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Our Friend James Joyce
by Colum, Mary & Padraic
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958. Fascinating memoir of James Joyce in Dublin and Paris by two leading lights of the Celtic Revival. An important book for all who wish to know more about Joyce the man and the background/inspiration for his characters. Padraic Colum himself was an important poet and playwright, a founder of the Abbey Theatre; later he was an American academic and editor. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First American Edition (stated First Edition), which precedes the English issue. Light greenish-blue binding with silver titling on the spine. Clean text; 239 pages. There is rubbing to the head of the spine, which is lightly faded; some rub to the corners, but they remain square. The dustjacket is unclipped; light chipping along the edges; spine darkened. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004239
- Title
- Our Friend James Joyce
- Author
- Colum, Mary & Padraic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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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