The Fatal Move

And Other Stories

by Conall Cearnach 

First edition.  Dublin:  M.H. Gill and Son, Ltd., 1924  

Hardbackis overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Boards with blue paper covers and black ink titles show some dirt, smudges, aging, dings, edgewear.  Corners are bumped and frayed, with exposed board.
• Spine is darkened and bumped with chipped and frayed ends.
• Binding is secure.  Stitching visible at openning page 32-33.  See photos.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some staining, an embossed mark on rear fep.  See photos. 
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. 
• Text block edges are foxed. 
• PS2023.0208

96 pages. 4.75 x 7.25 inches

Irish author F. W. O’Connell (1875-1929), who often published as “Conall Cearnach,” was known during his lifetime as the author of two Irish grammar books.  He also wrote Gothic, Supernatural, and Fantastic stories, most notably the stories included in this volume.  They include a supernatural thriller, a locked-room mystery, a conte cruel, and even a “delightfully comic dystopia” in which Bolshevik Russia had taken over England, wiping out the English language.  (Brian Showers, Swan River Press)  

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