The National Being. Some Thoughts on Irish Polity
by A.E. [George Russell]
- 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
Dublin and London: Maunsel & Company, Ltd., 1916. AE, the pseudonym of George William Russell (1863-1919), was a prominent member of the Irish Literary Revival. He was a poet and a friend to Joyce and Yeats. "The National Being" is his major work on Irish nationalism, published just after the Easter Uprising. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Not common. Blue cloth binding; titling and ruling in gilt. Clean text; 176 pages,very bright and clear. The endpapers are tanned and there is some foxing to the prelims. There is a contemporary (1916) signature on the FFEP. The spine has faded and the gilt is a bit dulled but remains completely readable. A scarce and important work. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000979
- Title
- The National Being. Some Thoughts on Irish Polity
- Author
- A.E. [George Russell]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Maunsel & Company, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Dublin and London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
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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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- Gilt
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