Without My Cloak. Woodcut Decorations by Freda Bone. London: Heineman, 1931. First Edition. Pp, 469. Smooth green cloth boards, title blocked in gilt to upper cover & on spine. A nice bright copy.

Limerick born Kate O’Brien’s first novel is a riveting portrait of three generations of an Irish family.

O’Brien left her home in Limerick to work for the Manchester Guardian, beginning her long career as an Irish literary expatriate. She went on to published a further eight novels.