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The Avatars. A Futurist Fantasy

By: A.E. (George Russell)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited: 1933

Seller ID: 004440

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1933. Known by his pseudonym "AE," George William Russell (1867-1935) was both an Irish nationalist and a pacifist, an infrequent Irish combination. "The Avatars" is a later and rather uncommon work of his, a sort of mystical socialist fantasy set in a future Ireland. It is dedicated to W.B. Yeats, with whom he shared a fascination with spirituality. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Dark blue cloth binding, ruled on the front cover, with gilt titling on the cover and spine. Clean text; vii, 188 pages, with a list of Russell's wo...
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Collected Poems

By: A.E. [George Russell]

Price: $350.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Company, Ltd.: 1926

Seller ID: 001980

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good Plus

London: Macmillan & Company, Ltd., 1926. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the Second Edition (with the additions from 1919). Dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 373 pages, with Note; two pages of publisher's advertisements in the rear. This copy has been SIGNED by A.E. on the Title Page. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Second Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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The Street and Other Stories

By: Adams, Gerry

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Sheridan Square Press: 1993

Seller ID: 005116

ISBN: 1879823020

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

New York: Sheridan Square Press, 1993. Gerry Adams is best known in his capacity as the IRA's political face who was instrumental in waging peace; here is another side, as a fiction writer. First published in Ireland; this is a Fine copy of the First American Edition, from a year later. Brown cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; x, 145 pages. Introduction by famed columnist Jimmy Breslin. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the Title Page and dated June 13, 1997. The dustjacket is Fine, unclipped. It does have price stickers on the front flap and the rear cover, whi...
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Some Passages from the Letters of AE to W.B. Yeats

By: AE (George William Russell)

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Dublin, The Cuala Press: 1936

Seller ID: 005481

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1936. Goerge William Russell (b.1867) was a poet, editor, critic, artist, and Irish nationalist. He shared a taste for the theosophical and occult with his friend William Butler Yeats. AE had passed away in 1935; one might say that this is, in a way, a memorial to him. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, which is LIMITED to 300 copies. Not common. Blue-gray paper-covered boards with a linen spine; paper title label on the spine. Clean text; 63 pages. Very slight bumping to the corners; else a Fine copy. The fragile glassine dustwrapper is present, with a bi...
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The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats

By: Allt, Peter & Russell K. Alspach

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1965

Seller ID: 005155

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Printing of the Trade edition. Blue cloth binding; black spine with ruling and titling in gilt. Clean text; 884 pages. Includes a First Line Index and a Title Index; with Appendices on Notes, the Prefaces and Dedications, and the Order and Placement of the Poems. Slight rubbing to the tips; else a Fine copy. Quite heavy, as one would expect, that will need more postage.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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With Brendan Behan. A Personal Memoir

By: Arthurs, Peter

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's: 1981

Seller ID: 000182

ISBN: 0312884710

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

New York: St. Martin's, 1981. A memoir by friend/bodyguard and fellow-carouser of the great Irish author. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition.Foreward by Arthur C. Clarke. Black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The dustjacket is Near Fine. There is a 3/4" closed tear on top of the front panel, else Fine.In a protective plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Peter of the Castle; and The Fetches. By the O'Hara Family

By: Banim, John & Michael

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York & Montreal, D. & J. Sadlier & Co.: 1867

Seller ID: 001825

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York & Montreal: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1867. Under their pseudonym of "the O'Hara Family" the Banim's books were extremely popular throughout the 19th century. These two tales were originally published in the 1820s, and mostly written by brother John. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, "A New Edition, with Introduction and Notes, by Michael Banim. Green cloth binding with blindstamping on the front cover (a shamrock, natch!) and gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text with occasional foxing; 343 pages, bright and supple. The binding has darkened and the corner...
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The Peep O'Day; or, John Doe, and Crohoore of the Billhook. By the O'Hara Family

By: Banim, Michael

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York & Montreal, D. & J. Sadlier & Co.: 1875

Seller ID: 001696

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York & Montreal: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1875. Michael Banim (1796-1874) with his brother John wrote a popular series of "national tales" under the pseudonym "O'Hara," This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing of the First Edition.The binding matches that of the 1866 issue; Quercus presumes that Banim's death prompted reissue in 1875. Bright green decorative binding, blindstamped, with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean and bright text; 412 pages. A bit loose; the hinges have partially cracked. Contemporary ownership signature on the FFEP. No dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over ...
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By: Barlow, Jane

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead: 1897

Seller ID: 001037

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1897. Barlow (1857-1917) was popular for her poetry and novels describing the life of the Irish peasantry. "Irish Idylls" went to several editions; Quercus believes this copy to be either a Later Printing or the First Illustrated Edition (30 photographs by Clifton Johnson). In Near Fine condition - just a bit of rubbing at the edges.Light green cloth binding with decorations in dark green and gilt - a very attractive production. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jack...
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At the Back of Beyond

By: Barlow, Jane

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company: 1902

Seller ID: 002212

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1902. Jane Barlow (1857-1917) was popular for her poetry and novels describing the life of the Irish peasantry. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition, in a fine binding. Green cloth boards have leather tips and spine; five bands on the spine, with gilt lettering and decorations. Clean text; 358 pages. Marbled endpapers; armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition.
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Malone Dies

By: Beckett, Samuel

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Press: 1956

Seller ID: 000186

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

New York: Grove Press, 1956. First trade edition, an Evergreen Original In wraps, issued simultaneous with the hardbound edition. Orange spine is typically faded, some light tanning on rear, small tape residue, but still very presentable. Original price on rear has been covered by a sticker. In an archival plastic protector.. First Trade.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition.
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From an Abandoned Work

By: Beckett, Samuel

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber: 1958

Seller ID: 000856

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

London: Faber & Faber, 1958. Beckett's fourth work. Published in illustrated wraps with pasted-down flaps (price intact); light bluish-gray with black and red letter and design. A Very Good copy of the First Edition. A bit of sun to the edges, edges bumped and a small chip at top of the spine. An early work by one of the most important writers of the XXth Century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition.
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Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress

By: Beckett, Samuel (and Eleven Others)

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London, Faber and Faber Limited: 1929

Seller ID: 004680

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1929. A collection of twelve essays and two "Letters of Protest" regarding James Joyce's "Work in Progress" that was eventually published (ten years later) as "Finnegan's Wake." The lead essay by Samuel Beckett is his first publication. Originally issued in wraps by Shakespeare and Company; those sheets were evidently sold to Faber, who issued this, the first hardbound edition. Blue-green cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 194 pages; no dustwrapper. The paper is tanning - reflecting its poor quality. Rubbed at the ...
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My Life With Brendan

By: Behan, Beatrice

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Nash Publishing: 1974

Seller ID: 000322

ISBN: 0840213549

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1974. Memoir/biography by the wife of the celebrated Irish writer. First American Edition. Slight bumps to top & bottom of spine, some foxing on top edge. Unclipped DJ has some slight wrinkling on spine, is beginning to tan at the edges. In a plastic protector. Size: 64mo - up to 3" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Category: Modern Literature (Irish Authors)