O’Grady (Standish) The Chain of Gold
£95
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.
In stock
Contemporary prize plate to verso of front fly-leaf; minor toning; cloth rubbed at extremities.
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