O’Grady (Standish) The Chain of Gold
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London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
1895 juvenile novel concerning shipwrecked castaways on the wild west coast of Ireland.
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Contemporary prize plate to verso of front fly-leaf; minor toning; cloth rubbed at extremities.
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