Irish Literature from Charles Agvent
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THE BANGLE (Slight Return)
by MULDOON, Paul
- Condition
- Used - Slight foxing to endpapers; covers a bit bowed. About Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$750.00
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Princeton: The Typography Studio, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to endpapers; covers a bit bowed. About Fine. Brown cloth-backed marbled boards with printed paper label on spine; 7-1/2" x 9-1/2". Of 110 numbered copies SIGNED by the poet, this is copy "B" and has the added ink notation "OUT OF SERIES." This copy is also INSCRIBED and… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
THE ADVENTURES OF THE BLACK GIRL IN HER SEARCH FOR GOD
by (SHAW, George Bernard)
- Condition
- Used - Foxing to endpapers and to two pages of text. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1932)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$2,500.00
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London: Constable & Company Limited, (1932). First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to endpapers and to two pages of text. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Pictorial boards and twenty woodblock illustrations within by John Farleigh. Laurence A210a. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED to Catherine Inge/from/Bernard Shaw and dated 30/11/32 on the half-title page. Pasted to the facing blank page… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
THE GHETTO and Other Poems
by RIDGE, Lola
- Condition
- Used - Pencil name on front endpaper and pencil markings by titles of many poems; inch chip at base of spine with some loss. Very Good,
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1918
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$625.00
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New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc., 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Pencil name on front endpaper and pencil markings by titles of many poems; inch chip at base of spine with some loss. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper if there ever was one. Brown boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Her scarce first book.… Read more about this item Item Price
$625.00
RED FLAG
by RIDGE, Lola
- Condition
- Used - Partly unopened. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$437.50
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New York: The Viking Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Partly unopened. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Orange and gold paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine with paper label. Includes poems saluting the Russian Revolution. Ridge was an Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet, and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications. She was… Read more about this item Item Price
$437.50
SUN-UP and Other Poems
by RIDGE, Lola
- Condition
- Used - Pencil name dated 1920 on front endpaper; largely unopened. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$312.50
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New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc., 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Pencil name dated 1920 on front endpaper; largely unopened. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Green boards with paper spine label. Ridge was an Irish-born New Zealand-American anarchist and modernist poet, and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications. She was active in radical causes and… Read more about this item Item Price
$312.50
LETTERS OF JAMES JOYCE
by (JOYCE, James) GILBERT, Stuart (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Soiling to covers with small dampstain at bottom corner of margin of a few pages. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1957)
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$187.50
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London: Faber and Faber, (1957). First Edition. Softcover. Soiling to covers with small dampstain at bottom corner of margin of a few pages. Very Good. Original printed gray wraps; 427 pages. Scarce Uncorrected Proof of the first volume, of three, of Joyce's letters..
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$187.50
Fifth Part of ULYSSES" in TWO WORLDS MONTHLY. Volume 2, #1
by JOYCE, James (ROTH, Samuel, editor)
- Condition
- Used - Slight soiling; wrinkling and chipping to spine tips. Very Good copy of this fragile periodical
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- January 1927
- Binding
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$93.80
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New York: Two Worlds Publishing Company, January 1927. First Edition. wraps. Slight soiling; wrinkling and chipping to spine tips. Very Good copy of this fragile periodical. Original printed stapled wraps. A bowdlerized (and unauthorized) reprint, the fifth of thirteen published by Roth, of Joyce's ULYSSES, which had been banned in the United States on grounds of obscenity. … Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
IRISH FOLK TALES
by YEATS, W. B. (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Bookplate on the front pastedown; a few rubbed spots on the spine. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown; a few rubbed spots on the spine. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Rowal Friers. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in green buckram stamped in pure gold leaf, 456 pages. Collected, edited, and introduced by William Butler Yeats. Illustrated with 12 full-page tipped-in color plates and… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
TRAVELLER'S SAMPLES
by O'CONNOR, Frank
- Condition
- Used - Owner address label in the shape of a frog on the front endpaper. Rubbing to spine; mild discoloration to edges. Very Good, lack
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$750.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First American Edition. Hardcover. Owner address label in the shape of a frog on the front endpaper. Rubbing to spine; mild discoloration to edges. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. A collection of short stories, including the much-anthologized "First Confession," as well as "The Man of the House" and "The Drunkard," among others.… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
PYGMALION and CANDIDA
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with some sunning
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$81.30
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Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with some sunning. Clarke Hutton. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in buckram-backed pictorial boards and printed at the Stinehour Press. Introduction by Alan Strachan. Copy #887 of 2000 with 8 plates in color and numerous black-and-white illustrations by Clarke Hutton and SIGNED… Read more about this item Item Price
