Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. One of the most famous narratives of the Irish Civil War; an uncommon, and highly desirable title of modern Irish history. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition (the English versionwas titled "On Another Man's Wound"). Tan cloth binding, ruled in red, with titling in black on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 403 pages, illustrated endpapers. Frontis photograph of O Malley. Nicely fresh textblock of high-quality paper stock. The rear paste-down has the original price-sticker still in place. Previous-owner signature on the FFEP. Just a touch of rubbing to the margins; quite close to a Fine copy. Lacking a dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005269
Title: Army Without Banners. Adventures of an Irish Volunteer
Author: O Malley, Ernie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First American Edition.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1937
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Irish History & Politics;

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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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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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