The Way It Was With Them
by O'Donnell, Peadar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Originally published in the UK as "The Islanders." This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First American Edition. Green cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine and front cover. Clean text; xiii, 244 pages. Frontis illustration by Beth Krebs Morris and an Introduction by Robert Lynd.[who despite his Belffast roots, was an Irish nationalist]. There is a "homemade" bookplate on the front paste-down. Hardly any wear visible; the gilt on the spine is rubbed but perfectly readable. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by Beth Krebs Morris. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006597
- Title
- The Way It Was With Them
- Author
- O'Donnell, Peadar
- Illustrator
- Beth Krebs Morris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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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- Jacket
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- G
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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