King Farouk (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bumped at head of spine. Some wear to cover - otherwise very good. See photos.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dublin: King Farouk, 1987. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Inscribed by Doyle on the title page. Pictorial wraps with the bottom corner of the front cover bumped, some rubbing to the rear cover, and a crease along the rear cover. Book is in very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printings). Individual volumes as follows: 'The Commitments' (1987). The correct first edition, this Irish edition issued a year before the UK (Heinemann) edition. 8vo. 144pp. Card wrappers (not issued in casebound format). The wrapper lightly rubbed and chafed, and with single light readership crease to the spine. A very good copy. 'The Snapper' (1990). First edition. 8vo. 216pp. Orange boards lettered in black at the spine. A small scattering of very light spotting to the top- and fore edge, and a touch of light discolouration to the margins of the half-title and one unprinted concluding leaf. A very good copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. 'The Van' (1991). First edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 311pp. Blue boards lettered in black at the spine. Backstrip ends gently bruised, tips of two corners lightly bumped, and a little toning to the leaf margins as is invariably the case. Very good in price-clipped dust wrapper, with a small area of fading to the spine panel and a little ear to the spine panel ends and corner tips. 'The Guts' (2013). First edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page, with a ticket to the signing event laid-in. 8vo. 328pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A super set of the author's Barrytown sequence, considerably enhanced by the presence of the most uncommon Irish edition of his debut, 'The Commitments', and with two of the later volumes signed. Signed by Author(s).…