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1952001275London: Victor Gollancz 1952. Anglo-Irish Gaelic scholar and critic Percival Arland Ussher 1899-1980 was renowned for his wit combined with critical insight "Thirty years ago to praise James Joyce was an act of daring; today it needs an almost equal daring to criticise him.". Ussher believed that none of these great writers could be understood without reference to their Irish background. Later he was a champion of J.P. Donleavy and wrote the Introduction to the American edition of "The Ginger Man." This is a Fine copy of the Second Printing of the First Edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. 160 pages clean and bright. The fragile dustwrapper in complete and unclipped with a darkened spine even tanning and a small waterstain on the rear panel; in an archival plastic protector. This work is quite scarce and rarely found in such nice condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Victor Gollancz Hardcover
1957016535Dublin Ireland: The Dolmen Press 1957. Book. Illus. by Leslie MacWeeney. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition First Print. Pp. viii 61. Original Qty Linen marbled boards. One of 250 numbered copies printed letterpress at the Dolmen press this is '55 Chip to marble on rear board light rubbing else clean tight binding. The Dolmen Press Hardcover
1957040441Ireland: Dolmen Press 1957. First Edition Limited & Numbered . Hardcover. Very Good/NO Dustwrapper. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Designs drawn by Leslie MacWeeney. First Edition Limited & Numbered No 162 of 250 copies. Dolmen Press Dublin Ireland 1957. illus viii 64pp hb No Dust-wrapper 1/4 grey cloth marbled boards spine discoloured covers rubbed chipped & bumped pages slightly browned couple of pages marked vg <br/> <br/> Dolmen Press hardcover
194855875Dublin: The Sandymount Press 1948. First Edition. Signed presentation from Ussher to well-known biographer historian and biographer Van Wyck Brooks on a front blank page dated May 1950. A nice association copy!. 8vo. plain white wraps in dust jacket; 52 pages. With A Preface By John Middleton Murray. Very Good covers & text nice with small bump to lower corner. The Sandymount Press unknown
194881029Dublin: Sandymount Press 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 52p. Thin cloth. dj. 22 cm. Jacket has edge-wear along top. Preface by John Middleton Murry. Sandymount Press hardcover
1987Q-0942323009North Amer Heritage Pr 1987-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! North Amer Heritage Pr paperback
1988Q-0942323025North Amer Heritage Pr 1988-10-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! North Amer Heritage Pr paperback
2000Q-0802844758Eerdmans Pub Co 2000-07-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Eerdmans Pub Co hardcover
2000Q-080286077XWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co 2000-06-22. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co paperback
2000SKU0507508Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co 2000-06-22. Paperback. Good. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Emailed Tracking Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co paperback
1957ARC92767Dolman Press 'Ballad Sheet' series Dublin 1957. Book. Very Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. First edition of this poem issued as no. 2 new series of the Dolman Press Ballad Sheets. A single sheet measuring 16cm x 32cm featuring one black and white illustration and Ussher's eight stanza ballad "after Crime & Punishment". A touch of light wear and discolouration to the upper edge. Very good. Dolman Press, 'Ballad Sheet' series, Dublin unknown
195774247single sheet in black ink with printed illustration Dolmen Press Ballad Sheet New Series No.2 Published by The Dolmen Press paperback
1926501407London: Jonathan Cape 1926. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Eight page preface by W.B. Yeats. Illustrated by Frank W. Peers. Octavo. 79pp. Fine in orange cloth boards with printed paper spine label in near fine dust jacket toned along the spine and some edgwear. Wade 276. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1926314279London: Cape 1926. First edition. 79pp. 8vo. Orange cloth. Fine in near fine unclipped dustjacket. First edition. 79pp. 8vo. Cape unknown
1957jpd08aLondon: Neville Spearman. VG: in very good condition with marked and chipped dust jacket in a clear protective wrapper. Fading to spine of jacket. Slight browning to eps. 1957. Second Impression. Blue hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". xi 292pp. . Neville Spearman hardcover
1956C31654London 1956. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Very slight marking to cloth with slight dulling to lettering at spine - otherwise sound clean very good. 8vo. pp xi 292. Original publisher's light blue cloth lettered gilt at the spine. hardcover
195028136AB1950. Third Impression. London Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1950. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 142 pages. Modern Hardcover binding grey cloth with black lettering on spine andnew endpapers. Excellent condition. This book comes from the library of Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty and was signed and inscribed to him by Arland Ussher on the halftitle in May 1950. A very nice association copy. Percival Arland "Percy" Ussher 18991980 was an Anglo-Irish academic essayist and translator. Born in Battersea London he studied at Cambridge University for some time. In 1926 he published a translation of The Midnight Court Cúirt an Mheán-Oíche by the Irish Gaelic-language poet Brian Merriman. Ussher published The Face and Mind of Ireland 1949 and Three Great Irishmen 1952 a comparative study of Shaw Yeats and Joyce. Ussher moved to County Waterford to manage the family farm before moving to Dublin in 1953. Wikipedia Oliver Joseph St John Gogarty 17 August 1878 22 September 1957 was an Irish poet author otolaryngologist athlete politician and well-known conversationalist who served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. Wikipedia hardcover
1990Q-0942323122North American Heritage Press 1990-10-10. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! North American Heritage Press paperback
1996Q-0942323238North Amer Heritage Press 1996-06-10. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! North Amer Heritage Press paperback
194586527Paris : Les Editions Universelles 1945. 210x150mm. brochÂŽ. couverture rempliÂŽe. Sous embo”tage. Exemplaire numÂŽrotÂŽ sur papier vÂŽlin de Rives 482/520. TrÂs bel exemplaire. 244 Les Editions Universelles unknown
1971110102Moscow 1971. 205x135mm. reliure demi-toile grise dÕditeu. Plats cartonage illustr. Dchirures sur le milieu de plat suprieur autrement bon tat. 200 unknown
194522605Paris: Gallimard Nrf. 1945. Softcover. Wraps #343 of 400 fine with publisher's glassine slightly sunned. Chemise in sunned and spotted on spine in sunned slipcase with water stains. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Gallimard Nrf paperback
1997AME_9780824798222marcel dekker 1997. 1. Hardcover. New/New. marcel dekker hardcover
1997DBS-9780824798222marcel dekker 1997. 1. Hardcover. New. marcel dekker hardcover
1997DBS-9780824798222marcel dekker 1997. 1. Hardcover. New. marcel dekker hardcover
