Golden Memories : The Love Letters and the Prison Letters of William O'Brien
by O'Brien, William; O'Brien, Sophie (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dublin: M.H.Gill and Son, Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. N/a. 204pp. 1929. 1st. A very good minus copy of this scarce first edition. Frontispiece of the two lovers. Original publisher's cloth with gilt embossed title to the spine. A number of unopened pages have been forced leaving some notable chips to the margins of some leaves. No loss of text. Light rubbing to the cloth at the head of the front board. Slight rubbing to the corners and to the outer spine joint at the tail. A very good, tight copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226933
- Title
- Golden Memories : The Love Letters and the Prison Letters of William O'Brien
- Author
- O'Brien, William; O'Brien, Sophie (editor)
- Illustrator
- N/a
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- M.H.Gill and Son, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Unopened
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
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- Leaves
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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