The Blossomy Bough
by O'Sheel, Shaemas [taken name of James Shields]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Franklin Press, 1912. Hardcover. 109p., lightly-worn likely first edition of the poet's first book in plain gray boards and paper spine and cover title labels. Third generation Irish American poet who never visited the Emerald Isle. He was active in the Irish independence movement and a communist who supported the Soviet Union yet disagreed with its foreign policies, leading his work being banned from The New Masses and other Communist publications. There is a slight discrepancy in the publication dates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 272749
- Title
- The Blossomy Bough
- Author
- O'Sheel, Shaemas [taken name of James Shields]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Franklin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; 1910S; Irish American; Ireland;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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