The Barracks
by McGAHERN, John
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0571119905
- ISBN 13
- 9780571119905
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, Incorporated. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. Softcover. 0571119905 . A softcover reprint edition of John McGahern's acclaimed semi-autobiographical first novel. This is a story featuring a lonely woman who marries an Irish police officer and widower with three children. The reconstituted family takes up residence in a police barracks, much as McGahern himself did as a child. --- In black wraps with hobnail boots image to cover. --- With light tanning to leaves and a couple of creases to covers, else a sound copy.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 232 pages .
Synopsis
William T. O'Malley ; gift ; 2006. Gift of William T. O'Malley.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60232
- Title
- The Barracks
- Author
- McGAHERN, John
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571119905
- ISBN 13
- 9780571119905
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0571119905
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...