Desmond (Shaw) The Isle of Ghosts.
£125
First edition, in early reprint wrapper priced at 2/6′ (the first issue was priced 7/6′).
London. Duckworth, 1925
A novel about the Irish ‘revolution’ in 1916.
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VG+/VG+ – Rare in d/w.
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