Some Irish Loving: a selection
by O'Brien, Edna
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine collection of short stories by the beloved Irish writer Edna O'Brien, seven short stories plus Acknowledgments and a List of Authors and Titles. "The Preamble," "The Fantastic," "The Profane," "The Desperate," "The Male," "The Female," "The Intemperate." Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in two-tone, brick paper over boards, brown cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing minor wear, mostly to spine head and foot, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 262 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 350193
- Title
- Some Irish Loving: a selection
- Author
- O'Brien, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Edna O'Brien|Irish writers|short stories
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