The Informer
by O'Flaherty, Liam
A tale of temptation, betrayal, and reprisal, this powerful novel is set in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War. It tells of Gypo Nolan, who informs on a wanted comrade. The source of the Academy Award-winning film directed by John Ford. Preface by Denis Donoghue.
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The Informer.
by O'FLAHERTY, Liam.
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London, London, GBR
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London, Jonathan Cape, 1925. . First edition; 8vo; publisher's cloth, light sunning to spine, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, light toning and creasing to spine, neat repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling to lower panel, in effect a very good copy.
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THE INFORMER
by LIAM O'FLAHERTY , NIGEL LAMBOURNE Artist
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- 1961
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Brighton, East Sussex, GBR
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LONDON: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1961 Oatmeal Cloth boards with black blocked illustration extending to rear with gilt blocked title to spine, top edge stained dark purple,230 x 150 mm approx. 192 pp. 8 b/w lithograph illustrations by Nigel Lambourne as called for. First Folio printing 1961. Lacks slip case. The copy offered is from the library of the late Denis… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
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PORT JEFFERSON STATION, New York, USA
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Minor Wear and discoloration Item Price
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The Informer
by O'Flaherty, Liam
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- 1943
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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New York: Triangle Books, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, lightly rubbed and toned. Red boards, darkened at the edges. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, clean otherwise. O'Flaherty's novel of Irish revolutionaries, a novel of murder and mystery, adapted into the 1935 RKO film of the same… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer (First Edition, inscribed in the year of publication)
by Liam O'Flaherty
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- 1925
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First American Edition. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by the author on the front endpaper: "To Mrs. Norman / from / Liam O'Flaherty / Sept 27th 1925."
The author's landmark first novel, a Haycraft Queen cornerstone, and basis for two films, one in 1929 and a better one in 1935… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
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Kraków, POL
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London: Folio Society, 1962 8vo (22 cm), 192 pp, 8 lithographs. Publisher's cloth boards and slip-case. Beautiful edition of a novel by Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty (first edition 1925) set in 1920's Dublin. Illustrated by Nigel Lambourne. Item Price
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The Informer
by O'Flaherty, Liam
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- 1945
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Mississauga, Ontario, CAN
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Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing Co. Superior Reprint # M650 1st Printing , 1945 ----------vintage paperback. Cover creases, edgewear, a VG copy.. .. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books. Item Price
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The Informer
by O'FLAHERTY, Liam
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New York, New York, USA
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 272 pages, 8vo, olive-green cloth, dust wrapper. London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. First Edition.<br/> <br/> A near fine copy (edges foxed; bookplate) in a brilliant dust wrapper. Presentation copy, Dec. 5th, 1925 "To J.R. Highton Esq. with the compliments of Liam O'Flaherty." A Haycroft-Queen cornerstone, the basis for a film,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
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Chico, California, USA
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$50.00
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London: Folio Society, 1961. This is a very attractive edition of the famous IRA novel, later a great film with an Academy Award-winning performance by Victor McLaglan. Beautifully illustrated with lithographs by Nigel Lambourne; the cloth boards are also illustrated. A Near Fine copy. Clean text; 292 pages, very fresh and bright. Very slight darkening to the spine, else a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
by O'FLAHERTY, Liam
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- 1925
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Neat, contemporary owner's name on the front fly, a couple of barely visible spots on the boards, small tear in margin of title page else very near fine in bright, near fine dust jacket with very shallow loss at the crown. A fresh copy of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
by Liam O'Flaherty
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- 1943-01-01
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Dearborn, Michigan, USA
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$45.00
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Triangle Books, 1943-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket, 1943 Reprint Triangle Books 312 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Red boards with black stripes and black spine titles on grey panel. Minor shelf/edge wear with age toning to all pages. Corners show tiny bumps. DJ illustration includes an image… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
by O'Flaherty, Liam
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- 1925
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Avon, Connecticut, USA
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$3,000.00
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. True first edition of O'Flaherty's classic book of the Irish Underground in Dublin. Made into a memorable film directed by John Ford. A clean tight very good copy in green cloth with bright spine lettering. Price intact dustwrapper is quite bright and has benefited from some profesional restoration… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
by O'Flaherty, Liam
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- 1925
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$250.00
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Very Good in publisher's olive green cloth. Cloth toned at spine, lightly rubbed at edges, faint evidence of contact with water to bottom edge. Light lean to binding. Two tasteful owner book plates to front end sheet. Pages lightly toned, light scratches to top stain. A… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
by O’FLAHERTY, LIAM
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- 1929
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First Traveler’s Library Edition. Signed by Liam O’Flaherty. From the library of Harpo Marx, the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team, and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx, former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer
by O'FLAHERTY, Liam
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- 1961
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: The New American Library, 1961. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint, second printing. Afterword by Donagh MacDonagh. Mass market paperback. 189pp. Owner name boldly printed onto page foredges, light creases on wrapper, about very god. A classic Irish novel which was the basis for the 1935 film that won four Academy Awards including Best Actor for Victor McLaglen… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Informer.
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London, GBR
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London: Jonathan Cape,, 1925. First Edition, First Impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "from Liam O'Flaherty With affectionate regards to J. N. Block". The author's masterpiece. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With dust jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown, spine just a touch faded but an excellent copy in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE INFORMER
by O'FLAHERTY, LIAM
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- 1925
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albany, New York, USA
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$49.00
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NY: ALFRED A . KNOPF. clean, unmarked copy! . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1925. Item Price
$49.00

The Informer
by O'Flaherty, Liam
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- First Edition
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- 1925
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Leicester, GBR
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London: Cape, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Jonathan Cape 1925). First UK Edition. Publisher's dull olive-green green boards with gilt lettering to the spine blind-stamped with the Cape logo to the back board. An attractive book-plate to the front past-down otherwise a near fine copy. The D/W is priced 7s 6d… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Edge of Doom
by Leo Brady
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- 1949
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Alameda, California, USA
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$10.00
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Popular Library, 1949. First printing. Very Good condition. #260. Item Price
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The Informer
by O'Flaherty, Liam
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus.
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- 1937
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- Hardcover
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Chico, California, USA
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$35.00
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. A tale of the IRA and "the Troubles," and first published in 1925, this is O'Flahery's most famous novel, due to the filmed version where Victor McLaglen earned his Oscar nomination.This is a Very Good copy from Cape's popular series "The New Library." Turquoise cloth binding (more a true green on the spine) with black lettering.… Read more about this item Item Price
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