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The Ginger Man [Signed bookplate laid-in]
by DONLEAVY, J.P. [James Patrick]
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1958. Revised Edition. First Printing. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid-in. Octavo (21cm); black cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; red topstain; dustjacket by Alfred Manso; 327pp.; mild sunning to the edges of endpapers; topstain slightly faded near spine; spine ends gently nudged; about Near Fine. The red dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95) with nicks and short tears to the extremities; spine faded; Very Good+.
"The Ginger Man is a tour de force- funny and amoral. Its hero Sebastian Dangerfield, lives in Dublin, always on the margin of survival, drinking, cheating [and] seducing women." (from the dustjacket).
"The Ginger Man is a tour de force- funny and amoral. Its hero Sebastian Dangerfield, lives in Dublin, always on the margin of survival, drinking, cheating [and] seducing women." (from the dustjacket).
Synopsis
Feckless, unwashed, charming, penurious Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield, Trinity College Law student, Irish American with an English Accent, maroon in the ould country and dreaming of dollars and ready women, stumbles from the public house to the pawnbrokers, murmuring delusive enticements in the ear of any girl who'll listen, in delirious search of freedom, wealth, and the recognition he feels is his due. Lyrical and ribald, illuminating, poignant and hugely entertaining, The Ginger Man is a work of authentic comic genius.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54506
- Title
- The Ginger Man [Signed bookplate laid-in]
- Author
- DONLEAVY, J.P. [James Patrick]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- McDowell Obolensky
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Ireland;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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