Myles: Portraits of Brian O'Nolan Tapa dura - 1973

Hardback. Very Good.

Martin Brian and O'Keeffe Ltd. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Short gifter's inscription on front endpage. Dust jacket price clipped.

Martin Brian and O'Keefe, 1973. First edition. Publisher's review slip loosely inserted. A collection of biographical and critical essays on the writer best known by his pen name, Flann O'Brien. The book contains much information not available elsewhere: especially interesting are the details of the publication of his work. This is a fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dustwrapper.

London: Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Anthology on Flann O'Brian/ Brian O'Nolan edited by Timothy O'Keeffe. Includes contributions by Brian O'Nolan, kevin O Nolan, Niall Sheridan, John Garvin, Jack White, J.C.C. Mays, and John Montague. A clean and tight near fine copy with some minor wear in a near fine dust jacket with a vintage price sticker to the front flap. Uncommon.

London: Martin Brian & O'Keefe, 1973. Brian O'Nolan, also known with the pseudonyms Flann O'Brien and Myles na Gopaleen, penned the great modernist comic novel "At Swim-two-Birds." This is a Near Fine copy of a critical appreciation anthology, containing six essays in addition to a poem from the Irish by O'Nolan. A surprisingly uncommon title. Olive cloth binding, titled on the spine in gilt. Clean text; 134 pages, with bibliographic notes. Frontis portrait drawing by Seaumas O'Sullivan, and six other illustrations.Tiny bit of spotting to page edges, and with only a hint of a lean; very close to a Fine copy. The dustwrapper is Very Good (Plus), with light edgewear. The yellow paper does show some inevitable light soiling, but presents very nicely. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.