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Aranmen All
by O Flaherty, Tom
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Dublin & London: At the Sign of the Three Candles & Hamish Hamilton, 1934. Tom O Flaherty, the older brother of Liam, was like him raised in the Aran Islands and was a native Irish speaker. They shared a radical view of Irish and world politics, both of them at one time members of the Communist Party. Tom published two volumes of short stories (written in English) prior to his death in 1936. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, which is uncommon to rare. Oatmeal-colored cloth binding with lettering and a representation of an Aran curragh in blue. Clean text; 192 pages; illustrated with photographs. There is a slight splay, else a Fine copy. The rare dustwrapper is present. Very clean and bright with a slight darkening on the spine. Some chipping at the corners and at the margins of the spine, else Fine. In an archioval plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002433
- Title
- Aranmen All
- Author
- O Flaherty, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- At the Sign of the Three Candles & Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- Dublin & London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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.
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- Chipping
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