The Crock of Gold
by Stephens, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, no d/j, green clothbound boards, gilt titling on cover & spine bright (significant fading), pages clean and unmarked, tigh
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1924. reprint. hardback. Good, no d/j, green clothbound boards, gilt titling on cover & spine bright (significant fading), pages clean and unmarked, tightly bound.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). The Crock of Gold is a comic novel written by Irish author James Stephens and first published in 1912. A mixture of philosophy, Irish folklore and the ""battle of the sexes"", it consists of six books, Book 1 Ð The Coming of Pan, Book 2 Ð The Philosophers Journey, Book 3 Ð The Two Gods, Book 4 Ð The Philosophers Return, Book 5 Ð The Policemen, Book 6 Ð The Thin Woman's Journey, that rotate around a philosopher and his quest to find the most beautiful woman in the world, Citilin Ni Murrachu, daughter of a remote mountain farm, and deliver her from the gods Pan and Aengus îg, while himself going through a catharsis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC48659
- Title
- The Crock of Gold
- Author
- Stephens, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, no d/j, green clothbound boards, gilt titling on cover & spine bright (significant fading), pages clean and unmarked, tigh
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Pages
- 312
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
Terms of Sale
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...