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Guest of the Nation
by O'Connor, Frank
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. Author's first book. 277(1)pp., A short story split into four sections, each section taking a different tone. Set during the Rebellion, two soldiers from the enemy's camp, held as hostages and entertained in the friendliest way, are led out to be reluctantly shot by their host; a wife betrays her brutal husband to the enemy; and more. A very nice copy bound in blue gray cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a couple of corners lightly bumped, a near fine copy in very good in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with light chipping and soiling to spine and edge of rear panel, an abrasion to upper right corner of front panel . A scare work of this author's first book especially in dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017053
- Title
- Guest of the Nation
- Author
- O'Connor, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ireland Rebellion Dust Jacket First Editon 1st
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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