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James Stephens. The Crock of Gold. MacMillan and Co, 1926.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: MacMillan and Co, London, UK, 1926. New illustrated edition, green hardcover with gold gilt design on front board and print on spine, no DJ, 228 pp. This book went through numerous reprintings since its 1913 publication. This is the first to include the excellent B&W chapter headings & tail pieces and 12 superb color plates by Thomas MacKenzie. Irish folk-inspired fantasy with the Thin Woman of Inis Magrath, Pan, leprecauns, et al. This copy has some water-staining along front edge but doesn't affect the text or pictures. Some edge wear, formejr owner's ex libris card on front paste down
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
James Stephens, illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie. THE CROCK OF GOLD. London: MacMillan and Co., 1926.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 6 x 9 in. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Full pg color illus. Condition is GOOD ; mild edge wear, covers faintly soiled, spine lettering illegible. Front hinge cracked with much of spine unconnected. Binding of text remains good. Text clean with PO's name on ffep, no other markings. Children's. Stax.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Stephens, James.. COLLECTED POEMS.. The Macmillan Co. Limited, London: 1926., 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp. xxii, 260. Uncut. Fore-edge age stained. Endpapers foxed. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Hardbound. First Trade Edition. James Stephens (1882-1950) was left fatherless in the Dublin slums at the age of two. His mother remarried or took up with another man when James was about six years of age. She abandoned her young son and he was forced to go to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys. The Meath School was cruel and harsh and he ran away to live in the streets or live with families that took to the likely boy. In 1905 'The Greatest Miracle' was published by Arthur Griffith in The United Irishman. Griffith became good friends with Stephens and published his works in his magazine known as the Sinn Fein. From 1905-1910, Stephens attended Gaelic League classes and become involved with political meetings. During this time he published several pieces which focused on Irish national pride, the importance of learning one's Irish language and customs, and remembering the ancient saga heroes. Stephens met many of his great contemporaries during this period including George Russell (AE), George Moore, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, etc. In the year 1912, Stephens published The Charwoman's Daughter and later in the same year his noted work The Crock of Gold. The Crock of Gold was a great success and Stephens moved to Paris so he could concentrate on writing full time. Cynthia Kavanagh who had been his lover since 1907 accompanied him. He later married her in 1919. The Demi-Gods was published in 1914 and in 1915 he moved back to Dublin to become the Registrar of the National Gallery of Ireland (and stayed in that position till 1924). Stephens witnessed the shooting of a man as a result of the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This became a turning point for him as the event intensified his patriotic feelings and renewed his interest in old Irish literature. Stephens moved to London in the year 1925. He began a series of lecture tours which extended to the United States. In 1935 Stephens began a literary and personal friendship with James Joyce. His colleagues considered Stephens to be a genius who easily embraced fantasy, philosophy, and comedy - those who read him today will still be struck by his genius. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! STEPHENS/W77 Language: eng
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
James Stephens. The Crock of Gold. MacMillan and Co., London, 1926.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Condition: Good. No DJ. Red fabric covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Spine and boards show sun fading. Overall minor scuffing. Previous owner inscription on front free end paper. Pages show minor toning as expected with age, otherwise clean and clear. Webbing showing through at occasional locations within text block. Hinges are secure. Lovely B&W drawings throughout as well as occasional charming color illustrations. 227 pages.
Seller: Lochinvar's Library, Chadds Ford, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vii + 228pp. Gilt to top edge. Nice production.
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
James Stephens. The Crock of Gold. Macmillan, London, 1926.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition. Vg hardback copy in red buckram, slight bubbling / rumpling in places. All 12 colour plates checked / collated.
Seller: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, United Kingdom
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. Mackenzie illustrations.. London: Macmillan, 1926.
Price: US$28.23 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Demy8vo, colour frontis, vii, 228 p. Twelve colour illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie. Original red cloth, gilt. Front free endpaper tanned and with a neat three line verse on love otherwise a near fine tight and clean copy. First edition thus.
Seller: JIRI Books, Lisburn, United Kingdom
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. Illustrated edition.. London: Macmillan, 1926.
Price: US$32.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Medium8vo, colour frontispiece, vii, 228 p. Twelve full page colour and numerous head and tail pieces by Thomas Mackenzie. Original red bevel edge buckram, lettered gilt, top edge gilt. Backstrip slightly faded otherwise a fine unmarked copy. First edition thus.
