Lot 292
O'Brien (Flann) The Hard Life, first edition, signed by the author, 1961.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
O'Brien (Flann) The Hard Life, first edition, signed by the author "from the author Brian O'Nolan, 26 January 1962" on front free endpaper, light strip of toning on front free endpaper, fore-edge very lightly spotted, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, light creasing and one or two nicks to edges, light surface soiling, slight shelf-lean, 8vo, 1961.
⁂ Known widely under his pen name, Brian O'Nolan's chief literary achievement is considered his first novel At Swim-Two-Birds, a comedy that was published on the eve of the Second World War. This work, his second published novel, is rare signed.
Description
O'Brien (Flann) The Hard Life, first edition, signed by the author "from the author Brian O'Nolan, 26 January 1962" on front free endpaper, light strip of toning on front free endpaper, fore-edge very lightly spotted, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, light creasing and one or two nicks to edges, light surface soiling, slight shelf-lean, 8vo, 1961.
⁂ Known widely under his pen name, Brian O'Nolan's chief literary achievement is considered his first novel At Swim-Two-Birds, a comedy that was published on the eve of the Second World War. This work, his second published novel, is rare signed.
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