The Islandman
by O'Crohan, Tomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Dublin & Cork: The Talbot Press, 1934. A celebrated memoir of the now-vasished lifestyle on the Blasket Islands off the west coast of Ireland. Regarded as a classic account (and a great read). Originally written in his native Irish and first published in 1929. This is a Very Good (minus) copy of the First Edition in English (translation and an Introduction by Robin Flower), published in the same year as Chatto's UK publication. Blue cloth binding (faded to brown on the spine). Clean text; 324 pages; map of the islands as decorative endpapers. This copy is mildly bumped and has a lean; several spots of discoloration on the covers. There is a small paper label on the front cover and a previous-owner signature on the front paste-down. This is a sound copy in an uncommon edition, but not for the advanced collector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002393
- Title
- The Islandman
- Author
- O'Crohan, Tomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- The Talbot Press
- Place of Publication
- Dublin & Cork
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...