Maurice O'Sullivan - Twenty Years a-Growing

London, Chatto and Windus , 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this lovely autobiography from Irish author Maurice O'Sullivan, with unique memoirs from his time living on the Great Blasket Island. The first UK edition of this work containing the memoirs of Maurice O'Sullivan, an Irish author. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The highly enjoyable autobiographical work recounts the author's days growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited Gaelic-speaking island off the Atlantic coast of Ireland. It tells of the simple life of a society that no longer exists, with refreshing humor and poetry. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is also smart, with sunning and dust-toning to the wrap and edge wear. Light chipping to the spine head and tail and a few spots to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, save for offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.

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