THE HISTORY OF THE GINGER MAN Tapa dura - 1994

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Viking, 1994. First U.K. Edition. . Hardcover. Vg/Vg. 517pp. Illus. "Damaged" stamp lower edge but no evidence of damage. Size: 8vo

London: Viking, 1994-05-25. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9.

London-New York, Viking [Penguin Group]. 1994. Original publisher's paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: [viij], 518pp., [ij], illustrated, publisher's note. Very fine copy - as new.

London : Viking, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : 517 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Subjects : Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick) 1926-2017. Ginger man. Novelists, American. The ginger man. Authors, American Biography. Americans Ireland Dublin History 20th century. Novelists, American 20th century ; Biography.

London: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 1994. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670847933 . Signed and dated by the late J. P. Donleavy on the title page. Black cloth binding with gilt title on spine. Many photos, including front jacket portrait of the artist as a young man and rear jacket photo of an elder Donleavy lakeside with Irish wolfhound. The Ginger Man is Donleavy's first novel and remains his most acclaimed, having been selected by The Modern Library as one of the best 100 Novels of the 20th Century. The present book is an autobiography of his youth in New York City, schooling at Trinity College in Dublin, bohemian doings in Ireland, becoming an Irish citizen, and the machinations behind publication rights for The Ginger Man. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 517 pages .