Famine.

£375 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Set in the fictionally named Black Valley in the west of Ireland during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the novel tells the story of three generations of the Kilmartin family. Scarce in the distinctive Gollancz dustjacket. First edition, first impression; 8vo; light spotting to prelims and endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the original dustjacket priced 8/6 on spine, somewhat browned with internal tape repair to top edge, else very good.

  • Binding: Hardcover

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