Traveller's Samples by O'Connor, Frank - 1951

Macmillan and Co., 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Some marks overall.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. 1st US . Cloth. Good/Fair. Smaller, sturdy book, geometric pattern in green and white, slightly browned to spine inside covers and adjacent end papers, red-tinted photo of author inside back DJ flap, 238 lightly browned pages. DJ heavy paper, color-illustration of pipe and flowers at center front. DJ is worn, slightly browned. Fair DJ/Good book.

Alfred Knopf, 1951. 1st US . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Smaller book, pattern of green and white to covers, 238 lightly browned pages. DJ heavy paper, blue background to front with muted color-illustration of flowers at center front, dark red background to spine, two other books by O'Connor advertised and praised on back. DJ has some wear at all tips, rubbed along long spine right edge, very tiny chip and slight wear at spine top edge, very slight wear at bottom, very tiny tear at top back edge, tiny nick at bottom. Fair DJ/Good book.

Macmillan. Good. ~Good. Good DJ under mylar. Hardcover. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards/DJ; satisfaction guaranteed. Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Connor O'Donovan) (17 September 1903 to 10 March 1966) was an Irish author of over 150 works, best known for his short stories and memoirs.

NY: Knopf,, 19511.. First US edition.. 238 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket that is lightly edgeworn.

Macmillan, London, 1951. Hard cover. Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. slight chipping to edges of dj,

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Patterned lime green and white paper covered boards, top text block edge stained red. Beautifully preserved copy, as issued. Color illus. dust jacket is lightly foxed along rear flap fold, with mild toning, slight rub at head of spine, now in mylar..

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's paper-covered boards, black lettering on yellow panel on spine, top edge red, fotre-edge deckle. Frank O'Connor was an Irish author who wrote more than 150 works. He is one of the best loved and most celebrated writers of short stories. This is a completely delightful collection of Irish stories -- warm, witty, and wonderful. They combine a cheerful irreverence and a cheerful approach to sex with sparkling humor and tolerant sympathy for the foibles of numerous all-too-human Gaelic saints and sinners.. Former owner's printed bookplate on fep, former owner's signature and date on fep, edges of covers sunned, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. (xii), 238, (1) pp .