The Tailor and Ansty

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8vo, pp. 203, unclipped dust jacket with minor losses, tears and a stain on the front cover, spine toned, interior with an owner's name to ffep, a series of small corner folds between pages 135 and 155, various marks but quite presentable, binding leans but perfectly sound. Foreword by Frank O'Connor. This was first published as a series of stories and sayings in The Bell in 1942, being those of a tailor, Timothy Buckley, who lived in the vicinity of Gougane Barra, west Cork. After being denounced by the Catholic Dean of Cork, it was banned by the Censorship Board on 28 September 1942 during the government of Éamon de Valera, possibly due to the uncensored references by the couple to animal reproduction. Three priests forced Buckley to go on his knees and burn the book in his fireplace. When the censorship laws were reviewed in the 1960s, The Tailor and Ansty was the first book to have the ban lifted. Chapman and Hall reissued the book in 1964. This is a rare first edition in its original dust jacket. N° de ref. del artículo 001897

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