy. In prose which sparkles with the effortless gifts of a master,Edna O'Brien has recast her life with the imaginative insight of a poet.This is a book of unfathomable depth and honesty. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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