The Wind at My Back: The Life and Times of Pat O'Brien
by O'Brien, Pat
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine-clean, tight, & attractive/very good - minimal rubbing to dj edges; protected by new Mylar wrap.
- Seller
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Golconda, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. fine-clean, tight, & attractive/very good - minimal rubbing to dj edges; protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; green boards with black spine strip; green title box on spine with gilt lettering; 331 pp; inscribed by author on the page with the Irish benediction which inspired the title; signatures of Eloise and Brigid O'Brien written under Mr. O'Brien's inscription; includes 2 sections of b/w photographs; Irish green dj with b/w photograph of the author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rosebud Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1.19329
- Title
- The Wind at My Back
- Author
- O'Brien, Pat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine-clean, tight, & attractive
- Jacket Condition
- very good - minimal rubbing to dj edges; protected by new Mylar wrap.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1964
- Bookseller catalogs
- autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Rosebud Books
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About the Seller
Rosebud Books
Biblio member since 2007
Golconda, Illinois
About Rosebud Books
Rosebud Books is located in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest in the "Land Between the Rivers". We are an internet shop, open by appointment to the public. Our inventory contains a litte bit of everything from vintage technical to modern first eds. We have a nice collection of vintage and collectible children's literature and all types of poetry, art, & drama.
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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