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Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. First Paperback Printing. Trade paperback with minro wear, clean, no spine crease; an unmarked copy with bright clean pages. Appears unread.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. A clean unmarked copy in the dust wrapper.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Born in 1902, Francis Stuart was raised among rich Ulster Unionist relations following the suicide of his father. At seventeen he married Maud Gonne's daughter, Iseult. Stuart was imprisoned on the Republican side in the Irish Civil War, then in 1939 accepted a university post in Berlin where he fell in love with a student, Madeleine Meissner, whom he refused to abandon when it became possible to return to Ireland. Living in near starvation in Germany after their release, Stuart wrote some of his major novels. A study of the work of one of Ireland's foremost writers, not just a critical analysis of the literature but also a guide to the philosophical outlook and creative motivations that underpin Stuart's work. 196 pages.

Hard Cover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. ISBN: 0517147254 ((hardcover)); 9780517147252 ((hardcover)) LCCN: 95-14441 ; LC: Z4; Dewey: 002 ; OCLC: 32310907 ; Through more than 300 glorious illustrations from library collections around the globe, you'll discover a wealth of book lore in these pages and gain a new appreciation for the role of books in human society, from our earliest attempts at writing and recording information to the newest electronic books; from sumptuous illuminated and bejeweled medieval manuscripts to Gutenberg and the invention of movable type; from the diverse arts and crafts of bookmaking to the building of magnificent libraries for housing treasured volumes; from the ancient epic of Gilgamesh to the plays of Shakespeare and the tales of Beatrix Potter; and from the earliest illustrated books to revolutionary science texts." ; "The book lover's guide to the craft, history and mystery of books and bookmaking." ; Contents: Prologue -- Scrolls and scribes -- People of the book -- Illuminating the dark ages : Medieval glories of the British Isles-- The Gutenberg revolution : Caxton and Aldus; printing in the Americas -- Yes, we have now bananas : Morison, Zapf and Gill - Typography -- The bookmaker's craft : By its cover, the art of the binder -- The infinite library, timeless and incorruptible : A medieval revival in the arts of the book -- A picture's worth : Mother Goose and Company Books for the young-- Every word for everyman : The book business; Lost and found between the covers-- Last words ; FINE/FINE. Book.

The Pillar of Cloud published by Victor Gollancz in 1949, London, third impression; A Hole in the Head published by Longship Press in 1977, Nantucket, first US edition, Memorial published by Raven Arts Press in 1983, Dublin, reprint; Black List Section H published by Penguin in 1996 (with an introduction by Colm Toibin), London, reprint; Francis Stuart Face to Face: A Critical Study published by Queen's University Belfast in 2000; Francis Stuart Artist and Outcast published by The Liffey Press in 2007, Dublin, Various Editions. Mixture of hardback and paperback bindings. Octavo Books in good to very good condition. The Pillar of Cloud dustjacket chipped along edges with ringmarks to front cover, not price-clipped, book cocked, cloth clean, pages generally clean; A Hole in the Head in very good condition, jacket and edges a little fxed but otherwise clean and square; Memorial in very good condition, spine faded,covers a little creased, marks to textblock edges, internally very clean; Black List, Section H in good condition, spine worn and covers creased, internally clean; Francis Stuart Face to Face: A Critical Study in very good condition; Francis Stuart Artist and Outcast in very good condition, jacket torn at folds along top edge, mark from removed price sticker, top edge bumped, internally very clean.