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The Three Great Classic Writers of Modern Yiddish Literature: Selected Works - 3 Volumes Complete
Joseph Simon / Pangloss Press. 1996. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, 1996, Very Good Condition, 3 Vols, Hardcover + Dustjacket, 430, 492, 485pp + Illustrations Volume 1: Selected Works of Mendele Moykher-Sforim Here, for the first time, translated and collected in one volume, are several of the most celebrated works of Mendele. Two complete novels are presented, one of which, The Little Man, published in Yiddish in 1864, is considered the book that started the modern Yiddish literary renaissance. Also presented for the first time in its entirety in English translation is Mendele's Notes for My Biography, as well as selections from three of Mendele's greatest novels, a complete short story, a scholarly introduction including a biography, chronology, bibliography and glossary. Volume 2: Selected Works of Sholem-Aleykhem: This anthology gathers together the most complete translation published to date of Sholem-Aleykhem's Tevye stories - on which Fiddler on the Roof is based - as well as another complete Sholem-Aleykhem novel, called Stempenyu, about a Jewish klezmer. There are selections from seven other novels and from Sholem-Aleykhem's charming autobiography. Also included are two popular songs he penned; a humorous personal letter to the great poet, Byalik; and an essay, "Why Do the Jews Need a Land of Their Own?" Volume 3: Selected Works of I. L. Peretz: An anthology of fiction, plays, poetry, letters, memoirs, and speeches by the father of modern Yiddish literature. Includes an introduction on his role in Yiddish literature and Jewish culture and the political culture of his times, essays by friends and associates, a chronology, a biographical sketch, b&w photos and illustrations, and a glossary. Very Good/Very Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015855
€ 145.00 [Appr.: US$ 156.25 | £UK 125 | JP¥ 24336]
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If Beale Street Could Talk
London, Michael Joseph. 1974, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, First Edition, Second Impression, 1974, Good Condition (see notes) , Hardcover + Dustjacket, 229pp CONDITION Good condition Dustjacket slightly worn (see photo's) Contents clean. Good/Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015850
€ 45.00 [Appr.: US$ 48.49 | £UK 38.75 | JP¥ 7553]
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Oeuvres Completes - Tomes 1 a 3, Complet
Club Francais du Livre. 1966. Hardcover. Book, 1966, Good Condition, 3 Volumes Complete, French language publication Tome 1, 1638pp Tome 2, 1475pp Tome 3, 1830pp Illustrated edition limited to 1500 copies. Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015923
€ 60.00 [Appr.: US$ 64.65 | £UK 51.75 | JP¥ 10070]
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Let It Come Down
London, John Lehmann. 1952, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Edition, 1952, Good Condition: See Notes, Hardcover Cloth, No Dustjacket, 318pp Spine & Edges Cover Discoloured Contents Tight & Clean. Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015873
€ 125.00 [Appr.: US$ 134.69 | £UK 107.75 | JP¥ 20980]
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Up Above the World
London, Peter Owen. 1967, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, First UK Edition, 1967, Hardcover + Dustjacket, 223pp Dustjacket Slightly Worn: See Photo. Very Good/Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015866
€ 95.00 [Appr.: US$ 102.37 | £UK 82 | JP¥ 15945]
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The Canterbury Tales - a Modern Rendering Into Prose of the Prologue and Ten Tales
London, E Grant Richards. 1907, Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Book, 1907, Good Condition, Hardcover, 235pp + Colour Illustrations Spine discoloured & spine ends bumped. Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015629
€ 50.00 [Appr.: US$ 53.88 | £UK 43.25 | JP¥ 8392]
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Dusklands
London, Secker & Warburg. 1982, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, 1982, 1st Edition 1st Printing, Good Condition, Hardcover + Dustjacket, 8vo , 125pp Name on first free endpaper Spine and reverse dustjacket sun faded. Very Good/Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015872
€ 125.00 [Appr.: US$ 134.69 | £UK 107.75 | JP¥ 20980]
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In the Heart of the Country
London, Secker and Warburg. 1987. Hardcover. Book, 1987, Very Good Condition, Hardcover + Dustjacket, 138pp Reissue 1987. Very Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015862
€ 95.00 [Appr.: US$ 102.37 | £UK 82 | JP¥ 15945]
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Waiting for the Barbarians
Johannesburg, Ravan Press. 1981, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, First South African Edition, 1981, Good Condition, Hardcover + Dustjacket, 156pp Spine is sun faded. Very Good/Very Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015871
€ 245.00 [Appr.: US$ 264 | £UK 211 | JP¥ 41120]
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Limited Edition 275 Copies
Christchurch: New Zealand, Caxton Press. 1952, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book, 1952, Good Condition, Hardcover Quarter-Cloth Boards, Large 4to, 39pp + Decoration One of 275 copies printed in black, brown & red , full-page illustration, vignette, head-pieces, titling and the large initial letter (red) to first page of text by Leo bensemann. It is hand-set in 16pt Poliphilus with the marginal glosses set in 12pt Blado Italic and printed on F.J. Head (Hayle Mill) hand-made paper. Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015675
€ 95.00 [Appr.: US$ 102.37 | £UK 82 | JP¥ 15945]
