An t-Oileánach. Scéal a Bheathadh Féin. Dublin: Oifig an tSoláthair, [1935]. Second Edition. Pp 266. Publisher’s maroon cloth boards lettered in black & with design in blind. In original dust jacket. Neat ownership name to endpaper, a nice bright copy.

Frontispiece portrait of the author with a map of the Blasket Islands and plate in text of the author’s homestead.

The classic account of the author’s life growing up on an island in the Blasket group near West Kerry. It was translated into English by Robin Flower in 1934.