Seller: JIRI Books, Lisburn, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition thus, 1926. Twelve coloured plates and text illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie. Top edges gilt. Some foxing throughout. Publishers maroon cloth with bevelled edges, spine faded and covers unevenly faded. Scratch to front cover and some general marking and scuffing, else good copy. 228 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
James Stephens. The Crock of Gold. Macmillan and Co, London, 1926.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book description: Good in patterned paper covered boards with leather corners and spine; gilt titles, decoration and top page edges; patterned pastedowns and endpapers; very light rubbing to corners; slight fade around spine, but titles still bright; tiny, faint mark to top closed page edges; tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown; contents bright and unmarked.
Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Description: First edition thus, large 8vo., pp.vii,228, bevelled red buckram, gilt, t.e.g., 12 colour plates and numerous b/w headpieces and tailpieces; ownership gift inscription to front free endpaper (dated 1928), foxing to edges and prelims/ultimate leaves, with some foxing throughout, spine lightly sunned, very slight marking to cloth, a very good copy.
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. Macmillan, London, 1926.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Macmillan, 1926. 1st edition, VG+. Half-bound in leather, raised bands, gilt borders on both panels, cloth checkerboard pattern on both panels gilt spine with black leather labels for author and title, top edges gilt. Wear to all edges & corners, light wear to spine ends, surface wear to both panels, small cracks appear at all four ends of gutters, stylish bookplate on front paste-down. Illustrated with 12 color plates and decorative headings & tail-pieces by Thomas MacKenzie. Text is six stories of 2 philosophers (and their wives and daughters), Leprechauns, country folk, police, Pan and others. Wonderful conversations, delightful characters and a lovely story of a long journey. Great read, 228 pp.
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. Macmillan, London, 1926.
Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth with gilt ttles to spine, DJ with some small pieces missing and rubbed. Attractively illustrated edition of this famous prose fantasy. Mackenzie (1887-1944) worked as a painter, etcher, and illustratior, working in a variety of styles. 228pp, 12 col plates (incl. frontis.), woodcuts throughout text. Half spine tooled in gilt.
Seller: Krokodile Books, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
STEPHENS, James. MACKENZIE, Thomas (illus.). The Crock of Gold.. Macmillan, London, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: vii, 228 pp. With Twelve Illustrations in Colour and Decorative Headings and Tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. 8vo, half green calf over decorated paper-covered boards; t.e.g. by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Armorial bookplate. Spine and corners faded to tan; extremities scuffed; tight and sound. Contents fine,except for slight foxing to endsheets.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$93.68 + shipping
Description: Inscribed by previous owner. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vii, 227 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 29 cm. Subjects; Pan (Greek deity) ; Fiction. Pan (Greek deity). Fairies ; Fiction. Fantasy fiction. English literature; 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$101.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo vii + 228pp., colour frontis., colour plates, text ills., With 12 superb full-page colour plates. Nice copy in slightly dulled red cloth boards
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Inscribed by previous owner. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vii, 227 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 29 cm. Subjects; Pan (Greek deity) ; Fiction. Pan (Greek deity). Fairies ; Fiction. Fantasy fiction. English literature; 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. MacMillan and Co., London, 1926.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Thus Edition, First Printing (No additional printings stated, 1926 on title page). Bound in 3/4 tan leather over marbled boards, top edge gilt. Some rubbing to extremities, otherwise very good. ; With Twelve Illustrations In Color And Decorative Headings And Tailpieces By Thomas Mackenzie; Royal Crown Octavo; 228 pages
Seller: The Second Reader Bookshop, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Stephens, James.. The Crock of Gold.. London, Macmillan., 1926.
Price: US$141.06 + shipping
Description: VII, 227pp. With 12 colour plates and decorative headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. Contemp. full green morocco, richly gilt, a.e.g. (signed: Sangorski & Sutcliffe for the J. L. Hudson Company). In slip-case. Spine faded. A very good copy in a decorative binding.
Seller: Manfred Nosbuesch, Kuchenheim, Germany
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. MacMillan & Co., London, 1926.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Attractive 1/2 leather blue/green binding by Bayntun (Riviere).
Seller: Garrett Herman, Toronto, ON, Canada
Stephens, James & Mackenzie, Thomas. The Crock of Gold. Macmillan, 1926.
Price: US$174.00 + shipping
Description: The Crock of Gold, Macmillan and Co. (London), 1926, first illustrated edition, t.p.e.'s gold-gilt, a couple of small bumps to the bottom edge of the rear board, else a tight vg+ copy in just about vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and soiling. Considerably enhanced by 12 full color, full page illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 228 pp. + 12 color plates. Hardcover, bound in polished calf over marbled boards, top edge gilt, by Root, London. Attractive copy.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. Author signed limited edition.. London: Macmillan, 1926.
