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The Kiltartan Poetry Book. Prose Translations from the Irish
by Gregory, Lady [Augusta]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852-1932) is famed as one of the founders of the Irish National Theatre; she was a playwright herself and a collector, like so many of her peers, of Irish folk-tales. In the Introduction she relates how she was intrigued to learn Irish and translate what she heard from the peasantry. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Blue cloth binding with a paper label on the spine. Clean text; 112 pages, with a four-page publisher's catalog in the rear. Gift inscription (1920) on the front paste-down. Light wear to the margins, with some darkening to the spine; the paper labelhas a chip but it does not affect the text.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005060
- Title
- The Kiltartan Poetry Book. Prose Translations from the Irish
- Author
- Gregory, Lady [Augusta]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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