The Crock Of Gold

New York: Macmillan Company, 1922. Reissue of this fantastic/philosophic classic, rooted in Irish folklore and here greenly illustrated for the first time by Wilfred Jones, with marginal drawings on many pages & six three-color plates. Bleiler, Checklist of Science-Fiction & Supernatural Fiction, p. 186 (first edition). Jones (1888-1968) began his career illustrating magazines, mentored by Will Bradley; this was his… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1912. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. 312 pages. Hardcover. Rare first edition. Covers bound in green with gilt title on spine and front cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Covers show some age wear: moisture stain on back cover, some soil and fraying/chipping on spine. Pages and edges have age-yellowing. Foxing on endpapers and preliminary/back pages, but… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 311, [2] pages. SIGNED by James Stephens on fly leaf [not inscribed]. Contemporary 3/4 green morocco binding over sage-green boards, double ruled in bright gilt and gilt titling/author/date to spine. Top edge gilt. Others trimmed. Five raised bands with filigree gilt to compartments. Top spine tips barely nudged, cover… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 6". Thomas Mackenzie . James Stephens' popular comic novel based on Irish folklore, finely bound in handsome full morocco by Bayntun. The first illustrated edition. Finely bound in full morocco with pictorial gilt detail by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath. … Read more about this item

ASE # N-5 / 1944 / The god Pan visits Ireland, meets Angus Og, the Celtic god of love. We see leprechauns, two philosophers, their wives, constant bickering, and deep thinking. Philosophy and Irish folklore meet in a battle of the sexes. Printed across two columns to make reading under battlefield conditions easier. Paperback, stapled on the short side.

London, England: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. Limited (1/525). Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good (slipcase). Thomas MacKenzie. Quarto, 11.25 in. x 7.9 in., pp. vi, [1], 228. Illustrated with color frontispiece with captioned tissue-guard, eleven other color glued-in prints, and ink headings and tailpieces by Thomas MacKenzie. Signed by the author on limitation page. One of 525… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt. First edition. Points slightly bumped, bookplate. Faint toning to endpages. Tight and square. Housed in a custom slipcase with chemise. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Macmillan, 1924. reprint. hardback. Good, no d/j, green clothbound boards, gilt titling on cover & spine bright (significant fading), pages clean and unmarked, tightly bound.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). The Crock of Gold is a comic novel written by Irish author James Stephens and first published in 1912. A mixture of philosophy, Irish… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. Limited Edition. One of 525 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the illustrator. Quarto (28.75cm); bluish-gray and vellum paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [ii],viii,228pp, with black & white vignettes throughout the text, and frontispiece + 11 color illustrations by Thomas MacKenzie. Light wear to spine ends, mild dust-soil… Read more about this item

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Near Fine in Fair slipcase,. Robert Lawson. New York: The Limited Editions Club:, 1942. Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Near Fine in Fair slipcase, 163 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: Robert Lawson This edition limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by illustrator Robert Lawson. A clean, straight and tight copy in… Read more about this item

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Lawson, Robert. 4to, full green Irish linen, with green leather spine and cover labels stamped in gold, with line drawings throughout by Robert Lawson, who signed the colophon. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Lacks slipcase. Signed by Lawson.

London: Macmillan, 1926. Limited edition. One of 525 copies printed on handmade paper. 4to, quarter vellum blue/green boards. Gilt titles on spine. Illustrated with 12 mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards and decorative chapter headings and and tail pieces, all by Thomas MacKenzie. Signed by the author James Stephens, quite boldly, on the limitation page. Light mottling to… Read more about this item

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lawson, Robert. 4to, full green Irish linen, with green leather spine and cover labels stamped in gold, with line drawings throughout by Robert Lawson, who signed the colophon. One of 1500 numbered copies. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. LEC Newsletter laid in. Fine in worn slipcase. Signed by Lawson.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1912. Full leather. Very Good +. The 1912 1st edition, sumptuously bound in a period, full dark-green leather by Bayntun of Bath. Brilliant gilt-design and ornamentation at the front panel and compartments respectively. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine, with the slightest bit of wear to the front hinges (which remain very sturdy) and… Read more about this item

NY. Good with no dust jacket; Cloth; The Macmillan Co; 1929. Green cloth with gilt decoration to front board. Gilt titles to spine. Good, corners bumped, slight soiling, hinges cracked, Twelve colour plates, with decorative heading and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. Glue residue inside of front board, 227 pages; 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Macmillan, 1/1/1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Limited to 525. Signed by author on limitation page. Hardcover. Bound in quarter paper vellum spine. Green paper boards. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

London: MacMillan and Co. 1926. First thus. Illustrated by Thomas MacKenzie. First thus. Special limited edit ion, printed on hand made paper, limited to 525 copies and signed by Stephens. 228pp, with 12 full color plates, with captions on opposite page, plus decorative headings and tailpieces. Original quarter vellum and blue paper boards, gilt title to spine.… Read more about this item

Armed Services Edition Inc ASE, 1946. #N-5. A fantasy. Reading crease, general wear. (First ASE, later reprinted as #1121). Acceptable condition for this publisher (usually found with heavy creasing and wear). This paperback was issued during WW II to soldiers overseas.. First Thus. Very Good.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Some sunning to the spine and scrapes to the spine label. Near Fine in a Good slipcase with splits. Robert Lawson. Quarto (8" x 11-1/2") bound in full green Irish linen, with gilt-lettered and decorated green leather labels on the spine and front cover. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Enduring fantasy of… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. MACKENZIE, Thomas. . The Crock of Gold. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour and Decorative Headings and Tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. With twelve color plates, including frontispiece and numerous black and white headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 193 x… Read more about this item