A Warning to Conquerors
by MacDonagh, Donagh
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chester Springs & Dublin: Dufour Editions & Dolmen Press, 1968. The Irish poet and barrister's last lyrical book, with work written between 1963 and 1966. MacDonagh (1912-1968), whose father was executed by the British for his part in the Easter Uprising, was also co-editor of "The Oxford Book of Irish Verse" with Lennox Robinson. Published shortly after his death, with a Preface by Niall Sheridan. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, a joint venture by Dufour and Dolmen. Tan cloth binding with gilt spine lettering, showing sun at the margins. 69 pages; clean and fresh text.The dustwrapper is complete and unclipped. Tan with red lettering and a drawing by Leslie MacWeeney on the cover. Light wear at the edges. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001279
- Title
- A Warning to Conquerors
- Author
- MacDonagh, Donagh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Dufour Editions & Dolmen Press
- Place of Publication
- Chester Springs & Dublin
- Date Published
- 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
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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