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Borstal Boy
by Behan, Brendan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson of London, 1958. This is a Near Fine copy of the First English Edition of Behan's remarkable memoir of his youth as an Irish terrorist and confinement in borstal (reformatory]. [Stated "First Published 1958"] Maroon cloth binding with titling on the spine in silver. Clean text; 343 pages. Tiny bookseller sticker on the rear paste-down. The wear is confined to some rubbing to the bottom edges from shelving. The dustwrapper has the upper flap clipped [but the price is actually intact on the bottom of the flap]. Tiny bit of wear to the foot of the spine. In an archival plastic protector.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Borstal Boy is an autobiographical 1958 book by Brendan Behan. The story depicts a young, fervently idealistic Behan who loses his naivete over the three years of his sentence, softening his radical stance and warming to the other prisoners. From a technical standpoint, the novel is chiefly notable for the art with which it captures the lively dialogue of the Borstal inmates, with all the variety of the British Isles' many subtly distinctive accents intact on the page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006045
- Title
- Borstal Boy
- Author
- Behan, Brendan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
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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- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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