The Poor Mouth (An Beal Bacht): A bad story about the hard life

London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First English translation of this novel published in the Irish language in 1941. Brian O'Nolan (I1911 – 1966), his pen names being Flann O'Brien and Myles na Gopaleen, was an Irish civil service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature. He is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. His English language novels, such as At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman, were written under the O'Brien pen name. His many satirical columns in The Irish Times and an Irish-language novel, An Béal Bocht, were written under the name Myles na Gopaleen. An Béal Bocht (The Poor Mouth) is a 1941 novel in Irish by Flann O'Brien, published under the pseudonym "Myles na Gopaleen". It is regarded as one of the most important Irish-language novels of the twentieth century. This English translation by Patrick C. Power appeared in 1973. [Wikipedia]

With 12 dark and funny text illustrations and cover illustration by Ralph Steadman. The eighty-eight year old Steadman is a well known British illustrator probably best known for his collaboration with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture books [Wikipedia]. It appears that Steadman autographed the title page of the book, writing his name

Bound in brown paper covers with a yellow and gilt title label to spine. With a gold pictorial dust jacket that has been price clipped. Both the binding and the dust jacket show minor signs of wear but are otherwise in very good condition. With map designs on front and rear endpapers. Text pages are in lean and bright and also in very good condition. Measures 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 128 pages. LIT/072524. (Inventory #: 37390)