The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh [RARE ANVIL MOVIE TIE-IN PAPERBACK / IRELAND 1964]

The Quiet Man by Maurice Walsh [Originally published as Green Rushes]

IRISH MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION PAPERBACK [1964] ANVIL BOOKS

Extremely rare movie tie-in printing of this rare book!   Published in The Republic of Ireland by Anvil Books.  Cover design by Jarlath Hayes. 

Mass market paperback with discoloration / foxing to wraps. Binding is tight, and structurally this copy is in very good shape.  Pages have some tanning and mild foxing.  Solid reading copy of this rare book!

In the 1930s, Irish novelist Maurice Walsh placed the moors and mountains of Ireland firmly on the literary map with this celebrated collection of stories. Since then, readers have continued to be charmed by these accounts of the simple and common activities of the characters in 1920s rural Ireland. The lives of Hugh Forbes, Paddy Bawn Enright, Archibald MacDonald, Joan Hyland, and Nuala Kierley intermingle as the themes of nationalism, human dignity, honor, and love are given full play. Made famous by John Ford's Oscar-winning film The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, these remain humorous and poignant tales set against a backdrop of intrigue and Irish civil unrest.