Jail Journal
by Mitchel, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, Ltd., 1950. One of the most famous and influential books of modern Irish history. Mitchel, a militant revolutionary, was convicted of sedition and transported to Tasmania by the British. Escaping to New York, he published his diary and founded "The United Irishman." It has been reprinted many times in the past 100 years. No publication date. Per OCLC, this is most probably the edition of 1950. A Near Fine copy. Green cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; xlvii, 463 pages. Preface by Arthur Griffith. Frontis illustration and 36 others within. The textblock is fresh and bright; contemporary inscription in Irish on FFEP; light offsetting to the endpapers; corners lightly bumped. The dustwrapper is complete and unclipped, with light edgewear, showing some tan to the white areas. In an archival plastic protector. Withal, a very nice copy of an important work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000892
- Title
- Jail Journal
- Author
- Mitchel, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- M.H. Gill & Son, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
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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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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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