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Real Life in Ireland; by ALKEN, Henry; EGAN, Pierce, imitation of; HEATH, William, illustrator

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Real Life in Ireland;
Author: ALKEN, Henry; EGAN, Pierce, imitation of; HEATH, William, illustrator
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Jones and Co. and J.J. Marks, 1821. High and Low Life in Dublin ALKEN, Henry, illustrator. [EGAN, Pierce, imitation of]. Real Life in Ireland; or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles, and Sprees, Bulls, Blunders, Bodderation and Blarney, of Brian Boru, Esq., and his elegant friend Sir Shawn O'Dogherty. Exhibiting a Real Picture of Characters, Manners, &c. in High and Low Life, in Dublin and Various Parts of Ireland. Embellished with Humorous Coloured Engravings, From Original Designs by the most eminent Artists. By a Real Paddy. London: Jones and Co. and J.J. Marks, 1821. First edition. Tall octavo (8 3/4 x 5 11/16 in; 226 x 142 mm). vii, [1, blank], 6-296 pp. Frontispiece and eighteen hand-colored plates by and after William Heath, Henry Alken, and others (all bound together before text). Original quarter green cloth over blue paper boards with printed spine label, rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Some rubbing and light soiling to boards, spine label a little chipped, some soiling to plate margins not affecting image. A very good copy of a scarcely seen book. "Though not so good it is more rare than [Egan's] Life in London" (Tooley). "Real Life in Ireland was initially shunned by educated readers and even a quick glance at the language and misdeeds of the central characters, Brian Boru and Sir Shawn O'Doherty, reveal that such a publication may once have been able to cause and give offence. However, Real Life in Ireland is more akin to the works of Flann O'Brien and although written nearly 200 years ago is very readable and very funny. "Opening with the discharge of Shawn O'Dogherty from college in Dublin with a small fortune to spend, he is joined from the country by his friend Brian Boru, who along the way is regaled by the stories of Peg O'Shambles, a one-time cockle picker from Ringsend in Dublin, who has fallen on hard times due to her alcoholic husband's misdeeds. Accompanied by many humorous cartoons of Brian Boru's adventures, the characters travel from Belfast to make merry in Dublin. While the characters in Real Life in Ireland might be fictitious the places, events and the Hiberno-Irish featured throughout are not. Although a comparison with James Joyce's travels through Dublin is perhaps hardly appropriate, Real Life in Ireland provides a clear account of Dublin and its inhabitants, as well as the major sights and attractions of its suburbs. Perhaps unintentionally, Real Life in Ireland has left an account of the 'real' trials and tribulations of Ireland in the 1820s. For example, the new harbour at Dalkey is rightly criticised as a waste of money and time the long awaited visit of George IV lamented, but not much regretted." "All-in-all...Real Life in Ireland make[s] for a highly entertaining and extremely funny read and has much to recommend it to a modern readership that might be unfamiliar with its kind" (Eneclann). Abbey, Life 282. Tooley 201.

Hai tou Anakreontos Odai [Greek]. The Odes of Anacreon: literally translated into English prose.. by Anacreon

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Seller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB

Title: Hai tou Anakreontos Odai [Greek]. The Odes of Anacreon: literally translated into English prose..
Author: Anacreon
Seller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: York: Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, and sold by C. Dilly…[et al.], 1796 First edition of this attractively printed translation of Anacreon's Odes by Thomas Gilpin. The odes are translated into simple English prose, "designed for the use of those who have made no great progress in Grecian literature." The twenty-ninth odes is not translated, as "There are several expressions…which might give offence to a delicate ear. Original boards, uncut, rebacked in paper, with printed spine label laid down. Small octavo. Greek and English text on facing pages. Former owner's bookplate. Some light waterstaining at the beginning, otherwise a very good copy. Uncommon.

CRAIG RUSSELL IN DRAG [ca. 1980] Set of 6 photos by Sylvia Plachy, Ken Howard

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Seller: Walterfilm, Inc.

