The Assassin
by O'Flaherty, Liam
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. The fifth novel by the great Irish writer, which he dedicated "To My Creditors." This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition Thus, which is LIMITED to 150 copies, SIGNED by the author. A scarce title, thus. Blue cloth binding, with a reproduction of O'Flaherty's signature on the front cover; gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 286 pages, with the top edge gilt. The spine has faded to an olive brown colour, with the sunning starting to creep around the other margins. There is some rubbing to the rear paste-down; possibly something was attached there at some time; but aside from the fading, there is not much wrong with the book. A very solid copy. No dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author. Limited.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002963
- Title
- The Assassin
- Author
- O'Flaherty, Liam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...