The Islandman
by O'Crohan, Tomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. Good with no dust jacket. (1934). Hardcover. Owner's signature. Spine faded. Some staining and marking to boards. Gutters split. Rubbing to ends of spine. 2 1/4" split at tail of rear spine joint. 3/8" tear to cloth at head of spine. 3/8" loss of cloth at bottom corner of front board. ; xiv, 324 pages + frontis + plates. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Translated from the Irish, with an introduction, by Robin Flower. "The book here translated was first published in 1929, and had an immediate success among the readers of Irish. It was the first attempt by a peasant of the old school, practically uneducated in the modern sense, though highly trained in the tradition of an ancient folk culture, to set out the way of his life upon his remote island from childhood to old age." - from the foreword. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8774
- Title
- The Islandman
- Author
- O'Crohan, Tomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1934)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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
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