The western island, or, The Great Blasket
1978, First Paperback Edition, Third Printing. Oxford : Oxford University Press. Very good paperback copy; wrappers faintly stained. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright and clean. Item #471999
ISBN: 0192812343
Series; Oxford paperbacks. Physical description; viii, 141 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. Notes; First published 1944. Maps on lining-papers. Illustrations by Ida M. Flower. Contents; The road to the Island -- The passage: The passage at night ; Tomás -- Tomás -- A hill-side parliament: Solitude ; Brendan -- The bright dwellings -- The village: The dance -- Peig -- Gobnait -- The Sorrowful Slope -- 'Our Lady of the Rosary' -- Pierce Ferriter -- Seán Ó Duínnlé: Poets -- The poor scholars -- Going west -- Inisicíleáin -- The Seal: The seal -- The fairies. Subjects; Blasket Islands (Ireland). Great Blasket Island (Ireland). Description and travel. Social life and customs. 20th century. Illustrated. Maps.
Price: €12.95