Title: CRAIG RUSSELL IN DRAG [ca. 1980] Set of 6 photos
Author: Sylvia Plachy, Ken Howard
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Just About Fine
Description: Sylvia Plachy, Ken Howard. No binding. Just About Fine. New York, [ca. 1980]. Set of six vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white photos. Five are double weight, with holograph notations on verso of photographer Sylvia Plachy. One single weight with photographer stamp on verso of Ken Howard and identified Russell as Carol Channing. Overall just about fine or better. Six portraits of Canadian actor Craig Russell, who emerged in the mid-1970s as a major performer specializing in impersonations onstage of such celebrities as Carol Channing, Bette Davis, Mae West and Barbra Streisand.

ENTERTAINING, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS REPOSITORY; Containing Upwards

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Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc.

Title: ENTERTAINING, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS REPOSITORY; Containing Upwards
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description: 1799. THE ENTERTAINING, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS REPOSITORY; Containing, Upwards of Three Score Separate Performances, all of which are Written in a Simple yet Pleasing Stile, and are Eminently Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of the Youth of Both Sexes. Elizabeth-Town: Shepard Kollock, 1799. [2], 324 p. Contemporary sheep (heavily worn, front cover nearly detached). Lacking leaf A5; leaves V5-6 slightly damaged. Numerous gatherings pulled, other wear. Thus, A reissue of volume 2 of Kollock's 1798 edition, with new title and contents leaves. Two variants of this 1799 edition exist, with entirely different settings of type on the title page and in signatures I through 2D. Evans 35298; Welch 361.4.

Anecdotes of the Late War by OLSON, Charles

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Title: Anecdotes of the Late War
Author: OLSON, Charles
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: A fine bright copy
Description: (Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1956). First edition. Jargon Broadside 1. One of 500 copies. A fine bright copy. 12mo, folded broadside poem tipped-into wrappers. A fine bright copy.

Back to Virtue, Betty by Widdemer, Margaret

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Title: Back to Virtue, Betty
Author: Widdemer, Margaret
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Good in Fair dj
Description: New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Good in Fair dj. (c.1934). First Edition. Hardcover. [worn but intact copy, apparently an ex-rental library book (although marked as such only by the rubber-stamped name "James Pharmacy" on both endpapers); the jacket shows quite a bit of wear (creasing, soiling, etc.), and has a chip at the top of the front panel and another (patched crudely with white paper) at the lower right corner; in addition, the jacket has been reinforced with tape along the top and bottom edges; oh, and the front flap is also firmly affixed to the front pastedown, which unfortunately makes it impossible to put a mylar protector on the jacket]. This "up-to-the-minute romance [is] fresh, impudent and filled with pungent commentary on the ways and manners of 'today's rather complex series of younger generations.'" More specifically, it deals with a couple of orphaned sisters who are taken in by an aunt who is "pretty set in her Victorian way"; most of the plot revolves around the efforts of the older sister to prevent her rash younger sibling (the Betty of the title) from getting involved with the wrong sort of men. The author was a poet as well as a prolific writer of fiction for both adults and children; she lectured at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont and at the University of Colorado Writers' Conference, delivered a series or radio talks in 1936 about writing (which were then compiled into a book), and starting in 1947 was in charge of fiction at the Chautauqua Writers' Conference. (The jacket illustration, by the way, is "courtesy of Harper's Bazaar.") Rather surprisingly, although she cranked out several dozen novels (mostly during the 1920s and 1930s), only a few of her very early works were adapted for the movies, all of them prior to 1920. .

DEATH OF A DREAMER by WARNER, Douglas

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Title: DEATH OF A DREAMER
Author: WARNER, Douglas
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: Walker & Company, 1964. WARNER, Douglas. DEATH OF A DREAMER. A Walker Mystery. NY: Walker & Company, [1964]. 8vo., blue boards in dust jacket; 184 pages. First Edition. Very Good (little discoloration covers; some browning endpapers; contents clean & tight); little edgewear ($3.50 price is present) d/j. $15.00.

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