The Islandman
by OCrohan, Tomás
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dublin & Cork: Talbot Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1934. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Withdrawl from convent library with two convent stamps to front endpapers, one to title page and one to rear; 2 digit number appears on blank endpaper and half title page; no signs of pockets or due sheets; in blue cloth with bright gilt spine titles; tight clean text with sepia illustrations, all quite bright and unmarked; plain blue wrapper with handlettered titles to spine and small spine sticker; clearly home made; mapped endpapers, front and rear; 324 pp translated from the Irish by Robin Fowler who also supplies an 8 page foreword. Scarce. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- B-Line Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18859
- Title
- The Islandman
- Author
- O’Crohan, Tomás
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Publisher
- Talbot Press
- Place of Publication
- Dublin & Cork
- Date Published
- 1934
Terms of Sale
B-Line Books
Return: If the book is not as described, we will refund cost of book and shipping. If for any reason the buyer does not want the book, even though it is as described, we will offer a refund minus shipping both ways (within 14 days).
About the Seller
B-Line Books
Biblio member since 2003
Amherst, Nova Scotia
About B-Line Books
B-Line Books is an internet business operating from my large home in Amherst, Nova Scotia. I am a retired English teacher with a lifetime of gathered books for sale. Presently, about 24,000 books in 90 categories are listed with an emphasis in the humanities. I look for books I am interested in myself, and feel that most of the inventory is of high quality. See for yourself.
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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