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Celibates and Other Lovers
by Keady, Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1878448773
- ISBN 13
- 9781878448774
- Seller
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Denver, Colorado, USA: MacMurray & Beck, 1997. BZ5 - A hard cover first American edition book in near fine condition. An as new, unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. The dust jacket is in very good+ condition with very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very light rubbing plus some light creasing of the spine top edge. The story is set in 1945 in an Irish village and about two young men who must wrestle with the temptations caused by encroaching modern values that are slowly changing the face of village life. The author is a naturalized Irish-American. 225p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5.25"x8".
Synopsis
A “delightful” story (Library Journal) of life, love, and faith in a rural Irish parish-a “sweet and funny” book that “just makes you feel good” (Orlando Sentinel).
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- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCW02645
- Title
- Celibates and Other Lovers
- Author
- Keady, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1878448773
- ISBN 13
- 9781878448774
- Publisher
- MacMurray & Beck
- Place of Publication
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Literature Literary Fiction Ireland Irish Village Life Modernization Modern Values Village Life 1945 post-War Post World War Two Post World War II
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Historical; Fiction / Modern Fiction Firsts;
- Size
- 5.25"x8"
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- New
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- Fine
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- Good+
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- Shelf Wear
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