SUMMER LOANEN AND OTHER STORIES (SIGNED)

Bell, Sam Hanna

Published by The Mourne Press, Newcastle, Co. Down, Ireland, 1943

Octavo. Green, paper-covered boards with black lettering to top board and spine. Sunning to all edges and a wee bit of nudging to bottom of spine and top corners. Dustjacket now faded and sunned with pink titling to front panel, and some , a 2 in. closed tear to dustjacket spine, and light chipping to extremities Sam Hanna Bell "was a significant figure in the cultural and intellectual life of Belfast. An accomplished writer and broadcaster, he helped transform the local BBC programmes. His work reflected a breadth of issues and themes. He was an enabler of creative and production talents.His radio portrait of the Belfast shipyards, Islandmen, was based on over 200 recordings. Other programmes included The Kist O Whistles which used dramatisation to describe the controversy which surrounded the introduction of organ music within Presbyterian churches in nineteenth century Ireland." (Downloads BBC Site) Inscribed to Dan Davin (most likely Daniel Marcus Davin, a novelist largely based in Oxford, England (working for the Oxford University Press), who wrote about Irish Protestants in New Zealand. Bookplate of D.M. Davin to front free endpaper. Note on The Mourne Press: "The Mourne Press has been founded mainly to give encouragement to the younger writers of Ulster. Its aim in cultural, and not commercial.". Seller Inventory # 87844

Bibliographic Details

Title: SUMMER LOANEN AND OTHER STORIES (SIGNED)
Publisher: The Mourne Press, Newcastle, Co. Down, Ireland
Publication Date: 1943
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good Plus in Good Dustjacket
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)