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Hungry For Home: Leaving The Blaskets: A Journey From The Edge Of Ireland (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING PRESENTATION AND ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO LAURENCE EARLE)
de Moreton, Cole
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Bueno/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670880124
- ISBN 13
- 9780670880126
- Librería
-
Margate, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Viking, 2000. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION AND ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHOR TO LAURENCE EARLE, on title-page. Inscription reads,'To Laurence/libero, leader and friend/with awesome affection/Cole Moreton/February 199(oops)/2000'. TOBETHER WITH A SINGLE SHEET SIGNED LETTER from Pippa Wright (Rights Executive of Penguin UK) to Laurence Earle (journalist, travel writer and the then Editor of The Independent on Sunday's New Review Magazine) requesting a date of appearance of extract from this book. Illustrated with photographs and map endpapers 'The Blasket Islands, County Kerry'. A well-researched and authoritative history of a Blasket Island family. The narrative follows the journey made by the O Cearna/Kearney family of The Blasket Islands, County Kerry to mainland Ireland and America. It uncovers the contrast between those who went to America and those who stayed in County Kerry. Those in America made new lives of luxury for themselves, those in Ireland continued to live almost as their forefathers did. With Bibliography. Faint age-tanning to edges of pages; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing PRESENTATION AND ASSOCIATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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- Librería
- Greystone Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 16832
- Título
- Hungry For Home: Leaving The Blaskets: A Journey From The Edge Of Ireland (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING PRESENTATION AND ASSOCIATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO LAURENCE EARLE)
- Autor
- Moreton, Cole
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- First edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670880124
- ISBN 13
- 9780670880126
- Editorial
- Viking
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2000
- Palabras clave
- Signed. Autographed. Ireland. Ireland Social History. Social History. Irish History. History. The Blaskets, Ireland. Irish Americans. Islands. Irish Emigration. Irish Immigration. Islands. The Blasket Islands, County Kerry, Ireland. Anthropology. O Cearna
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Greystone Books
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Margate
Sobre Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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