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Cross Roads in Ireland
by Colum, Padraic
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Poet/playwright/critic Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was a leading figure in the Irish Literary Revival prior to his joining the diaspora in America. Originaly published in November 1930; this is a Near Fine copy of the reprint from six months later (June, 1931). Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Clean text; 375 pages. Gift inscription on FFEP, else a Fine copy. The silver dustjacket shows edgewear, with some chipping and creasing at all margins; still, attractive, in an archival plastic protector Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003060
- Title
- Cross Roads in Ireland
- Author
- Colum, Padraic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish History & Politics;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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