O'Brien, Edna — Some Irish Loving: A Selection

New York, Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine collection of short stories by the beloved Irish writer Edna O'Brien, seven short stories plus Acknowledgments and a List of Authors and Titles. "The Preamble," "The Fantastic," "The Profane," "The Desperate," "The Male," "The Female," "The Intemperate." Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in two-tone, brick paper over boards, brown cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing minor wear, mostly to spine head and foot, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 262 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,