Irish Literature And Heritage from Nooks Of Books

New York: Devin-Adair, 1953. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in blue. Red topstain. 207pps., plus 16 full-page photographs. There is mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a small scratch (1/4") in the cloth, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright.… Read more about this item

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1972. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 320pps. No dustjacket. The original owner's blindstamp is impressed at the bottom of the title page. Also the edges of the boards are vaguely faded. Otherwise clean, bright, square and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. A… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Secker & Warburg, 1995. [1995]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Sage-green endpapers. 233pps. First Printing. The pages are lightly tanned due to the acid content of the stock, otherwise clean and tight with a square binding. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no… Read more about this item

Boston: David R Godine Pub, 1989. [1989]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 234pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner's, 1996. [1996]. Uncorrected Proof. In Near Fine condition. Bound in glossy, pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 358pps. There is a slight bump to the lower rear tip, otherwise as new: clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription --… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1933. In Very Good+ condition. Bound in full brown cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo. [xxxvi] + 177pps. No dustjacket. There is light wear to the spine-ends and a tidy gift-inscription is penned on the ffep. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. With Forewords by A. E. (George Russell) and Horace… Read more about this item

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full blue buckram. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 294pps. Second printing. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The colorful, price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light… Read more about this item

New York: Crown. [1957]. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 538pps. There is mild rubbing and fading to the edges of the cloth, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent… Read more about this item

Boston: Atlantic / Little, Brown, 1957. (1957). Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in black cloth with a yellow cloth backstrip. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. 246pps. Stated First Edition. There is mild bumping to the lower tips and the spine-ends and there are a few faint specks atop the textblock, otherwise clean, tight, square, and… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1904. In Very Good condition. Bound in full sky-blue cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Duodecimo. Top-edge gilt. 123pps. First printing: January, 1904. No dustjacket. There is modest rubbing wear and bumping to the tips and the spine-ends and a couple of very… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: George Braziller Incorporated, 1980. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Seafoam-green boards. The spine is stamped in black. Gray topstain. Octavo. 232pps. There is very mild rubbing to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Near Fine in the publisher's decorative green cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in black (shamrocks) and gilt (still brilliant). 329pps. No dustjacket. There is very mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a plastic bar-code label affixed to the rear pastedown. Otherwise clean and bright. The… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1951. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in red. Octavo. 248pps. Stated first edition. There is bumping to the lower tips and very faint dustspotting atop the textblock. Also, a previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the ffep.… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, 1956. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in white and green; the decorative front board in green. Octavo. Light green topstain. 303pps. There is a faint soil-mark atop the textblock. Also, a pencil-erasure of price is at the top of the ffep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton, 1928. In Good condition. No dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. 124pp. The tips of the boards have considerable wear. The boards are sunned, as well. Internally, the pages are clean -- though yellowed around the edges. A half-dozen pages are torn, though not at… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1983. First printing. Very Good+ in a Fine dustjacket. Pale green boards quarterbound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic green. 85pps. First Printing. A previous owner's brief inscription is near the top of the ffep. Also, page 41 has a crease as well as a small tear… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton, 1953. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black boards with blue stamping on the spine. 256pp. There is a bump to one tip and a tidy "Merry Christmas" gift inscription from 1956 is on the ffep. The volume is, otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. The dustjacket has light rubbing wear at the spine-ends and… Read more about this item

Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1979. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in textured purple boards. The spine is brightly stamped in gilt. 220pp. A previous owner's unobtrusive blindstamp is in the lower corner of the half-title page. Otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in… Read more about this item

Boston: Atlantic Little, Brown, 1957. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in black and tan cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in red. 204pps. Stated first edition. There is bumping to the tips and spine-ends, with the bump at the head of the spine causing a bit of crimping to some pages. Otherwise clean,… Read more about this item

London: Grayson & Grayson, 1935. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. This first edition limited to 250 copies numbered and SIGNED by the author, of which this is #117. Bound in full green cloth. All sides stamped in gilt, still brilliant. Decorative endpapers. Unpaginated, nicely printed on watermarked Basingwerk Parchment. There is very mild rubbing to the cloth at… Read more about this item