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Synopsis

Poems by james stephens.

Item Description

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. [vi] + 57 + [1] pp. Bound in quarter buff cloth, gilt, over red patterned boards. Many pages uncut. A little spotting of edges, but otherwise a very good clean copy. Loosely inset: inner flaps of dust wrapper with list of the author's publications. Decorated by publisher's device on verso of half title. Later poems of James Stephens (1882-1950), Irish nationalist, novelist and poet, who was known for his novel, The Crock of Gold (1912) and for Irish Fairy Tales (1920). A fine uncut copy.