Liam O'Flaherty's Ireland

Costello, Peter

ISBN 10: 0863275508 / ISBN 13: 9780863275500

Published by Wolfhound Press, Dublin, Ireland, 1996

About this Item

A fine first edition, first printing, first impression of Peter Costello's lyrical book celebrating Liam O'Flaherty the writer and his land Ireland. With atmospheric photographs complementing the biographical details and extracts from his short stories and novels. The book is published to mark the centenary of Liam O'Flaherty's birth on the Aran Islands on 28th August 1896. Liam O'Flaherty was a man who retained his youthful spirit into a ripe old age, dying in 1984 : This book is in very fine condition with no marking or other blemishes. A First edition hard back binding in publisher's original wine red cloth covers, gold lettering to the spine, with fine unclipped dust jacket and 127 pages. The book includes many contemporary photographs and sketches where appropriate . Digital Photos available. Clear removable film protects the dust wrapper. Seller Inventory # 000114

Bibliographic Details

Title: Liam O'Flaherty's Ireland

Publisher: Wolfhound Press, Dublin, Ireland

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Quotations from Liam O'Flaherty's work combine with photographs of Ireland to create a journey of images and words through O'Flaherty's lifetime. The author was born on the Aran Islands. This book covers his early years, his World War I experiences, his years of travel, his involvement in the Irish Civil War and Communist politics, and his success as a writer in a generation of Irish writers that included Frank O'Connor, Sean O'Faolain and Austin Clarke.