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McCabe, Patrick : Emerald Germs Of Ireland

HarperCollins Publishers, New York City, NY, 2001

ISBN 0060196785

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 306 pages. The author's seventh novel. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Patrick McCabe's "Emerald Germs of Ireland". One of the author's most brilliant, macabre, and dementedly funny works. "McCabe may well be the lodestone of Irish fiction" (New York Observer). An absolute "must-have" title for Patrick McCabe collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated (in the year of publication) in blue pen on the title page by the author: "March 14, 2001. Patrick McCabe". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed and publication-year dated copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist of the Booker Prize in 1992 for "The Butcher Boy" and in 1998 for "Breakfast On Pluto". One of the finest novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PATRICK MCCABE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0060196785.

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McCabe, Patrick : Emerald Germs Of Ireland

HarperCollins Publishers, New York City, NY, 2001

ISBN 0060196785

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 306 pages. The author's seventh novel. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Patrick McCabe's "Emeralds Germs of Ireland". One of the author's most brilliant, macabre, and dementedly funny works. "McCabe may well be the lodestone of Irish fiction" (New York Observer). An absolute "must-have" title for Patrick McCabe collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue pen on the title page by Patrick McCabe. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist of the Booker Prize in 1992 for "The Butcher Boy" and in 1998 for "Breakfast On Pluto". One of the finest novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PATRICK MCCABE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0060196785.

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McCABE**, PATRICK: : Emerald Germs of Ireland

LONDON.PICADOR,2001.

ISBN 0330391615.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,colour pictorial illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with b/w+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj, minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original,plain sand coloured cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink letters to spine/ backsrip and immaculate tan endpapers.UK 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-380pp [paginated] includes an introduction,13 chapters,permissions to rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and another title separator page. Meet Pat McNab,forty-five years old,would-be 'Cleaner' or 'Regulator'.maybe a serial killer - often to be found endlessly puffing smokes and propping up the counter of Sullivan's Select Bar (not that Mrs McNab knew anything about it - she and Timmy the barman didn't get along at all), or sitting on his mother's knee both singing away together like some ridiculous two-headed human jukebox.But that is all before the story really begins - 'Emerald Germs of Ireland' is,in essence,Pat McNab's post-matricide year. Pat,who now spends many of his waking hours sitting by the window of his old dark house, watching videos and nibbling distractedly on pieces of toast,reflects on those long-gone days with Mammy,fending off the persistent interferences of his small-town neighbours,the puritanical Mrs Tubridy; that irascible seller of turf the Turf Man; Sergeant 'Kojak' Foley; and the other unwanted snoops who will soon come to regret their inquisitive,nose-poking ways. Patrick McCabe is seen here at his fiendish best.'Emerald Germs of Ireland' is his funniest work to date,displaying with masterful panache the anarchic twists and turns that are the hallmarks of his comic genius. Patrick McCabe was born in Clones,County Monaghan,Ireland in 1955.He has published a children's story and five other adult novels (then 2001) including 'The Butcher Boy' - see book ID rja25877 - which was the winner of the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literature Prize,was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and was a highly acclaimed film directed by Neil Jordan. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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