Another sea-adventure published in London in 1941. According to the bookseller, the author was an “original member of Sinn Fein.” Five in COPAC, but not in WorldCat.
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The Runaways
O’Brien, Conor (pseudonym of Edward Conor Marshal O’Brien)
Bookseller:
Augustine Funnell Books
(Fredericton, NB, Canada)
Price: $150
For sale at: www.abebooks.com
Book Description: George G. Harrap, London, 1941. Hard Cover. Book Condition: About Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Very Good. T.H. Robinson (illustrator). First Edition. Small Octavo — from 7.75″ to 9.75″ Tall. O’Brien was a yachtsman, mountaineer, and original member of Sinn Fein, as well as the first person to sail around the world in his own yacht. This boy’s adventure story is a very scarce tome, telling the tale of a pair of lads who, with a newfound friend, take their father’s yacht up the west coast of Ireland to Skye, where, among many adventures, they acquire a stowaway who ends up being “the cause of a clash with a gang of Communists.” Red cloth w/black spine lettering, 220 pages + map. A bit of wear to corners/spine ends, dusty/tanned edges, light cover soil, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/short edge tears, 1.25″ tear to bottom edge of front panel, light chipping to corners/spine ends, small piece (3/8″ x 1/4″) from top edge of rear panel, smudging to rear panel. Naturally, the jacket is now in a protective mylar sleeve. Bookseller Inventory # 016100
Not in WorldCat 
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