House of Splendid Isolation
by O'Brien, Edna
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297814605
- ISBN 13
- 9780297814603
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Dark red coloured end pages. Burgundy coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with burgundy in gilt coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of the author to the rear panel. Two people are isolated in a dilapidated country mansion  the owner, Josie, confined to bed due to illness; and, McGreevy  bloody crusader for a United Ireland. In brilliant and ferocious vignettes, O'Brien charts the two opinions of the characters and offers the heated argument that serves as a parable for the dilemma which lies at the soul of Ireland today. Rubbing of the book edges with fading to the top and bottom edges of the back strip and front panel. Previous owners name to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels and there are handling marks be seen as well. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature; Ireland; ISBN: 0297814605. ISBN/EAN: 9780297814603. Inventory No: 0201002. . 9780297814603
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0201002
- Title
- House of Splendid Isolation
- Author
- O'Brien, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297814605
- ISBN 13
- 9780297814603
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Literature, Ireland, unification, IRA, Conflict Literature; Ireland; Unbranded ISBN: 0297814605 EAN: 9780297814603 O'Brien, Edna House of Splendid Isolation
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Rubbing
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- Dustwrapper
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...