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Treasure From The National Library of Ireland


Kissane, Noel

Hardcover. London, Alpine Fine Arts, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated in color, b&w. 243 pgs.

Record # 70615


Price: $28.00 

Voices from a Sacred Land: Images and EvocationsPaulson, Lisa
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Voices from a Sacred Land: Images and Evocations


Paulson, Lisa

Softcover. Plymouth, Wis., Thistlefield Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 68 pages, illustrations in color. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 460093


Price: $13.00 

 

War Poets, The


Giddings, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Orion Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The lives and writings of Rupert Brooke, Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, and the other great poets of The First World War. Moderate bumping to board corners, slight fraying to dust jacket on bumped corners. Mild edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket as well. Price-clipped. Many color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name on half title page. Otherwise, unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951621


Price: $29.00 

 

Working Bibliography of Brazilian Literature, A


Topete, Jose Manuel

Hardcover. Gainesville, FL, Univ. of Florida, 1st , 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 114 pages. Red cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 66905


Price: $16.00 

Working the Sea: Misadventures, Ghost Stories, and Life Lessons from a Maine Lobster FishermanSeavey, Wendell
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Working the Sea: Misadventures, Ghost Stories, and Life Lessons from a Maine Lobster Fisherman


Seavey, Wendell

Softcover. Berkeley, Calif., North Atlantic Books, 2nd printing, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 275 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Light sun-fade to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459208


Price: $23.00 

 

You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish


Lerner, Jimmy A.

Hardcover. New York, Broadway Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 397 pages. Small tear to dust jacket. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 401800


Price: $12.00 

All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories of William Maxwell by: Maxwell, William

All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories of William Maxwell by: Maxwell, William

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 415 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some staining, and the spine is bumped. Covers are also lightly stained, spine sunned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This modern first edition is a collection of 21 of William Maxwell's best short stories, 8 of which appeared here for the first time. Spanning more than fifty years and traversing more layers of memory and feeling than are contained in most books of history, 'All the Days and Nights,' represent the life's work of one of America's most widely and justly honored writers. Clean copy. Record # 33826
Price: $12.00 

Andre Gide: A Critical Biography by: Painter, George D.

Andre Gide: A Critical Biography by: Painter, George D.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st thus, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 147 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has one small chip on the top edge. Blue cloth covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a biography of Andre Gide, a literary genius whose career reflects the crisis of modern man. The conflicts of Gide's inner life often became the substance of his books, and this penetrating study aptly traces their organic growth from the individual history of the writer's mind and heart. Clean copy. Record # 34378
Price: $12.00 

Beginnings: Intention and Method by: Said, Edward W.

Beginnings: Intention and Method by: Said, Edward W.

Hardcover. NY, Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 414 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped and has some mild edge wear, in good condition overall. Tan cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a major event for literary criticism and for humanistic study in general. This work proposes brilliant interpretations of various philosophical works. Clean copy. Record # 34374
Price: $24.00 

Book of Irish Legends, The  by: Zaczek, Iain

Book of Irish Legends, The by: Zaczek, Iain

Hardcover. CICO Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, illustrated throughout. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 456058
Price: $12.00 

Dedications - an Anthology of the Forms Used From the Earliest Days of Book-Making to the Present Time by: Brown, Mary Elizabeth

Dedications - an Anthology of the Forms Used From the Earliest Days of Book-Making to the Present Time by: Brown, Mary Elizabeth

New York, Burt Franklin, reprint, unk., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 470 pages. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, no dust jacket, Lovely, clean, sharp copy. Record # 204221
Price: $12.00 

Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan [2 Volume Set] by: Porges, Irwin
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Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan [2 Volume Set] by: Porges, IrwinEdgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan [2 Volume Set] by: Porges, Irwin

Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan [2 Volume Set] by: Porges, Irwin

Softcover. NY, Ballantine Books, 1st thus, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1310 pages both volumes combined, soft covers in original slipcase. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Bindings are solid. Slipcase has some edge wear. Contains B&W photography throughout. These books are a detailed chronicle the life and works of the world's most widely read author, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Clean copies. Record # 34156
Price: $12.00 

Edith Wharton A to Z - The Essential Guide to the Life and Work by: Wright, Sarah Bird

Edith Wharton A to Z - The Essential Guide to the Life and Work by: Wright, Sarah Bird

Softcover. New York, Checkmark Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 330 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Short crease at bottom right corner of front cover. Clean, tight copy. Record # 609009
Price: $12.00 

