The Informer

by O'Flaherty, Liam

A tale of temptation, betrayal, and reprisal, this powerful novel is set in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War. It tells of Gypo Nolan, who informs on a wanted comrade. The source of the Academy Award-winning film directed by John Ford. Preface by Denis Donoghue.

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The Informer (First Edition, inscribed in the year of publication)

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by Liam O'Flaherty

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1925
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First American Edition. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by the author on the front endpaper: "To Mrs. Norman / from / Liam O'Flaherty / Sept 27th 1925." The author's landmark first novel, a Haycraft Queen cornerstone, and basis for two films, one in 1929 and a better one in 1935… Read more about this item
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London, Jonathan Cape, 1925. . First edition; 8vo; publisher's cloth, light sunning to spine, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, light toning and creasing to spine, neat repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling to lower panel, in effect a very good copy. An unusually good example of the author's classic novel… Read more about this item
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 272 pages, 8vo, olive-green cloth, dust wrapper. London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. First Edition.<br/> <br/> A near fine copy (edges foxed; bookplate) in a brilliant dust wrapper. Presentation copy, Dec. 5th, 1925 "To J.R. Highton Esq. with the compliments of Liam O'Flaherty." A Haycroft-Queen cornerstone, the basis for a film,… Read more about this item
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by Liam O'Flaherty

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1943-01-01
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Triangle Books, 1943-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket, 1943 Reprint Triangle Books 312 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Red boards with black stripes and black spine titles on grey panel. Minor shelf/edge wear with age toning to all pages. Corners show tiny bumps. DJ illustration includes an image… Read more about this item
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The Informer

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1961
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NY: Signet, 1961. Paperback Reprint. paperback. Mass market paperback, fine in pictorial wraps (Signet # CP80 first printing). Haycraft-Queen cornerstone
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Very Good in publisher's olive green cloth. Cloth toned at spine, lightly rubbed at edges, faint evidence of contact with water to bottom edge. Light lean to binding. Two tasteful owner book plates to front end sheet. Pages lightly toned, light scratches to top stain. A… Read more about this item
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1961
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New York: The New American Library, 1961. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint, second printing. Afterword by Donagh MacDonagh. Mass market paperback. 189pp. Owner name boldly printed onto page foredges, light creases on wrapper, about very god. A classic Irish novel which was the basis for the 1935 film that won four Academy Awards including Best Actor for Victor McLaglen… Read more about this item
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The Informer

by Liam O'Flaherty

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1980. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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1945
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Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1945. Paperback. Very Good/Very good. Vintage mass market paperback with dust jacket. Second printing, June 1945. Book is in very good condition, with a faint bookish smell. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has several short tears at corners and creasing on rear flap. The basis for John Ford's 1935… Read more about this item
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London: Cape, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Jonathan Cape 1925). First UK Edition. Publisher's dull olive-green green boards with gilt lettering to the spine blind-stamped with the Cape logo to the back board. An attractive book-plate to the front past-down otherwise a near fine copy. The D/W is priced 7s 6d… Read more about this item
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1961
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London: Folio Society, 1961. This is a very attractive edition of the famous IRA novel, later a great film with an Academy Award-winning performance by Victor McLaglan. Beautifully illustrated with lithographs by Nigel Lambourne; the cloth boards are also illustrated. A Near Fine copy. Clean text; 292 pages, very fresh and bright. Very slight darkening to the spine, else a… Read more about this item
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London: Folio Society, 1962 8vo (22 cm), 192 pp, 8 lithographs. Publisher's cloth boards and slip-case. Beautiful edition of a novel by Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty (first edition 1925) set in 1920's Dublin. Illustrated by Nigel Lambourne.
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by O'Flaherty, Liam

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Jonathan Cape Ltd: London, 1925. First edition of this classic novel set in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, which was adapted numerous times, most famously by John Ford for RKO Pictures in 1935. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example. Set in… Read more about this item
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The Informer

by O'FLAHERTY, Liam

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Neat, contemporary owner's name on the front fly, a couple of barely visible spots on the boards, small tear in margin of title page else very near fine in bright, near fine dust jacket with very shallow loss at the crown. A fresh copy of… Read more about this item
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THE INFORMER

by O'FLAHERTY, LIAM

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NY: ALFRED A . KNOPF. clean, unmarked copy! . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1925.
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The Informer

The Informer

by Liam O'Flaherty

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1949
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British Publishers Guild; Jonathan Cape, 1949. Paperback. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 192 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are mildly tanned. Notable cracking to rear hinge, with mildly loose rear cover. Previous owner's inscription to first page and reverse of front cover. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Paper cover has mild edge wear with… Read more about this item
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Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing, Co./ Superior Reprint, 1945. 1st printing, Apr. 1945; #M650/150. Cover art is uncredited; dj art also uncredited. Includes scarce dj. Edge wear to dj with a little creasing of inside folds and nicjs and minor tears, but also loss at lower front edge (see scan); mild internal stain.. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good-/Good… Read more about this item
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The informer

The informer

by O'Flaherty, Liam (1896-1984)

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1945
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Harrisburg, Pa. : Military Service Publishing Co., 1945. 1st Edition in this form. Paperback. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 214 pages; Description: 214 p. ; 17 cm. Subjects: Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 -- Fiction. Series: Superior Reprint ;… Read more about this item
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