A Purse of Coppers: Short Stories
by Sean O'Faolain
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014499
- Title
- A Purse of Coppers: Short Stories
- Author
- Sean O'Faolain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ireland, Irish authors,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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- First Edition
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