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JOYCE, James (contributes). COOKE, John (edits).. The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909.. Hodges, Figgis & Co, Dublin, and Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, London., 1909.

Price: US$162.44 + shipping

Description: First edition. Unrecorded variant issue with the sheets bulking to 1 3/8 inches, publishers' imprint on two lines at tail of spine and top edge only gilt. Octavo. pp [viii], 804. Dark green cloth gilt. Includes three poems by Joyce from Chamber Music. Also, Yeats, Wilde, Synge, 'A.E.', Dowden, among many others.Armorial bookplate (A.E. Morgan) on front pastedown. Free endpapers tanned. Very good indeed. No dustwrapper.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

(JOYCE, James). The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909. Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd./ Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, Dublin / London, 1909.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, an unrecorded thick-paper issue (the sheets bulk approximately 1 7/16 inches]. Edited by John Cooke. Octavo. 804pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Contains three poems by James Joyce (*Slocum and Cahoon* B3]. This issue, printed on heavy stock paper, is an unrecorded variant, not cited by Slocum, with the following differences from Slocum: sheets bulk 1 7/16 inches (instead of 1 9/32 inches), top edge gilt (instead of all edges gilt), lower spine has publisher's name in two lines (instead of the three lines as cited in Slocum). Owner's ink name, dated 1960, on front flyleaf, front cover has light discoloration, else a near fine copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

(JOYCE, James). The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909. Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd./ Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, Dublin / London, 1909.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, an unrecorded thick-paper issue (the sheets bulk approximately 1 7/16 inches]. Edited by John Cooke. Octavo. 804pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Contains three poems by James Joyce (*Slocum and Cahoon* B3]. This issue, printed on heavy stock paper, is an unrecorded variant, not cited by Slocum, with the following differences from Slocum: sheets bulk 1 7/16 inches (instead of 1 9/32 inches), top edge gilt (instead of all edges gilt), lower spine has publisher's name in two lines (instead of the three lines as cited in Slocum). Bookplate on front pastedown, front cover has slight wear at tip of one corner, spine gilt a bit rubbed and dull, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else a bright and near fine copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

COOKE, John. (James Joyce). The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909. Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd. / Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, Dublin / London, 1909.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, thick paper issue. Edited by John Cooke. Octavo. 804pp. Green cloth gilt. Owner's early bookplate dated 1915 on front pastedown, endpapers a little foxed, and crown very slightly worn, a very good or better copy. Contains three early poems by James Joyce. This issue printed on heavy stock paper is an unrecorded variant not cited by the bibliographer with the following differences: sheets bulk 1 3/8 inches instead of 9/32 inches, top edge gilt instead of all edges gilt, lower spine has publisher's name in two lines instead of three cited by *Slocum and Cahoon* B3.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.