Walking along the border by Colm Toibin - 1987

Harpenden: Queen Anne Press, 1987. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket.. 160 p. Audience: General/trade.

London: Mcdonald/Queen Anne Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. This is the original edition, re-printed in 1994. Author of THE MASTERS. Some light rubbing to the jacket else fine. Photographs By Tony O'Shea

London : Macdonald, 1987. First Hardback Edition. Hardcover. Library copy; cut out pages. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; [160]p : ill ; 21cm. Subjects; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) Description and travel. Northern Ireland Description and travel. Customs and culture; Ireland.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

London: Macdonald, Queen Anne Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Several fly specks on page tops, stray . pen mark on rear pastedown.. 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. 0356128865 . Black and white photographs throughout by Tony O'Shea. Two-page map. Toibin's first book, an account of his summer 1986 journey walking the length of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, written while he was a full-time journalist and at the height of The Troubles. Toibin is now best known for his string of critically-acclaimed novels, several of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 159 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London. 1987. Macdonald/Queen Anne Press. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0356128865. Photos by Tony O'Shea. 159 pages. hardcover. . Inscribed by the Author. keywords: Travel Ireland Photography . FROM THE PUBLISHER - In June 1986, Colm T6ibin set off from the city of Derry to walk the breadth of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Walking Along the Border is the record of that journey, a very personal encounter with the landscape, the towns, and the people of the country, on both sides of the border. Toibin's journey takes in an idyllic boat trip on Lough Erne, and a religious pilgrimage to Lough Derg, as well as miles of coping with sore feet and rain-soaked clothes through a quiet and often desolate landscape of hills and bogland. Along the way, Toibin met and talked to clergy, politicians, ordinary working people and small farmers who complained about the bad weather . But most of all he listened — to the stories of the hiring fairs, to the… Read More

Macdonald, 1987-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!