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The Wandering Years
by Tynan, Katherine
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. An ardent Irish nationalist and member of the Dublin literary scene, Tynan was a friend of Hopkins and Yeats. She was incredibly prolific as a writer, with over 100 works to her credit, according to Cambridge; they are surprisingly scarce on the market these days. "The Wandering Years" provides a vivid narrative of the Irish Revolution. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering. Clean and fresh text; 390 pages, indexed. The dustjacket is complete and unclipped, but is chipped at both ends of the spine. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001916
- Title
- The Wandering Years
- Author
- Tynan, Katherine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
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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- Gilt
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- Fine
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