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A perfectly written comic novel, perfectly illustrated, wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving.
A perfectly written comic novel, perfectly illustrated, wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving.
A perfectly written comic novel, perfectly illustrated, wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving.
A perfectly written comic novel, perfectly illustrated, wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving.
A perfectly written comic novel, perfectly illustrated, wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving.

[O'BRIEN, Flann]; STEADMAN, Ralph (illustrator); O'NOLAN, Brian.

The Poor Mouth (An Beal Bocht). A Bad Story about the Hard Life. Edited by Miles na Gopaleen.

London & Dublin, Bernard Jacobson and The Dolman Press, 1973.

£2,750.00
£2,750.00

The Poor Mouth (An Beal Bocht).

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A perfectly written comic novel (by a genius), perfectly illustrated (by a genius), wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving, which is quite often missing.

First edition, special issue, number 74 of 130 copies signed by the artist, with signed & numbered etching loosely inserted as issued; 8vo; illustrations by Ralph Steadman, bookplate to front pastedown; publisher's tan hessian, titles to upper board in black, pictorial endpapers after Ralph Steadman, fine copy.

Stock code 102787

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A perfectly written comic novel, perfectly illustrated, wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving.

The Poor Mouth (An Beal Bocht).

£2,750.00
£2,750.00

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