Dublin & London: Maunsel & Company, 1912. Based upon a series of newspaper articles and re-written by the great Irish dramatist. This is a Very Good Plus to Near Fine copy of the First Separate Irish Edition. Light greenish-brown paper-covered boards with a parchment spine, lettered in gilt. Clean text; 136 pages, deckled; penciled previous-owner signature on the FFEP. Very light wear with mild soiling. The rear panel looks to have had a sticker that was removed - shows as a darker area on the field. A very attractive copy, rather uncommon now. No dustwrapper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001562
Title: In Wicklow and West Kerry
Author: Synge, J.M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Maunsel & Company
Place of Publication: Dublin & London
Date Published: 1912
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Literature (Irish Authors);

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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.

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