Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edited by Edith Fowke. Author, a founding member of of the Storyteller School of Toronto, shares her memories of growing up in a literary household in Ulster. Introduction by editor. 191 pp. plus: Notes and References, Publications Cited, Records Cited, Songs Known by James Joyce, Index of Titles and First Lines. 254 pp. in toto. Book has brown spine with white text and cream coloured boards, brown ep's. Spine ends are rubbed with light scuffing at tail, triangular brown liquid stain on fore edge. Ow book is as new. Price clipped DJ has top edge wear, 2 closed tears, chipped corners. INSCRIPTION: To Gail who was the the first person ever to call me " Auntie Alice (sic) with best wishes Alice Kane St. Patrick's Day 1983 SIGNED by author. Laid in is a clipping from the Monday, March 14, 1983 Toronto Star. Headline: Lace and lore will fill St. Patrick's Day. Article devotes the first 12 paragraphs to Alice Kane. Para 5 relates how Kane will be " signing copies after 11 a.m. on Thursday March 17, St Patrick's Day at the Irish Shop, 110 Bloor St." The assumption is that this book was signed at that time for the signee. This book is extremely rare in this state, especially with such a personal signing. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 144187.