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A Fairy Tale of New York
por Donleavy, J.P
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Assinado
- Condição
- Very Good (Minus)/Very Good
- Livreiro
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Chico, California, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1973. Donleavy, who died in 2017, turned "the great sad cathedral" of New York into his signature comic romance, leavened by his Irish wit. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the Second Printing (stated) of the First American Edition. Green cloth binding with titling on the spine in green and gilt; gilt signature on the front cover. Clean text; 341 pages. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the second title page. Shows sunfade around the margins, with faint flood marks on the covers. The dustjacket is complete; tanned around the edges, with some slight wrinkling. In an archival plastic protector.. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopse
A Fairy Tale of New York is a novel by Irish American author J. P. Donleavy, published in 1973. The plot concerns Irish-American Cornelius Christian's return to New York after studying in Ireland. The novel was based around Donleavy's earlier work Fairy Tales of New York, a successful stage play published in 1961.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 004863
- Título
- A Fairy Tale of New York
- Autor
- Donleavy, J.P
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good (Minus)
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Edição
- Second Printing
- Editorial
- Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1973
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
Quercus Rare Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2006
Chico, California
Sobre 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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