On Saturday, Lily McSharry returns to her island home with her young husband. Absent from the welcoming crowd at the pier is Lily's first love, Hugh, now Fr. McMahon, the island curate. In a powerful story of conflict between religion and love, McMahon must choose between celibacy and a renewed involvement with Lily. The explosive and passionate story that unfolds is told with skilful exacting prose, of the kind that has led to Liam O'Flaherty being described as 'a master weaver of words'.
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On Saturday, Lily McSharry returns to her island home with her young husband. Absent from the welcoming crowd at the pier is Lily's first love, Hugh, now Fr. McMahon, the island curate. In a powerful story of conflict between religion and love, McMahon must choose between celibacy and a renewed involvement with Lily. The explosive and passionate story that unfolds is told with skilful exacting prose, of the kind that has led to Liam O'Flaherty being described as 'a master weaver of words'.
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Seller's Description:
Good. 1926. Hardcover. Good copy in good cloth covers. Title in gilt to spine. Cloths spine is loose from binding. Inscription on FFEP and half title page. Light water stains, remains a good readable copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good in Good jacket. First American edition. Owner name on front fly, dated in 1928 (owner was reviewer for literary magazines of 1920's), cloth edges lightly soiled and rubbed with spine slightly cocked, very good in a good only price-clipped dust jacket, quite worn and dust soiled, with few large creased tears and moderate chips on spine and front panel, front and rear flaps partially detached and archivally mended on verso of jacket. An Irish novel.
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Good. Hardback. "Original light brown cloth with title in dark green on spine and front board, well defined edges, tight firm binding with clean and crisp pages". Keywords: Irish fiction-Ireland-Authors. Not a first edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Faint offsetting to the endpapers, very near fine in a bit spine-toned, very good dustwrapper with a few small chips.
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O'FLAHERTY, Liam. MR. GILHOOLEY. London: Jonathan Cape, [1926]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First English Edition. Signed presentation from O'Flaherty on the front endpaper: "To J.R. Wells, With affectionate regards from Liam O'Flaherty." Very Good (spine bit cocked); little browning (some professional repairs to edges) d/j. $475.00.
