Pedlar's Revenge and Other Stories by Liam O'Flaherty ISBN 13: 9780905473000

Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Impression of the first English language edition, originally published under the titled Díoltas. 8vo: 222pp. Publisher's mid-brown coarsely woven cloth, spine lettered in gilt, mustard-yellow end papers; dust jacket, illustrated by Jarlath Hayes, priced £3.60. Fine (apparently unread), in Fine, crisp jacket. O'Flaherty, a leading figure of the Irish Renaissance. abandoned his training for the priesthood and embarked on a varied career as soldier in World War I, lumberjack, hotel porter, miner, factory worker, dishwasher, bank clerk, and deck hand. In 1925, he scored literary success with one of his first novels, The Informer, about a confused rebel during the Irish War of Independence, which John Ford (O'Flaherty's cousin) adapted into a movie that was nominated for an Academy Award. Some of O'Flaherty's best short stories, including those in The Pedlar's Revenge, appeared first in Irish-language versions. N. B. With few exceptions (always… Read More

Dublin: Wolfhound Press.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-905473-00-0 . SIGNED by Liam O'Flaherty on the front end paper. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (Hint of light shelf wear to dust jacket. ) Though a limited edition was produced signed trade editions are seldom seen. (GC) ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"; 222 pages; Signed by Author .