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I Did Penal Servitude
by D. 83222" (Walter Mahon-Smith)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: Metropolitan Publishing Co., 1946. A famous and influential prison memoir, published anonymously, using only a penal number as a pseudonym. Uncommon. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Impression, issued a year after the First Edition, in the same binding but with a different dustwrapper. Tan paper-covered boards with a yellow cloth spine; red lettering on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 243 pages. The Preface is by Sean O'Faolain. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the author to Irene Calvert (MP, 1909-2000) on the FFEP "On the occasion of her presiding at debate in Dublin," and dated in 1947. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed By Author. Second Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002408
- Title
- I Did Penal Servitude
- Author
- D. 83222" (Walter Mahon-Smith)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition.
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
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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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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