Stephens james introduction (16 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Printing. Good paperback, covers stained, light spine wear, previous owner name, otherwise text is clean & unmarked. Covers by Rockwell Kent. 1st printing 1930. Size 5x7 with 221 pages + ad.

Softcover. Etat : Good. Light bump to the upper outer corners. Covers are slightly smudged. Spine has slight creasing and is browned. Bookplate on inside of front cover. Circled "10" written on upper margin of front cover. ; Approx. 4 3/4" wide by 7 1/4". ; Charles Boni Paper Books; 224 pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Reprint. Small scuffing on cover.

Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Good. First Edition. First UK edition. Previously published in a similar form by Ballantine in the US in 1968. Introduction by James Stephens. Originally published in hard covers in the US by Dutton in 1941. Surface browning and reading creasing to the spine. The rear cover has a little browing to the white panel in the bottom right corner but otherwise only light edge wear to the covers. Pages browned with tiny creases to the top corners of a few pages but otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover painting by Barbara Remington. First printing. Remington, Barbara (illustrateur).…

First edition, first printing Very good green boards with gilt titles and clean text. Soft leatherette cloth.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine - for age. First Thus. Printed cream card cover. Publication No. 261 of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. xii+facs. original t.p.+32 (facs. original text); pristine copy, fairly uncommon.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. EX-LIBRARY. STAMPED "SOLD". HARDBACK IN JACKET. Clean & tight. BROWNED PAGES. Jacket is complete. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref OF888.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. 1919 first thus, Toledano 030.1, binding style 2, olive Brodzky endpapers. Lacks jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, xiii, 263 pp. Introduction by Padraic Colum. James Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet who "brought a fresh and distinctive element into the new Irish literature, an imaginative exuberance that expresses itself in an extravagance of wit, loveliness, and picturesqueness. His writings reveal a prodigality of humor, intuition, and searching thought - and something else, which is even rarer, a deep sense of democracy, a sense of the spiritual equality of all men and women. 'Mary, Mary' is one of his best and most delightful stories. The scene is the gray-colored, friendly capitol Dublin, with its great gray clouds and its poising sea-birds, with its hills and its bay, with its streets that everyone would avoid, and with its other streets that everyone promenades; with its greens and its park and its river-walks - the always friendly Dublin, as seen through the understanding eyes of James Stephens.…

Leather Bound. Etat : Good. Boni and Liveright (Modern Library); New York, 1912. Leather Bound. Early Printing. A Good, full black leather binding with gilt emblem on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, some handling/scuff marks to covers, couple of soiled spots on rear cover, rubbing along cover/spine edges and joints, top text block edge stained blue with some blemishes, age toning to pages, text block edges a bit pulpy, crease bottom front cover corner and bottom front free endpaper corner, stress crease to spine, starting hinges, previous owner name in ink top front free endpaper else unmarked, small soiled spot on margin of pages 64-71, crimping to spine edges, tear top rear pastedown, a good and overall clean copy in leatherbound wraps. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 263pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book. …

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked olive green embosed buckram front board, slight foxing to pages, tanning to end papers, slightly dusty page edges, slight fraying to top of spine and no bumping to corners. 168pp. Frontispiece photograph of Macdonagh. He was one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising and was executed for his part in it. Introduction by James Stephens. Undated ca 1916. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 8 x 5.25 inches.…

Hardcover. Etat : Excellent condition. vii, 464 pp. LCC: 2009010005.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. **FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1917** The book is in VERY GOOD condition. Correct Modern Library type 1 binding and C3 catalog of titles present indicating a FIRST PRINTING. Green leatherette binding type 1 is tight and solid with slight wear, crack starting at title page. Gilt bright and nice. Top stain present and nice. No writing or marks, contents are clean and bright. BEAUTIFUL! **HARD TO FIND MODERN LIBRARY FIRST PRINTING!!** **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…

Softcover. Modern Library Edition. Very Good, bound in leatherette wraps, Brodzky end papers, binding style 2. Minor wear to exterior. A few minor blemishes to end papers. Toning. Binding intact. No markings to text. 12mo, 6 1/2"h x 4 1/2"w. 263 printed pages plus ads.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. First American.Edition. Original First American Edition 1930 Very Good+ American Edition. Origially published in London in 1923 with the name Michael Ireland. In 1930 a First American Edition came out with the Irish authors real name Darrell Figgis but with a wonderful introducrion by James Stephens. Everyone thought James Stephens was the author prompting this edition with Stephen's brilliant but tragic commentary. This novel is the brilliant Celtic Fairy story of Niamh coming over the waves to take Oisin son of Fionn McCool to Tir-na-Og the deathless Otherworld as her lover. This tells the otherside of it. of his return to Ireland falling off his horse and aging two hundred years (Like our own American Rip-Van-Winkle) based on "The Colloquy of Oisin and Saint Patrick" Retold in the Introduction. Figgis a Irish rebel sadly died a tragic end. Here tight clean 221 pp. NOT a library copy. Ex-libris book plate of a previous owner. Except for some board foxing Very Good+ shape. See all four of our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Book Scans.…

Full-Leather. Etat : Good. No Jacket. First Thus. 1919 first thus, Toledano 030.1, binding style 2, olive Brodzky endpapers. Lacks jacket. Front joint rubbed, blank paper mounted on front endpaper, apparent portion of absent jacket mounted on half-title page (includes blurb about author and this work). xiii, 263 pp. Introduction by Padraic Colum. James Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet who "brought a fresh and distinctive element into the new Irish literature, an imaginative exuberance that expresses itself in an extravagance of wit, loveliness, and picturesqueness. His writings reveal a prodigality of humor, intuition, and searching thought - and something else, which is even rarer, a deep sense of democracy, a sense of the spiritual equality of all men and women. 'Mary, Mary' is one of his best and most delightful stories. The scene is the gray-colored, friendly capitol Dublin, with its great gray clouds and its poising sea-birds, with its hills and its bay, with its streets that everyone would avoid, and with its other streets that everyone promenades; with its greens and its park and its river-walks - the always friendly Dublin, as seen through the understanding eyes of James Stephens.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. dj. First Edition. First edition. Copy 566 of 998 numbered copies. xxx, (2), 350pp. Original cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with foxing to fore edge in About Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel, a few stains near foot, slightly soiled, small tear near head with associated crease. The second novel in Eddison's Zimiamvian Trilogy; he's best known for his novel The Worm Ouroboros.…