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The wild swan and other stories / by Liam O'Flaherty; with a frontispiece by P. V. Moon and a foreword by Rhys Davies; being no. 10 of the Furnival books.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984.
- Series:
- Furnival books ; no. 10.
- Furnival books ; no. 10
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ireland--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Ireland.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 60 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Manufacture:
- London : Charles Whittingham and Griggs (Printers), Ltd. Chiswick Press, Brunswick Park Road)
- Place of Publication:
- London : William Jackson (Books) Ltd., 18 Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, 1932.
- Contents:
- The Wild Swan
- It was the Devil's Work
- Unclean.
- Notes:
- "Of this book there have been printed at the Chiswick Press 550 copies, signed by the author, of which 500 only are for sale ..."
- Label on t.p.: "The Furnival Books are now published by Joiner & Steele, Ltd., 18 Tooks Court, London, E.C.4 - The name "William Jackson (Books) Ltd." has been retained on the title-page in order that the set of twelve books may be typographically uniform."
- Label on t.p. tipped in.
- Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is no. 281 signed by Liam O'Flaherty.
- OCLC:
- 4392267
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