The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine
by William Carleton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0716517981
- ISBN 13
- 9780716517986
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Octavo. Hardcover. Irish University Press (Shannon), 1979. Pages: xix, 408. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Introduction by Timothy Webb. Condition: Fine. Very slight scuff to text block and another to front board, barely noticeable. Binding is perfectly tight, no marks, foxing or tanning to pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quinn Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IL001
- Title
- The Black Prophet
- Author
- William Carleton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile of the 1899 edition
- ISBN 10
- 0716517981
- ISBN 13
- 9780716517986
- Publisher
- Irish University Press
- Place of Publication
- Shannon
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- xix, 408
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- William Carleton, Irish Famine, Irish Literature,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Quinn Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Quinn Rare Books
Biblio member since 2023
Dublin, Dublin
About Quinn Rare Books
We specialise in rare and out of print books of Irish interest. We are book collectors ourselves and strive to offer buyers the best value for the highest quality books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.