London, The Mandrake Press, [1929].
Signed by the author. One of The Mandrake Booklets, signed by the author to the front free endpaper.
In the manner of 18th-century satire, Liam O'Flaherty writes what purports to be a general guide to Ireland for foreign tourists, offering insight into life in the newly independent Ireland, with no aspect of society immune from his attack.
First edition, signed by the author; small 8vo (15.8 x 11.6 cm); minor age-toning, slight offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's cloth-backed gold and black snakeskin-patterned boards, paper title label to spine lettered in black, original pictorial dustjacket, slightly soiled, minor edge-wear, else very good.
In the manner of 18th-century satire, Liam O'Flaherty writes what purports to be a general guide to Ireland for foreign tourists, offering insight into life in the newly independent Ireland, with no aspect of society immune from his attack.
First edition, signed by the author; small 8vo (15.8 x 11.6 cm); minor age-toning, slight offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's cloth-backed gold and black snakeskin-patterned boards, paper title label to spine lettered in black, original pictorial dustjacket, slightly soiled, minor edge-wear, else very good.
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