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Two Years
by O'Flaherty, Liam
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984) wrote this autobiographical work just after his famous IRA novel "The Informer" (winner of the Tait Prize) was filmed by John Ford.This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition, an uncommon title in the O'Flaherty canon. Blue-gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 351 pages. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the FFEP. Laid-in at the rear paste-down is a postal card ad to order books from the publisher. The lower corners are bumped and there is sunfade around the margins. The dustwrapper is complete, but in fragile condition, with splits at the corners (now held together with the archival plastic protector); its spine is darkened but the lettering is perfectly clear. A portrait sketch of O'Flaherty by F.A. Coventry graces the front cover Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002690
- Title
- Two Years
- Author
- O'Flaherty, Liam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
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