Smuggler Tale, First Edition (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing thus as large format paperback. 195 pp. Fine condition. No inscriptions.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Blue octavo, 264 pages; 24 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. Marijuana -- United States -- Autobiography. An audacious pot-smuggling tale of the early days 57,000 pounds of high-grade marijuana from Colombia to Massachusetts by shrimp boat. A bright, Fine copy with minimal soiling to covers. First edition, first printing (full number line).

First edition, first printing. The origial paperback publication is very good with rusty staplesand has been rebound into green boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Beige cloth boards with dark blue titling to spine. Small book is tight, square, relatively sharp-cornered and free of markings or flaws inside and out. Unclipped Pictorial Dust Jacket shows original price of $1.00 and has code of 100-140 t.s.s. Dust Jacket has white spotting to front but only minor scuffing and shelfwear to edges with a few small tears. With illustrations by Andrew Wyeth.

First BSN Edition, contemporary half calf elegantly gilt, black morocco label. Engraved frontis & title, with printed title. Bound without printed series title. Marbled paper sides just scuffed at edge. Extremely attractive bright copy. Scarce. 1st Edition 3 Vols 1831 : this the 2nd Edition [& 1st 1-Vol Edition]. With a new 2pp Preface by John Banim. As historical novelists, John and his brother Michael were 'the Walter Scott of Ireland'. The Banims were the first to depict 'the Irish peasantry with an authenticity of detail that not even the most sympathetic writer of the Ascendancy had been able to provide . The Banims best work came with all the force of a revelation . Modern critics agree that they are the best Irish historical novels ever written' [Wolff]. Sadleir 3734a. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.

Leather. Condition: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. First edition of John Banim's The Smuggler. Bound in half roan leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering and decoration. First edition. Volumes I and III only. John Banim (1798 - 1842) Irish novelist. In 1822 he planned, in conjunction with his elder brother Michael (1796-1874), a series of tales illustrative of Irish life, which should be for Ireland what the Waverley Novels were for Scotland. In April 1825 appeared the first series of Tales of the O'Hara Family, which achieved immediate and decided success. In 1826, a second series was published, containing the Irish novel, The Nowlans. The Mayor of Windgap, The Denounced (1830) and The Smuggler (1831) followed in quick succession, and were received with considerable favour. Most of these deal with the darker and more painful phases of life, but the feeling shown in his last, Father Connell, is brighter and tenderer. In half calf bindings with marbled paper boards. There is wear to the extremities, including bumping and some rubbing. Sections of the leather are missing or coming away. The hinges are cracked and strained, with some of the boards being attached by the cords only, and may detach in the post. The text block is tight and firm. The front free endpaper of volume one is detached. Internally the pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional spots. Overall the condition is GOOD ONLY due to the condition of the extremities, but is VERY GOOD internally. Good Only. book.