Price: US$224.57 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Folio, guarded colour frontispiece, vii, 228 p. 12 colour plates with captioned guard leafs by Thomas Mackenzie. Original cream quarter vellum or parchment, blue boards, gilt. Fore-corners just peeping, small light stain to the foot of the backstrip otherwise a fine tight copy. Limited edition, one of 525 copies signed by Stephens.
Seller: JIRI Books, Lisburn, United Kingdom
Stephens, James. Crock of Gold. MacMillan and Co., Limited, London, 1926.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: covers have heavy wear, rubbing, fraying, sunning and soil top edges gilt and long remainder mark on bottom, corners and ends of spine bumped and frayed, binding tight, front free end paper has large section cut out, vii + 228 pages, long story about 2 philosophers who are asked questions., spend a lot of time talking and don't answer the question, when asked about a missing wash board, they reply it was stolen by the Shoegs, Leprecauns and Cluricauns in revenge for a cat killing a robin. Further revenge is sought by kidnapping children and other events, bw and color illustrations Size: 6.25 x 9.25
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: One of 525 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the illustrator. Quarto (28.75cm); bluish-gray and vellum paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [ii],viii,228pp, with black & white vignettes throughout the text, and frontispiece + 11 color illustrations by Thomas MacKenzie. Light wear to spine ends, mild dust-soil to backstrip, with some gentle bumping and modest wear (and some resulting board exposure) to corners; contents fresh; Very Good+, lacking the dustjacket. Handsome edition of the Irish author's 1912 comic novel.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Stephen, James. The Crock of Gold. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1926.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4to. Limited first edition of 525, signed by James Stephens and printed on hand-made paper in 1926. 12 tipped color plates, with tissue guards carrying captions, and decorative heading and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. Original half vellum over marbled boards. Vellum has faint soilage, and shelf wear evident in lower corner. Binding tight and pages and plates pristine. Overall, fine.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
STEPHENS, James. The Crock of Gold.. London: Macmillan and Co., 1926.
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Half Morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. A smart half crushed morocco binding by Bayntun with raised bands, gilt centre tools and top edge. 12 superb colour illustrations and decorative headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. A charming comic novel by the Irish writer James Stephens.
Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom
Stephens, James. THE CROCK OF GOLD. Macmillan & Co: London, 1926.
Price: US$402.50 + shipping
Description: Illus by Thomas Mackenzie, 9 x 6", full brown leather, gilt-ruled, with gilt leprechaun and pot on cover, aeg, signed binding by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed.Ltd. to 525 copies. Signed by Stephens. Large copy. fine. d.j. is frayed and dusty. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold (signed limited). Macmillan, London, 1926.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 525 copies printed on handmade paper. 4to, quarter vellum blue/green boards. Gilt titles on spine. Illustrated with 12 mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards and decorative chapter headings and and tail pieces, all by Thomas MacKenzie. Signed by the author James Stephens, quite boldly, on the limitation page. Light mottling to 1/4 vellum spine; a touch of wear to tips, else fine. Front and rear boards very clean.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Stephens, James. THE CROCK OF GOLD. Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1926.
Price: US$481.22 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: viii, 228pp. Colour frontis. and 11 full-page colour plates and new headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. 31 black and white head and tailpieces. Five raised bands to the spine. Marbled end-papers. Gilt dec. device to the front board, A fine tan full calf binding by Bayntun [Riviere], Bath, England. 24x16cms.A near mint copy. No inscriptions. Size: 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$487.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926, FIRST Edition. Half coarse grained morocco leather binding by Bayntun Riviere, with gilt titles and decoration to the stained spine, page top edges gilt, others untrimmed, marbled end papers, with 12 colour full page plates. Provenance: from the Foyle Library. Approximately 9 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles and decoration to the compartment, a few darkened spots and damp stains to the spine. Joints good condition sound. Corners good condition sound. Boards good condition half leather and cloth paper covered boards. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges tanned and untrimmed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled. Free end papers good condition marbled. Title good condition gently tanned. Pages good condition gently tanned. Binding good condition stained to the spine, solid. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1926 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
