The Hope and the Sadness: Personal Recollections of Troubled Times in Ireland Siobhan Lankford
1980. First Edition. 274 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white photographs. Maps across endpapers. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Faint creases to several pages. Text block edges slightly rubbed. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Moderate rubbing and mild thumb marking to surfaces. Spine sunned. Notable rubbing to front panel. Some orange marks to underside; colour from orange parts has bled through jacket at printing.