New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. Around 1915 the famed Irish novelist/memoirist had begun to revise his earlier work and reissue much in limited editions. "Story-Teller's Holiday" had been privately printed and issued to subscribers before, in 1918. This version from a decade later is now the product of a major publisher and issued in a slightly larger edition. These are Very Good Plus to Near Fine copies. Green cloth binding, decoratively stamped, filled with gilt on the spine. Volume One is SIGNED and NUMBERED on the page opposite the title page. Clean text; 257 pages and 263 pages. Heavy, good-quality paper stock, with the edges left rough. Much better copies than usually seen; for some entirely mysterious reason, these limited editions of Moore's often appear in very rough condition. This set has a bit of rub at the head and/or foot of the spine, else Fine copies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited/Numbered.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002631
Title: A Story-Teller's Holiday (Two Volumes)
Author: Moore, George
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Plus
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Limited/Numbered.
Publisher: Horace Liveright
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1928
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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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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