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All Cultivated People. A History of the United Arts Club, Dublin
by Boylan, Patricia
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1988. Founded in 1907, the United Arts Club has been home to many of the great Irish authors and actors over the last century, including Bernard Shaw, James Stephens, both of the Yeats, and many others. An interesting read and a scarce book.This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Green cloth binding, with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; xi, 296 pages. Illustrations and Index. This copy has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the Title Page. The dustwarpper is Fine; unclipped. In an archival plastic protector.. Inscribed By Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000985
- Title
- All Cultivated People. A History of the United Arts Club, Dublin
- Author
- Boylan, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Colin Smythe
- Place of Publication
- Gerrards Cross
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
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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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