Stories of Old Ireland and Myself
by Sir William Orpen
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Peebles, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Rare large paper edition limited to 100 copies of which this is no. 1. Signed by the author. Condition: Fair to Good; The interior is clean without markings. Cream cloth-covered boards. They are lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine. Boards are fair - with age spotting and minor soiling. The corners are bumped and illustrated with thirty-four black & white plates—large octavo.
Preface: I have tried to write some little stories about Ireland as I knew Her, but I want it to be understood that these tales are mostly about the times when I lived there long, long ago, before the Great War and the Rebellion and all the other things that have happened to her since.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thistle and Heather Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2801
- Title
- Stories of Old Ireland and Myself
- Author
- Sir William Orpen
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Williams and Norgate
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 2.20 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Collectable; Biography and Autobiography; Ireland;
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....