mahon terence (8 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Good tight copy in dust wrapper, occasional pencil underlining & marginalia, slight fading to wrapper, light age spotting.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. WITH 314 PAGES , OLIVE COLOURED CLOTH , HARD COVER , BLACK LETTERED , PREVIOPUS OWNER'S NAME O/W NO MARKINGS , VERY GOOD CONDITION * AN UNUSUAL ITEM BEING TALES OF THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY ISSUED AT THE PEAK OF THE 'TROUBLES' THE AUTHOR IS ANON. POSSIBLY BY EITHER TERENCE MAHON OR MORE PROBABLY MAJOR AUBREY WAITHMAN, PROBABLY PRINTED AS 'PROPOGANDA'.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. As new hardcover book in as new dust-jacket. First edition. Photographs available upon request.

Cloth. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. New Edition. Popular Edition 1922. Published anonymously, these stories from the West of Ireland of the Royal Irish Constabulary in the propaganda war that accompanied the Irish Revolution. Originally appeared as a series in "Blackwood's Magazine. The author has now been identified as Major Aubrey Waithman Long, Governor of Belfast Prison at the time" From the Library of Henry Williamson. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is about fair. Spine hinge top repaired and rubbing to cloth edges. Creasing to front board and end paper. Contents good. Pages lightly age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17749.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 249. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. A scarce war novel. 'Cold Feet' details the exploits of a man court-martialled for cowardice and due to face the firing squad, only to redeem himself in saving his execution party from a German pilot. A fictional account, albeit not portrayed as such to the reader. The jacket blurb states, "is this book fact or fiction/ we must leave it to the reader to decide. It purports to be a human document, written by an officer in the great war, who was condemned to be shot for cowardice. In effect, it is the study of a naturally sensitive nature to whom the horrors of war offer an impossible problem." Slight wear to covers, otherwise very good. Decent copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition; 8vo original cloth, and dust jacket. Cold Feet details the exploits of a man court-martialled for cowardice and due to face the firing squad, only to redeem himself in saving his execution party from a German pilot. The jacket blurb states "is this book fact or fiction/ we must leave it to the reader to decide. It purports to be a human document, written by an officer in the Great War, who was condemned to be shot for cowardice. In effect, it is the study of a naturally sensitive nature to whom the horrors of war offer an impossible problem." A near fine copy with light foxing to the text block, in a very good dust jacket with two very small tears at spine ends, and some surface soiling. A rare First World War novel, especially so in such remarkable condition.

2 Vols. 8vo. Media piel reciente; lomos con nervios, 2 tejuelos y adornos dorados.Vol I xii, 372 pp. Vol II viii, 398 pp.Segunda edición en el mismo año de la primera. Hughes fue residente en España durante muchos años y por lo tanto fue testigo ocular de muchos de los sucesos que describe, hace comentarios sobre tauromaquia (II pp.46 - 58), vinos (II pp.336 - 358), contrabandistas, bandolerismo, baile, traficantes de esclavos, agricultura, médicos, literatura y política. 'Relato veraz de la caída de Espartero y consiguiente subida de Narváez al poder, y contiene una descripción meticulosa e implacable de la reina Isabel y su camarilla.' (Robertson). Barcelona - Figueras - Madrid - Zaragoza - Sevilla - Cádiz. Foulché-Delbosc 406 B. Santos Madrazo p.815. Robertson (1975) pp.321 - 322 & (1988) pp.283 - 288. Palau 116 717. Alberich 1070. Halkett & Laing V p.106. García-Romeral 851. Jaime del Burgo p.504.