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
Softcover. Jeffersonville, VT, Brewster River Press, 1st Paperback, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 591 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Binding tight. Pages and edges clean. In great shape. John Lonergan's life story is an inspiring tale of unswerving devotion to Ireland and equal loyalty to the United States.
Hardcover. Edinburgh, Ireland, W. Green & Son, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Wear to edges, lower edges bumped, spine lightly rubbed. Interior very good.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 387 pages (Vol. 1), 424 pages (Vol. 2), hardcover. Two volumes of the reminiscences of Justin McCarthy, M.P. and advocate of home rule for Ireland. Illustrated frontispiece intact. Previous owner's inscription to title page. (Volume 1) Light bumping, edgewear, and light rubbing to both volumes, as well as light age toning to text blocks. Gilted top edges. Tight and clean copies.
Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 544 pages. Hardcover. Volume III. Decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue textured cover boards, navy blue quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. In this, the final volume of Halroyd's mammoth Shaw biography, the story opens with G.B.S. campaigning in the general election of 1918 and gradually unveils him in his various roles as conjurer, fabulist, and seer.
hardcover. Niwot, CO, Roberts Rinehart Pub, 3rd, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 462 pages. Hardcover with faded dust jacket. Black and white pictures. Front board lightly warped otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. From the back cover: "With its broad tableau and vividly drawn cast of characters, this book is a genuinely accessible and enlightening account of the working lives of Grub Street authors."
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st American, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 289 pages. Hardcover. Deckled fore edge. Dust jacket unclipped with some chipping along edges. Gilt title on spine. A small bit of moisture damage to top spine, otherwise in good condition, clean inside and out. Record # 30794
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages. Hardcover. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Cover boards have a touch of fading at edges, otherwise very good. Pages and edges slightly tanned from age. In beautiful condition. Book not only looks at the Irish satirist's life, but his strong points of view.
Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 275 pages. Blue boards, blue cloth spine, gilt. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Record # 40168
NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st US, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nevinson's final volume of his 3-volume autobiography. This deals mainly with his WW I experiences in the front, the troubles in Ireland, a visit to the U.S. and more. Black & white illust. 361 pages.
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 2005, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 224414
Hardcover. New York, Appleton, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 249 pages. Ed. by Alexander Blacker Kerr. Moderate wear to covers, hinges tender. Previous owner's stamp to front end paper. Record # 302017
Hardcover. Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland, Poolbeg, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 269 pages. Photographs in b&w. Light wear, scratches and a small closed tear to dust jacket, else a nice, clean copy.
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 551 pages. Illustrated title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466855
hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st us, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color pictures. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Silver gilt on spine, covers very good.
hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 2005, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469391
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Oxford, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages. Softcover. 8 pages of b&w photographs. Foxing to edges, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469397
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