The Bell-Branch by James H. Cousins - 2009-06-04

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Dublin: Maunsel, 1908. Book. Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Pages tanned, binding sound, cover has some shelfwear and rubbing, and is generally a bit grubby and marked. No wrapper..

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Dublin: Maunsel & Co., Ltd,, 1908. An inscribed copy of a scarce text of the Irish Literary Revival First edition, first printing, a rare presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With happiest remembrances of the past and warmest wishes for the future. James H. Cousins, Dublin: 30 Nov '08". A significant figure in the Irish Literary Revival, Cousins "was a catalyst in the early days of the theatre movement... memorable as an engaging and enthusiastic eccentric" (Hogan, p. 179). It was this work that James Joyce was likely referencing in "Gas from a Burner" (1912) when he wrote, "I printed the table-book of Cousins, Though (asking your pardon) as for the verse, 'Twould give you a heartburn on your arse". Yeats was similarly disparaging of Cousins's plays, and the two had a brief falling out, though later Yeats would attempt to make amends. Cousins was a prolific writer and much admired teacher, as well as an editor of a suffragette journal; several of the poems in this… Read More