The Country Girls [with] The Lonely Girl [with] Girls in their Married Bliss. O'BRIEN'S 'COUNTRY GIRLS' TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO
by O'BRIEN Edna
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hutchinson [and] Jonathan Cape,, 1960-1964. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (dark green/navy/burgundy respectively), sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, satin marker ribbons, an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. A cornerstone of twentieth century Irish literature, O'Brien's classic trilogy comprises: The Country Girls (1960); The Lonely Girl (1962); Girls in their Married Bliss (1964).
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39078
- Title
- The Country Girls [with] The Lonely Girl [with] Girls in their Married Bliss. O'BRIEN'S 'COUNTRY GIRLS' TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- O'BRIEN Edna
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson [and] Jonathan Cape,
- Date Published
- 1960-1964
- Keywords
- mstock, modern first editions, modern firsts, o'brien, edna o'brien, country girls, irish literature
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...