The Poor Mouth (An Beal Bocht). A Bad Story about the Hard Life. Edited by Miles na Gopaleen.
by [O'BRIEN, Flann]; STEADMAN, Ralph (illustrator); O'NOLAN, Brian
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & Dublin, Bernard Jacobson and The Dolman Press. 1973. . First edition, special issue, number 107 of 130 copies signed by the artist, with signed & numbered etching loosely inserted as issued; 8vo; illustrations by Ralph Steadman, bookplate to front pastedown; publisher's tan hessian, titles to upper board in black, pictorial endpapers after Ralph Steadman, hessian abraded at upper joint slightly.
A perfectly written comic novel (by a genius), perfectly illustrated (by a genius), wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving, which is quite often missing.
A perfectly written comic novel (by a genius), perfectly illustrated (by a genius), wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving, which is quite often missing.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104373
- Title
- The Poor Mouth (An Beal Bocht). A Bad Story about the Hard Life. Edited by Miles na Gopaleen.
- Author
- [O'BRIEN, Flann]; STEADMAN, Ralph (illustrator); O'NOLAN, Brian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London & Dublin, Bernard Jacobson and The Dolman Press. 1973.
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