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London Belongs to Me
London, Collins. 1945, 2nd Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, 1945, Second Impression, Good Condition, Spine Dustjacket Discoloured, Hardcover + Dustjacket, 639 pp. Good/Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015061
€ 40.00 [Appr.: US$ 43.1 | £UK 34.5 | JP¥ 6713]
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Heart of Darkness
London, The Folio Society. 2014, Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Book, 2014, Very Good Condition, Hardcover in Slipcase, xix, 140 pp + Illustrations The volume is presented in a black slipcase embellished with a silver foil design by the artist depicting a rain forest scene. The book is three-quarter bound in black buckram with silver titling to the spine and a paper front board. The cover bears a design of the artist's that creatively incorporates a skull motif into a vignette of a steamboat making its way up the Congo River. The binding is sewn with matching head and tail bands. The end papers are printed in green and white with stylised designs that incorporate themes from the book: ivory, slavery, and steamboats among them. The book is printed on Abbey Wove paper. The text is set in Miller, although each of the three chapters is headed in a different face that looks hand designed. Fine.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015924
€ 95.00 [Appr.: US$ 102.37 | £UK 82 | JP¥ 15945]
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La Légende Et Les Aventures Héroïques, Joyeuses Et Glorieuses D'Ulenspiegel Et de Lamme Goedzak Au Pays de Flandres Et Ailleurs
Imprimerie Lielens on Ingres d'Arches. 1982, Limited Edition. No Binding. Book, 1982, Blue Cloth Box with Loose Quires & Lithos b/w & Colour, Limited Edition Printed by Imprimerie Lielens on Ingres d'Arches in a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies to commemorate 150 years of Grand Orient de Bélgique This Example is Numbered 935 Commemorative du 150 anniversaire du Grand Orient de Bélgique, in folio en feuilles sous emboitage bleu d'edition Tirage limité Edition. numerotée 935 Illustrations hors texte NOTES ON CONDITION: Some cloth at the corner of the box spine is slightly torn: See Photo Many Pages are Uncut. Very Good.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 014818
€ 175.00 [Appr.: US$ 188.57 | £UK 150.75 | JP¥ 29372]
Catalogue: Literature
Yeats, the Master of Sound
Colin Smythe Limited. 2006. Hardcover. Book, 2006, Very Good Condition, Hardcover + Dustjacket, 349pp In 1922, James Stephens said: we shall talk like Irishmen, or we are done for--we shall think like Europeans, or we are done for. In 1948, a later poet and critic, Robert Farren, recognized that Yeats had achieved at least one of those conditions when he said that he had brought the Irishman's voice--its inflections, cadences and idioms - into verse. The Irish brogue has often been considered as merely an ornamental adjunct to speech without any realization of its value to poetry written in Ireland. But since poetic forms are based on the usual speech patterns of a country--its everyday talk--then the crucial significance of the patterns of Irish speech to the rhythms of poetry should be identified and explained. Yeats, the Master of Sound is such a study. The author traces Irish speech rhythms back to Gaelic and, in this context, explains what Irish poets owe to their local accent--Heaney, in particular, has acknowledged such a debt. Using the American poet Robert Frost's concept of the sound of sense as a key, Dr. Devine explores the rhythms of Anglo-Irish poetry and their stating of a formalized emotion through such traditions as the amhrán (Irish song metre) and the ancient method of singing known as sean-nós. Yeats was to build on these connected influences, adding a theatrically defiant tone to patterns of assonance and rhyme to attain an elaborate rhythm--again a concept and practice derived from the Gaelic. This book shows how the Irish speaking voice is in thrall to a language which has endured for over 2,000 years and which, by its shaping of the rhythms of that voice, continues to influence those of the island's poets who write in English today. Fine.
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015889
€ 75.00 [Appr.: US$ 80.82 | £UK 64.75 | JP¥ 12588]
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The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens: Their Points and Values. Revised and Enlarged. With Illustrations and Facsimiles - Limited Signed Edition 250 Copies
London, New York: Maurice Inman; London: Maggs Bros. 1932. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, 1932, Good Condition, Three-Quarter Leather, Cloth Boards, Top Edge Gilt,Hardcover + Dustjacket, Limited Edition Nr 161 of 250, Signed by The Author, 272pp + Illustrations One of 250 numbered copies of a special edition on rag paper in a large paper format that were signed by the author. NOTES ON CONDITION Good Condition Dustjacket discoloured: see photo's Excerpt from The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and Their Values: A Bibliography Nearly every collector of fine and rare books includes Dickens among his list of esteemed authors. As it has been written before, Dickens is essentially a collector's author, for the reason that his books in their original state make an irresistible appeal. To tell of the appearance of these is the purpose of this Bibliography. Due notice has been taken of the various issues of first editions, and the different points involved have been carefully assembled and explained. For the first time illustrations have been used in a Dickens bibliography to make clear such points as require them. Good/Good. Signed by Author(s).
P.A. GallagherPrivate sellerBook number: 015633
€ 75.00 [Appr.: US$ 80.82 | £UK 64.75 | JP¥ 12588]
Catalogue: Literature