Handy Andy

This is a vintage copy of Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life, written in 1841 by the Irish novelist, composer, painter and songwriter Samuel Lover (1797-1868). It centers around Andy Rooney, a fellow who has the knack of doing everything the wrong way. It is a hilarious farce regarded as a way to "purge melancholy". This is one of the… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Lover, 1842. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Samuel Lover. An uncommon to find first edition of Samuel Lover's humorous Dickensian Irish novel, complete with plates throughout. The first edition.In the uncommon to find original publisher's cloth. A very entertaining satirical and humorous novel on the life of an Irishman in the first half of… Read more about this item

New York, A. L. Burt Co., A selection of Burt's Home Library. No publication date, but believed to be mid 1920's. Good condition with no writing or marking. List of Home Library publications appears at end of text. 489 pages. 5x8".

Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 480 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Boards have light… Read more about this item

various: various, 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Contempary binding of half leather over marbleized covers of three "bestsellers" of mid-19thC. First, Samuel Lever, Handy Andy, NY: Appleton 1845.380. Second, (Joseph Holt Ingraham) Montezuma, the Serf; Or, the Revolt of the Mexitili: The Tale of the Last Days of the Aztec Dynasty, Volumes 1-2 Boston: H. L. Williams, 1945… Read more about this item

New York: Wm. L. Allison Co., Publishers. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo. N.d., [ca. 1893]. Orig. green cloth. vii, 489 pp. Spine cocked. Fading and staining to cloth. Sporadic light foxing to interior. 0.

Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, 1854. Book. Illus. by Geo. G. White, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead , 1854. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. Geo. G. White, Illustrator. Very clean unworn brown decorated cloth binding with black and gold decoration and lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, 1854. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Early Printing. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, brick red decorative publisher's cloth stamped in black and gold. Red coated end-papers. 419 pages. Published by Henry B. Ashmead [on title-page]; Porter and Coates imprint on lower spine. (1854). Lover was an Irish songwriter and… Read more about this item

UK: Herbert Jenkins, 1925. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Handy Andy by Samuel Lover First Thus Herbert Jenkins c.1925. Neat name inscription to fep. A VG+ copy in near VG dust jacket which has an internal tape repair to front cover.

Philadelphia, PA: Henry B. Ashmead, 1854. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. George G. White. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, brown cloth boards decorated on front and spine. Exterior shows scuffing and wear, spine is darkened and there is a drink ring and staying on the back board. Edges and corners also show bumps/wear.… Read more about this item

Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 480 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Visible cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Text block come away from front hinge with severe exposure to netting, text block remains attached. Pages are mildly tanned & foxed throughout. Text is clear.… Read more about this item

New York, NY: A.L. Burt & Co.. Fair/Fair. (1854). Hardcover. 8vo., 489, inside hinges weak, dj frayed, yellowed, pages yellowed, bookplate .

London: henry lea., 1846. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; iv, 380 pages ; 24 plates ; 22 cm. Subjects; Irish Life. Irish Tales. Samuel Lover.

London, UK: The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated. 380pp, 16pp publisher's ads; four black and white plates including frontispiece. Blue decorated cloth-covered boards, two colour design and gilt titles on front and spine, bevelled. Sun faded spine; bumped ends, cloth fraying. Top edges of boards slightly sun faded. Gilt… Read more about this item

London: H. G. Bohn, 1845. Hardcover. Good. Handsome binding of Lover's lively, literary satire, featuring sketches of Irish life and society. With 24 tissue guarded illustrations on steel done by the author. Half leather rebind done by Morrell. Raised bands and floral decoration to spine. Gilt rules to cover. Marbled end-papers. … Read more about this item

London: Frederick Lover, Aldine Chambers and Richard Groombridge, 1842. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". Samuel Lover. The uncommon first edition of Samuel Lover's humorous Dickensian Irish novel, illustrated throughout by the author himself. The uncommon first edition of this work by Samuel Lover, best known for his song writing and compositions.A very entertaining satirical and… Read more about this item

London: H.G. Bohn, 1845. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". Samuel Lover. A smart copy of this illustrated farcical novel depicting Irish life in the nineteenth-century, the first edition thus. A picturesque, farcical novel depicting the humour of Irish life in the nineteenth century. The first edition thus, having been originally published in 1842. Written by nineteenth-century Irish singer,… Read more about this item

London: Everyman's Library. 1961. First Edition Thus; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Rubbing on rear spine edge. .

Macmillan. Hardback. xviii,523pp. subtitled a true tale of Irish life. Introduction by Charles Wibley. Illustrated by Henry M. Brock. Black and white frontis. Very attractive floral gilt decoration to cloth. Gilt to all edges. A little rubbed and soften to spine ends and somewhat sunned to spine. Gilt decoration to the front is very clean and… Read more about this item

W. Nicholson & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 390 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with tanning to spine. Notable scuffing, staining and… Read more about this item