Rev john condon (2 resultados)

Cloth. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Pp. 175. Blue cloth. Title gilt on spine. One illustration loose Else good+. Scarce. Born in Dungarvan, Co.Waterford in 1867. and educated at the Augustinian Seminary and Castleknock College. He became an Augustinian in 1883, then studied in Rome and travelled to America and Canada. Wrote The Crackling of Thorns in 1915, a collection of fiction stories, some based in the Dungarvan area and illustrated by the Waterford Artist M. Power O'Malley. M. Power O Malley (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. The Crackling Of Thorns by Rev. John Condon A firm copy with minor wear to spine edges and corners. Mild sunning to spine. Mild offset tanning to endpapers. Bright illustrations. Owner's name to front free endpaper. A bright pictorial jacket. Mild wear to edges and mild soiling to jacket. In clear protective cover. Title page dated 1920. Second Impression 1920, stated. Green cloth with gilt lettering; 175 pp. Six illustrations by M. Power O'Malley. Collects ten short stories.?We have in Father Condon still another Irish priest who has a real gift for storytelling. The ten stories and sketches?are distinctly above the ordinary run of such collections. The scenes are placed in America, Rome, and Ireland, here Dungarvan and its neighbourhood are especially favoured. The six illustrations by M Power O?Malley are a genuine addition to the book which is well turned out except for its too plain and unattractive cover? - The Irish Monthly July 1915. BOOK.…