A Nest of Simple Folk
by O'Faolain, Sean
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. O'Faolain's second book, set in the middle of the 19th Century. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (stated "First Published 1933"), which preceded the American issue by a year. Green cloth binding with yellow titling on the spine;Irish harp on the front cover. Clean text; 413 pages. Some fading around the margins and a small area of the front cover; some spotting to the fore-edge. The dustwrapper is unclipped.Spine has darkened and there are some chips to the head of the spine, bleeding over a bit on to the front cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005384
- Title
- A Nest of Simple Folk
- Author
- O'Faolain, Sean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
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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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Dustwrapper
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