VG+/VG+ – Rare in d/w.
Desmond (Shaw) The Isle of Ghosts.
£125
First edition, in early reprint wrapper priced at 2/6′ (the first issue was priced 7/6′).
London. Duckworth, 1925
A novel about the Irish ‘revolution’ in 1916.
In stock
£125
First edition, in early reprint wrapper priced at 2/6′ (the first issue was priced 7/6′).
London. Duckworth, 1925
A novel about the Irish ‘revolution’ in 1916.
In stock
VG+/VG+ – Rare in d/w.
Modern Literature
First edition.
London. Gollancz, 1934
Novel about a doctor in a small town, written by one-time house physician at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Uncommon.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1925
First edition, publisher's file copy. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket correctly priced at 7/6.
Collection of short stories and novelettes including one WW1-themed tale 'Out of Darkness' by an author best known for Mrs Wiggins of the Cabbage Patch.
Alice married Cale Young Rice who was a poet and playwright in 1902. They spent most of their life traveling the world and becoming known in the literary scenes of New York and London.
Winners and Losers appears to be the only book they wrote together.
Rare in jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Mills & Boon, 1925
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket correctly priced at 7/6 on spine.
Short stories some of them set in Ireland. Thirteen tales six featuring her recurring character Sandy Acland.
Dorothea Conyers was a prolific Irish novelist. Her books are romantic novels set among the Irish sporting gentry. Her output numbered some 40 titles.
A very difficult title to obtain in a wrapper