The Barracks
by McGahern, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ex-library, rear cover watersoiled, very faint waterstain on fore edges of some pages, very faint waterstain on bottom edges: VG
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Macmillan, nd (1964). Blue cloth. Ex-library, rear cover watersoiled, very faint waterstain on fore edges of some pages, very faint waterstain on bottom edges: VG- to VG/Vg dj (rear panel shows bleed through from waterstain, top edges chipped, torn). 8vo. First American edition so stated.
Synopsis
Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom and loneliness marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her husband is straining to break free from the servile security of the police force; and her own life, threatened by illness, seems to be losing the last vestiges of its purpose. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, John McGaherns first novel is one of haunting power.
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Details
- Seller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2060506
- Title
- The Barracks
- Author
- McGahern, John
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Ex-library, rear cover watersoiled, very faint waterstain on fore edges of some pages, very faint waterstain on bottom edges: VG
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- nd (1964)
- Pages
- 232pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- 1st Editions, Irish Literature, Fiction, Novels, First Editions
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About the Seller
The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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Brattleboro, Vermont
About The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...