The Islandman
Tomas O'Crohan ( Translated by Robin Flowers )
Published by Scribners, New York, USA, 1935
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Hardcover
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Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
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First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo. pp. 303. True first of the American edition with "A" to the copyright page as called for. frontis and all plates present. Original green boards, slight fade. Tight binding. The jacket is present and is not price clipped, wear and heavy strengthening to verso at spine and folds, chipping and rubbing to the top and base of the spine. The jacket is uncommon when present in any condition. A fair copy of this classic. Seller Inventory # 017043
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Islandman
Publisher: Scribners, New York, USA
Publication Date: 1935
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good +
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Islandman
Published by
Chatto & Windus, London, United Kingdom, 1934
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Print. A first edition, ( First Impression), 8vo,Pp, 324. Translated from the Irish, with an Introduction by Robin Flower. Frontispiece portrait photograph of O'Crohan with six other plates in the text. Blue cloth, title in gilt to spine. In the original very rare d/w by Somharie MacCana (1921-1975) in very good condition, completer, small closed tear to bottom front corner, light wear, still bright and not price clipped. The pages are clean with light spotting to the edges of the text block. Original published in Irish this is the first English translation of this classic work of the author's life growing up on an island in the Blasket group of islands near West Kerry. Rarely see in the dust jacket, depicting an islandman and several currach carriers in silhouette published simultaneously as the Chatto & Windus UK edition and the Talbot Press edition. Seller Inventory # 017063
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