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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
by MOORE, Brian
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- first
- Condition
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); blue cloth bckstrip over yellow paper-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 223pp.; mild toning, minimal foxing to endpapers; mild soil to yellow boards; gilt on spine is rubbbed; dusty textblock; Very Good. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50) with toning to spine; tiny blue circle sticker near the heel; mild soil; nicks and tears to the extremities with several tape repairs to the verso; Good+.
"The world is full of Judith Hearnes, people who for one reason or another never make the frontal attack on life. Sometimes they are men, sometimes they are women, but alwys they are waiting; waiting for Mr. or Miss Right to round the corner..." (from the dustjacket).
"The world is full of Judith Hearnes, people who for one reason or another never make the frontal attack on life. Sometimes they are men, sometimes they are women, but alwys they are waiting; waiting for Mr. or Miss Right to round the corner..." (from the dustjacket).
Synopsis
Brian Moore was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1921. He served with the Ministry of War in North Africa, Italy, and France during the Second World War. He emigrated to Canada in 1948 and worked as a newspaper reporter for the Montreal Gazette from 1948 until 1952. While living in Canada, Moore wrote his first three novels, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne , The Feast of Lupercal , and The Luck of Ginger Coffey , the first two set in Belfast, the third in Montreal. In 1959 he moved to the United States, but Canada continued to play a role in his later novels, including I Am Mary Dunne , The Great Victorian Collection , and Black Robe . His many honours included two Governor General’s Awards for Fiction. Brian Moore died in Malibu, California, in 1999. From the Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54190
- Title
- The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
- Author
- MOORE, Brian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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