The Smart Fellow, Maurice Walsh, Chambers, 1964

An entertaining collection of short stories from Irish writer Maurice Walsh (1879-1964), one of Ireland's most successful writers in the 1930s and best known for 'The Quiet Man', adapted for the John Ford movie starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. From Kerry in Ireland, he also spent part of his working life in the Scottish Highlands.

The Smart Fellow; Seven Stories by Maurice Walsh.

Published by W. & R. Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh and London. First edition, 1964.

A good blue cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine. Some light shelf wear and the spine is slightly skewed. Housed in its original attractive unclipped dustjacket, with removable protective plastic. The jacket is worn and frayed to extremities with some taped repairs to rear. Soundly bound.

The text is bright and clean throughout .

181pp.

Text in English.

Weight approximately 447g (unpacked).

Dimensions: approximately 202mm high x 140mm wide x 26mm deep.