Collection of 23 works of which 20 are in sumptuous morocco bound solander cases: as listed below

EXTRAORDINARY & BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION - PRESERVED IN CUSTOM MOROCCO BOUND SOLANDER CASES
The collection comprises:
Stories Without Women New York: 1915 first edition
The Stranger's Banquet New York: 1919 first edition
The Foolish Matrons New York: 1920 first edition
Messer Marco Polo New York: 1921 first edition
The Wind Bloweth New York: 1922 first edition
Changeling & Other Stories New York: 1923 first edition
Blind Raftery New York: 1924 first edition
O'Malley of Shanganagh New York: 1925 first edition
An Untitled Story London: [1925] first edition
Hangman's House New York: 1926 first edition
Brother Saul New York: 1927 first edition, 1/500 copies on large paper, specially bound & signed by author
Crusade Boston: 1928 first U.S edition, 1/365 copies, numbered, specially bound & signed by author
Crusade Boston: 1928 first U.S. trade edition
Destiny Bay Boston: 1928 first edition, 1/365 copies, numbered & specially bound
Destiny Bay Boston: 1928 first trade edition
Field of Honor New York: 1929 first edition, dust jacket
The Power of the Dog London: 1929 first edition, dust jacket
The Golden Goat London: [1930] first edition, dust jacket
Rivers of Damascus New York: 1931 first edition, dust jacket
The Island of Youth New York: 1933 first U.S. edition, dust jacket
+ Crusade London: 1928 first edition, dust jacket
+ Ireland. The Rock Whence I Was Hewn London: [1929] first edition
+ The Party at Baccarat New York: [1930] first edition
The 3 items marked with a "+" are not in morocco bound cases

All the books are in at least very good condition, with most being fine copies and some having fine dust jackets. All of the books are housed in sumptuous custom-made solander slipcases of a high quality and finish. These slipcases are quarter bound in rich dark green crushed morocco, the 'spines' of the cases have gilt decorated raised bands and the panels are decorated in gilt, gilt lettered, the sides of the cases are of emerald green cloth, each book is protected inside a wrap-around case of this same green cloth (with a satin pull tag at one side) and these wrap-around cloth cases slip inside the morocco bound solander slipcases. The morocco on the spines of the slipcases is lightly sunned to an attractive rich olive green and are otherwise in fine bright condition.
The books have the armorial bookplate of Frederick S. Peck.
Byrne (1889-1928) was born in Brooklyn, New York. Shortly after his birth his parents returned to his father's native Forkhill in south Co. Armagh and it was there that he grew up and acquired a love of folklore and Irish poetry. At University College Dublin Byrne's enthusiasm for the Irish language was encouraged by Douglas Hyde and he later studied at the Sorbonne and at Leipzig. Macauley, his biographer, states that Byrne refused his PhD on the grounds that no Irish gentleman could possibly wear the prescribed evening clothes in the morning. In 1911 he went to America, married, worked in a series of manual jobs, and embarked on his writing career by submitting stories and poems to various New York magazines. His first book appeared in 1915 and others soon followed. Their success allowed him to devote himself to full-time writing and to return and settle in Ireland at Coolmain Castle, Co. Cork. He was killed there in a car accident.Frederick S. Peck (Providence, Rhode Island, 1868 - 1947) spent most of his life as a resident of the Peck family homestead in Barrington, R.I. He was very active in state Republican party politics. He served as town clerk of Barrington, was elected a state representative in 1911, and served in that capacity for fifteen years. He served as state commissioner of finance from 1926 to 1934, when the position was eliminated. He was an amateur historian and genealogist, and amassed a very important collection of Rhode Island-related manuscripts, which were placed at the Rhode Island Historical Society Library in 1944.