$81.30
POEMS AND A MEMOIR
by HEANEY, Seamus
- Condition
- Used - Spine evenly sunned, two small scratches on the rear cover, the leather quite supple and evenly colored. Near Fine in a Near Fin
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1982)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$625.00
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(New York): Limited Editions Club, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine evenly sunned, two small scratches on the rear cover, the leather quite supple and evenly colored. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with uneven sunning. Henry Pearson. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 12") bound in full vat-dyed, dark-brown leather consisting of a top-grain aniline skin. The 8 illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
$625.00
MAN AND SUPERMAN
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Fine in most of glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a slight bump
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$56.30
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[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Fine in most of glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a slight bump. Charles Mozley . Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/8") bound in beveled boards covered with an English-made brown linen with a silkscreen design by the illustrator on the covers and the spine label stamped in pure gold. The volume… Read more about this item Item Price
$56.30
PYGMALION and CANDIDA
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with sunning to the backstrip and a bump to one corner
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with sunning to the backstrip and a bump to one corner. Clarke Hutton. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in buckram-backed pictorial boardsand printed at the Stinehour Press. Introduction by Alan Strachan. Copy #955 of 2000 with 8 plates in color and numerous… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
POEMS AND A MEMOIR
by HEANEY, Seamus
- Condition
- Used - Owner blindstamp on the front endpaper. Touch of fading to the spine, the leather quite supple and evenly colored. Close to Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1982)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$687.50
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(New York): Limited Editions Club, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner blindstamp on the front endpaper. Touch of fading to the spine, the leather quite supple and evenly colored. Close to Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Henry Pearson. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 12") bound in full vat-dyed, dark-brown leather consisting of a top-grain aniline skin. The 8… Read more about this item Item Price
$687.50
THE VARIORUM EDITION OF THE POEMS OF W. B. YEATS
by YEATS, W. B
- Condition
- Used - Very mild sunning to the spine. Just about Fine in a close to Fine slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1957
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$3,437.50
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very mild sunning to the spine. Just about Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Original two-color buckram with gilt lettering on the spine; 884 pages. Edited by Peter Allt and Russell K. Alspach. Copy #449 of 825 numbered copies SIGNED by the author on the limitation leaf of… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,437.50
THE NORTH
by BECKETT, Samuel
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$3,125.00
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London: Enitharmon Press, 1972. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Avigdor Arikha. Folio (11-3/4" x 15") in wraps, loosely housed as issued in a paper folder, cloth chemise, and slipcase. Text printed by Will and Sebastian Carter on paper made by J. Barcham Green. Of a total of 137 numbered copies illustrated with 3 original etchings by Avigdor Arikha, each… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
BACK TO METHUSELAH
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Foxing to endpapers; spine browned. Very Good in a Good slipcase with fading, soiling, and split at top edge
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$56.30
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Foxing to endpapers; spine browned. Very Good in a Good slipcase with fading, soiling, and split at top edge. John Farleigh. Quarto, bound in lime green natural linen with a dark green morocco label on the front cover with gilt lettering and decoration. With a new, previously unpublished 49-page introduction by… Read more about this item Item Price
$56.30
IRISH FOLK TALES
by YEATS, W. B. (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with one small ding
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$106.30
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Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with one small ding. Rowal Friers. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in green buckram stamped in pure gold leaf, 456 pages. Collected, edited, and introduced by William Butler Yeats. Illustrated with 12 full-page tipped-in color plates and 17 part-page line drawings… Read more about this item Item Price
$106.30
MAN AND SUPERMAN
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Bookplate on the verso of a front blank. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a slight bump
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$50.00
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[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Bookplate on the verso of a front blank. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a slight bump. Charles Mozley . Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/8") bound in beveled boards covered with an English-made brown linen with a silkscreen design by the illustrator on the covers and the spine label stamped in… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
ESSAYS
by YEATS, W. B
- Condition
- Used - Owner name on front endpaper. Some wear to corners, spine label soiled. About Very Good, lacking the scarce slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$1,562.50
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on front endpaper. Some wear to corners, spine label soiled. About Very Good, lacking the scarce slipcase. First Printing of the New and Revised Edition. Original green cloth-backed brown paper boards with a paper label on the front cover and on the spine. Copy #114 of only… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,562.50
