viii, 194pp, 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Red publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. Top edge sprayed red. 12mo. Cloth is a little worn, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and ends of a lightly sunned spine. Internally a hint of page ageing, one strained gutter and a previous owner's name pencilled on the front free endpaper, else neat, clean and tight.
Birmingham (aka James Owen Hanney) was a prolific Irish novelist, but Ships and Sealing-wax is a collection of his essays on topics such as Fashions in Words; Preaching; Conferences; Ridicule and Risk.
