Product Description
The first edition of this collection of Forrest Reid"s lyrical stories and sketches, complete with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.
In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.
First edition.
Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
A collection of short stories and impressionistic sketches by Forrest Reid.
Stories include: "In Memoriam," "The Accomplice," "An Ulster Farm," and "A Trial of Witches," among others.
Forrest Reid (1875-1947) was an Irish novelist, poet, and critic associated with the Irish Literary Revival, admired for works such as The Bracknels and The Retreat, and for his sensitive portrayals of childhood and adolescence.
In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.
Externally, smart.
Slight discolouration to extremities of boards.
Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities.
Previous owner's small ink inscription to front free endpaper.
Dust wrapper, worn.
Spine torn at joints, disbound and segmented.
Loss to lower perimeter of front wrap and spine, partially obscuring the text.
Unclipped.
Wraps typically age toned with one or two spots of damp staining and discolouration to spine.
Internally, firmly bound.
Hinges slightly cracked in places, but firm.
Pages bright and clean if characteristically age toned.
Very Good
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