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The Crock of Gold
by James Stephens
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€534.60€481.14
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 6". Thomas Mackenzie . James Stephens' popular comic novel based on Irish folklore, finely bound in handsome full morocco by Bayntun. The first illustrated edition. Finely bound in full morocco with pictorial gilt detail by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath. With a frontispiece and eleven colour illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie. Collated complete. James Stephens' comic novel based on Irish folklore and philosophy. Consisting of six stories, following a philosopher on his journey to find the most beautiful woman in the world and deliver her to the gods, Pan and Aengus Og. James Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet, best known for his retelling of Irish myths, combining humour and lyricism. Stephens began his career under the tutelage of the renowned painter and writer, George William Russell, and during his lifetime was a close friend of the famous Irish novelist, James Joyce. The half title page is present. With a gift note reading, 'Margery, with best Christian wishes, from Mary', to the reverse of the front free endpaper. Rebound in full morocco by Bayntun. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. Fading to the spine and to the upper rear board. Light marks to the boards. Scattered spots to the reverse of the free endpapers. Gift note to the reverse of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age-toned to the edges but otherwise very bright and clean with the odd spot throughout. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 844g31
- Title
- The Crock of Gold
- Author
- James Stephens
- Illustrator
- Thomas Mackenzie
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- irish folklore ireland the coming of pan etched in moonlight ireland
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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