Publisher: Superior Reprint / Military Service Publishing,
Date published: 1945
Format: Pictorial Wrappers
First Superior printing, April 1945 so stated. Superioe Reprint #M650. Vintage Paperback. Reading crease, light wear and creasing, still very bright; typical wartime paper tanning. 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. Selected for The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction.
A tale of the IRA and "the Troubles, " and first published in 1925, this is O'Flahery's most famous novel, due to the filmed version where Victor McLaglen earned his Oscar nomination. This is a Very Good copy from Cape's popular series "The New Library." Turquoise cloth binding (more a true green on the spine) with black lettering. Decoration in blue on the front cover. Clean text; 256 pages. Very light wear-hints of staining and minor shelf rub. There is a very cute small bookseller sticker on the front paste-down. Cute little volume. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
This is a Very Good copy of a wartime edition of O'Flaherty's famous novel of the Irish Republican Army. Second printing of the First Edition Thus. Light wear and creasing, still very bright; typical wartime paper tanning, but not brittle. Increasingly uncommon, and difficult to find in nice condition. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
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