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A Purse of Coppers: Short Stories by O'Faolain, Sean - 1938

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A Purse of Coppers: Short Stories

by O'Faolain, Sean

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Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1938. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing, brown cloth binding with the original paper labels (which are in exceptional shape) on front cover and spine, there are two remarkable book flaws: the former owner's name and address on the first blank end-paper and some mild sunning to the rear cover, tight binding, fine contents, very clean, the dustjacket has several short tears along the rear fold and three sizeable (1-inch) edge-chips at the top of the front panel and spine, the jacket is clean, the original price (2.50) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "The present collection, more varied than the earlier group and concerened more with present day Ireland, contains fourteen short stories.." .
  • Bookseller Mainly Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
  • Edition 1st US Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Viking Press
  • Date Published 1938
  • Keywords Ireland

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A Purse of Coppers: Short Stories

A Purse of Coppers: Short Stories

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1937 286pp. Spine is cocked and a bit shaken. Tips and spine ends are heavily bumped and heavily rubbed. Lower edge of both boards are rubbed. Top edge of text block is heavily dust stained. Lower edge of text block has many scratches. Spine and board edges are heavily sunned and heavily scuffed. Spine edges are rubbed. Boards have heavy scuffs and heavy scratches. Former owner name on front endpaper. Spine has a small roll. Front board has a small white stain. Text is unmarked. . First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Dust Jacket.
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A Purse of Coppers

A Purse of Coppers

by Sean O'Faolain

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Jonathan Cape, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 1937. First Edition. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Inscription to front pastedown. Front endpaper has been removed. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
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A Purse of Coppers

A Purse of Coppers

by O'Faolain, Sean

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New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First edition (1938). Tan rough-texured cloth with green and tan paper labels on spine and front cover, top edge tinted green, 284 pages. Light edgewear, spine label age-darkened but readily legible, good hinges, sound text block, unevenly age-toned endpapers, pages clean and free from names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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A purse of coppers.

A purse of coppers.

by O'Faolain, Sean

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Used - G. Light shelf wear to covers, front endpaper removed, overall good condition.
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. First edition. hard cover. G. Light shelf wear to covers, front endpaper removed, overall good condition./No Jacket.
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A PURSE OF COPPERS

by O'Faolain, Sean

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1st Edition
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. 286pp. Tan cloth, green titles. Trifle crocked but a sound copy lacking the d.j. No inscriptions.. 1st Edition. hard back. V.g./No Jacket. 8vo.
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A Purse of Coppers - short stories

by O'Faolain, Sean

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New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 284 pp, Published March, 1938, 14 short stories. Binding tight and square, pages unmarked, clean, with slightly age-toned e.p.'s, light brown woven cloth boards, with paper author/title to fr cover and dimmed a bit on spine. cloth crisp with only faint wear to lower rear foreedge, DJ chipped top and bottom spine and some to edges, and sun-tanned all around. unclipped DJ handles OK in acetate protector. .
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A Purse of Coppers: Short Stories

by Sean O'Faolain

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1st Edition
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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New York: Viking Press, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition, published in March 1938. Boards in publisher's brown buckram with paper title blocks on the spine and front cover; blind stamped Viking Press logo on front. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends; archival mending tissue repairs on backside; not price clipped ($2.50); in an archival mylar sleeve. 284 pages. Fourteen short stories, mostly concerned with life in Ireland in the 1930s, by Sean O Faolain (1900-1991).
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A Purse of Coppers

by O'Faolain, Sean

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Used - Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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London: Cape. Bound in clean brown cloth with bright, green titles to front board and spine, this 1937 hardcover First Edition is VG.286pp with 14 Short Stories beginning with "A Broken World". Scattered light foxing, to prelims., otherwise VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1937.
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A PURSE OF COPPERS

by O'Faolain, Sean

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Used - Very Good +
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Very Good +
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1st American Edition
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Hardcover
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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New York: Viking, 1938. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Orange cloth with title label to spine and front board. Lightly sunned around the edges and spine, with bookseller's ticket to front paste down, otherwise a clean and very nice copy. Dust jacket with a few small closed rips and a few small chips at edges. A nice and clean dust jacket, unclipped.
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A Purse of Coppers

by Sean O'Faolain

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Very Good++
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First Edition
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UK: Cape, 1937. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 1937. Book is very good++ and bright. Nice clean contents. Very light foxing to page edges. The complete wrapper is very good+ and bright. Edge rubbing. Soiling to wrapper rear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref..15876
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