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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge. "The Cualnge Cattle-Raid"
by Dunn, Joseph [Translator]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: David Nutt, 1914. Ireland's mythic hero Cuchulain led the Cattle-Raid at Cooley. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition - "Now for the first time entire into English out of the Irish of the Book of Leinster and Allied Manuscripts." Green cloth binding with titling and a Celtic device inblack on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 382 pages. Guide to Pronunciation and Index. "With two pages in facsimile of the manuscripts." Textblock nicely bright and clear. Light fade around the margins; page ends browned; mild bumping. A solid copy and a joy to read today. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006486
- Title
- The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge. "The Cualnge Cattle-Raid"
- Author
- Dunn, Joseph [Translator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Facsimile
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Jacket
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
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