From Stress to Stress: An Autobiography of English Prosody by: Raffel, Burton

From Stress to Stress: An Autobiography of English Prosody by: Raffel, Burton

Hardcover. Hamden, CT, Archon Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a single-minded theoretical history of English scansion. It may prompt interesting debate among linguists and metrecists. Clean copy. Record # 34295
Price: $20.00 

Hand of a Stranger, The (Journal D'un Inconnu) by: Cocteau, Jean

Hand of a Stranger, The (Journal D'un Inconnu) by: Cocteau, Jean

Hardcover. London, Elek Books, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 187 pages. Authorized transl. by Alec Brown. Ex-lib with erased label on spine, stamping to front endpaper, title-page. Fade to spine and top portions of front & back cloth binding. Record # 502350
Price: $12.00 

Hewins Lectures 1947-1962, The by: Andrews, Siri

Hewins Lectures 1947-1962, The by: Andrews, Siri

Hardcover. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 375 pages, a collection of lectures on children's literature and publishing. Blue cloth covers, clean and tight. Record # 405846
Price: $12.00 

Hobbit Virtues: Rediscovering Virtue Ethics Through J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by: Snyder, Christopher A.

Hobbit Virtues: Rediscovering Virtue Ethics Through J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by: Snyder, Christopher A.

Hardcover. NY, Pegasus Books, 1st Ed., 1st Pr., 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, tan cover boards quarter bound in tan paper, and interior pages with mustard yellow end pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book examines how Tolkien ennobled the small, the humble, and the marginalized in his Middle-earth writings. He featured leaders who were hesitant to exercise power, who were courteous, and who valued wisdom and learning. Each chapter in this book consists of a wide-ranging discussion of a single virtue, as exemplified by a character in Middle-earth. It explains its philosophical or theological roots, and how the virtue is still relevant in a modern democracy. Clean copy. Record # 34560
Price: $45.00 

House of Trees: Memoirs of an Australian GIrlhood by: Colebrook, Joan

House of Trees: Memoirs of an Australian GIrlhood by: Colebrook, Joan

Softcover. New York, Penguin Books, reprint, 1988, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLYLEAF, color photograph on cover. Light wear to cover; a tight, clean copy. Record # 802993
Price: $12.00 

Jane Austin and Education by: Devlin, D.D.

Jane Austin and Education by: Devlin, D.D.

Hardcover. New York, Barnes and Noble Books, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 140 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket shows a small bit of age wear. Inside is clean, top edge dyed. In great shape for age. Record # 30695
Price: $12.00 

Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians by: Opler, Morris Edward

Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians by: Opler, Morris Edward

Softcover. Lincoln Nebraska, Bison Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 406 pages, soft cover. Exterior and interior are in very good condition, despite some minor imperfections. This novel illustrates the richness of the oral storytelling and mythology traditions of the Jicarilla Apache Native American tribe of the Southwest. Clean copy. Record # 33606
Price: $25.00 

No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien by: Cronin, Anthony

No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien by: Cronin, Anthony

Hardcover. London, U.K., Grafton Books, Reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with some B&W photography. This book is a biography which presents the life and career of the Irish novelist O'Nolan, including his childhood, his days as a newspaper columnist, his marriage, and his final days. It is rich in background, anecdote, and social history, informing the reader not only about O'Nolan, but also about the country of Ireland in which his lot was cast. Clean copy. Record # 34324
Price: $12.00 

On Writers and Writing by: Gardner, John

On Writers and Writing by: Gardner, John

Hardcover. Reading, Mass., Perseus Books, 1st, 1994, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 297 pages. Tight clean copy in unclipped dust jacket. Record # 454103
Price: $12.00 

Pact with Silence, A: Art and Thought in the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine by: Rubin, David Lee

Pact with Silence, A: Art and Thought in the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine by: Rubin, David Lee

Hardcover. Columbus, OH, Ohio State University Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages. White cloth, black lettering. Very good pictorial dust jacket is price clipped with faded spine. Record # 803587
Price: $12.00 

Pastoral Dreams by: Schorsch, Anita

Pastoral Dreams by: Schorsch, Anita

Softcover. New York, Universe Books, 1st, 1977, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, Anthology containing works of art and literature dedicated to the representation of sheep in the pastoral landscape. 71 pages with 37 illustrations (full-color and black/white). Book is in near fine condition, very clean/bright copy. Dust jacket is in good condition, some curling on the edges. Record # 805536
Price: $12.00 


  
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