D’Alton (Louis Lynch) Death is so Fair
£150
London, Heinemann, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A novel of the Irish Revolutionary period between 1916 & 1922.
In stock
Some foxing; cloth with wear to head of spine; jacket with some spotting, slight tanning to spine, some wear to spine ends and fore corners.
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