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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Add this copy of Mr. Gilhooley to cart. $3.24, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Irish American Book Company.
Add this copy of Mr. Gilhooley to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by General Eclectic Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Gloucester, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by NY: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1927.
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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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Add this copy of Mr. Gilhooley to cart. $100.00, good condition, Sold by Basement Seller 101 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by Jonathan Cape.
Add this copy of Mr. Gilhooley to cart. $125.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by Harcourt, Brace and Company.
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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.
Add this copy of Mr. Gilhooley to cart. $200.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by Jonathan Cape.
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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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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.
Add this copy of Mr. Gilhooley to cart. $475.00, very good condition, Sold by Antic Hay Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Asbury Park, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1926.
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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.
