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Tumbling in the Hay
by Gogarty, Oliver St John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1939. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, a couple of scratches on the back cover, original owner's name and date (Sept 1939) on f/ep, also a much later owner's bookplate. Otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine still bright, of this hard-cover novel by the author of "As I was going down Sackville Street". This one, based on the author's own student days, is set in Dublin in the early 1900s. The title refers to the Hay Hotel, a bar which had one window stuffed with hay for the cab horses. Originally published in February 1939, this is a reprint from later the same month. 327pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012706
- Title
- Tumbling in the Hay
- Author
- Gogarty, Oliver St John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Constable & Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Irish-Fiction, novels-set-in-Dublin,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Ireland;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
Books dispatched within 1-2 working days. Returns accepted but customer should notify me within seven days of receipt of the book. Postage charges based on average book weight. Reduced rates will apply to lighter parcels when possible. Heavy books are mentioned in the book description, you will be informed of any increased charges before the book is dispatched.
About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
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