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The Irish book : A Miscellany of Facts and Fancies Folklore and Fragments Poems and Prose to do with Ireland and her People
by Ronald MacDonald Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+
- Seller
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Winston, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First US Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, light green cloth boards with paper label on spine. Exterior is still bright and shows only minor spotting and soiling. Paper label has a few foxing spots and a bit of chipping in the upper right corner, but is otherwise complete. Edges and corners show minor bumps/wear. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. The backside of the frontispiece has the original owner's signature and date, no other handwriting found. No bookplates, no library markings. His a few small splashes on the bottom of the exterior page edges but otherwise paper is clean with only minor toning. This is the first American edition, which was published the same year as the more common Dublin edition by Talbot Press.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2230480
- Title
- The Irish book : A Miscellany of Facts and Fancies Folklore and Fragments Poems and Prose to do with Ireland and her People
- Author
- Ronald MacDonald Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Pages
- 393
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; History and Geography; Poetry and Verse;
Terms of Sale
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2021
Winston, Georgia
About Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)
Yesterday's Book Shop is an independent, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in 1966 under the name Collector's Corner and was located in Western Maryland. The Collector's Corner dealt mainly in books but also sold stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the store only offered books and printed matter. In the early 2000s the brick and mortar store was closed and now we only sell online.
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All of the book pictures were taken at the time the book was listed and we never use generic or stock photos in any listing. If you would like additional photos or information on any listing please let us know and we will be more than happy to comply.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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