STEPHENS, JAMES. The Crock of Gold. Macmillan and Co Ltd, London, 1926.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gilt lettered quarter vellum over baby blue paper boards. Wrapped in decorative dust jacket which has long tear and chips to the corners and tape to rear. Edition limited to 525 copies on hand made paper signed by the author. 12 colour plates. uncut pages. Some darkening to boards where dj is missing pieces o/w a near fine copy. Uncommon with jacket which is "almost" complete. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$523.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto, 11.25 in. x 7.9 in., pp. vi, [1], 228. Illustrated with color frontispiece with captioned tissue-guard, eleven other color glued-in prints, and ink headings and tailpieces by Thomas MacKenzie. Signed by the author on limitation page. One of 525 copies printed by R & R. Clark on handmade paper. Half vellum over light blue paper boards with gilt title to spine. Untrimmed edges. Light rubbing to extremities. Paper boards bubbling on lower right front corner. Two dime-sized brown stains to upper back board. Shelfwear to top/bottom of spine. Interior pages unmarked; pages and plates are bright. Vellum slipcase with cloth rim and purple interior. James Stephens (9 February 1880 - 26 December 1950) was an Irish novelist and poet. Stephens himself claimed to have been born on the same day and same year as James Joyce (2 February 1882), whereas he is in fact probably the same James Stephens who is on record as being born at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, on 9 February 1880, the son of Francis Stephens (c. 1840-1882/3), a vanman and a messenger for a stationer's office, and his wife, Charlotte Collins (b. c. 1847). His father died when Stephens was two years old, and when he was six years old, his mother remarried, and Stephens was committed to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys in Blackrock, where he spent much of the rest of his childhood. By the early 1900s Stephens was increasingly inclined to socialism and the Irish language (he spoke and wrote Irish) and by 1912 was a dedicated Irish Republican. He was a close friend of the 1916 leader Thomas MacDonagh, who was then editor of The Irish Review and deputy headmaster in St Enda's, the radical bilingual Montessori school run by PH Pearse and later manager of the Irish Theatre. Stephens spent much time with MacDonagh in 1911. He worked as registrar in the National Gallery of Ireland between 1915 and 1925. James Stephens produced many retellings of Irish myths. His retellings are marked by a rare combination of humour and lyricism. He also wrote several original novels (The Crock of Gold, Etched in Moonlight, Demi-Gods) based loosely on Irish wonder tales. The Crock of Gold in particular has achieved enduring popularity and has often been reprinted. Stephens began his career as a poet under the tutelage of poet and painter Æ (George William Russell). Stephens's first book of poems, Insurrections, was published in 1909. His last book, Kings and the Moon (1938), was also a volume of verse. Thomas Mackenzie (1887-1944), an English artist and illustrator, was born in Bradford, England, Thomas Mackenzie was an artist, producing illustrations for books, and watercolours during the early 20th century. His earliest commissioned works for James Stephens'The Crock of Gold(1912) and Arthur Ransome'sAladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme (1919). His illustrations are reminiscent of the work of his Art Nouveau peers, including Kay Nielsen and Harry Clarke. Very Good / Very Good (slipcase)
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
James Stephens. The Crock of Gold. Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1926.
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: James Stephens' popular comic novel based on Irish folklore, finely bound in handsome full morocco by Bayntun. The first illustrated edition. Finely bound in full morocco with pictorial gilt detail by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath. With a frontispiece and eleven colour illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie. Collated complete. James Stephens' comic novel based on Irish folklore and philosophy. Consisting of six stories, following a philosopher on his journey to find the most beautiful woman in the world and deliver her to the gods, Pan and Aengus Og. James Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet, best known for his retelling of Irish myths, combining humour and lyricism. Stephens began his career under the tutelage of the renowned painter and writer, George William Russell, and during his lifetime was a close friend of the famous Irish novelist, James Joyce. The half title page is present. With a gift note reading, 'Margery, with best Christian wishes, from Mary', to the reverse of the front free endpaper. Rebound in full morocco by Bayntun. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. Fading to the spine and to the upper rear board. Light marks to the boards. Scattered spots to the reverse of the free endpapers. Gift note to the reverse of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age-toned to the edges but otherwise very bright and clean with the odd spot throughout. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Large 8vo on Large Paper. [289 x 198 x 36 mm]. [1]f, vii, [i], 227, [1] pp. Bound in the original quarter vellum, blue paper boards, the spine lettered in gilt, uncut edges. (Corners a little bumped). Limited to 525 copies on large paper, signed by James Stephens. A fine copy. Two pencil signatures dated 1926 on front endleaf.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.5 inches). Twelve full colour plates and 31 mono wood block illustrations as head and tail pieces. Finely bound in a beautiful full tan Morocco binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt decorations. The compartments are lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Gilt illustration of a Leprechaun stood next to his crock of gold to the upper board. Both boards with double gilt ruled borders. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. A fine copy housed in a velvet lined plain clam shell box with blue cloth covering. A fine leather bound copy of this wonderfully illustrated edition.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom