Mac Manus D a (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Main interior in good-plus clean condition, no usage marks, signed by author to title page, front e/paper has a small ex-Westminster school library label and notation stating 'given by the author to the school library' - small label removal mark to lower edge, contains several black and white photos, dulled to top page block, boards have very faint shelf wear marks as shown but good appearance mostly for the age, all tight and firm. Please email for more photos or further information. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book has light wear on the spine tips. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. The dust jacket has light wear on the cover corners, along the edges & on the spine tips. Small tears but no chips. 21s net on the flap.

Condition: Fair. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. Flat signed by the author to title page (striking through his own name), and again to half title 'To Rowan Rhys, in apprecation of great good neighbourliness'. Includes B&W photographic plates, all present. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Gutters somewhat cracked with some exposed netting; binding somewhat shaky. Small pencil inscription to front endpaper. A few dog-eared corners. Text block edges highly foxed and tanned. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. A few liquid droplet marks; small water stain to spine and rear board. Boards are slightly bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Spine is a little sunned. Gilt is dulled and worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A fascinating collection of fairy experiences from around Mayo, Ireland. Includes a typescript letter to the author from a William P. Coleman in Michigan, U. S. A. The grandson of one of the author's tenants at Kiltimagh, Ireland. In the letter Coleman writes ,'The priest at Kiltimagh was once asked if he believed in ghosts and fairies, and he replied that they were as plentiful as the grass in the fields.' London: Max Parrish, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 191pp. 11 black and white plates. Signed by the author with his Celtic name. Original orange cloth, gilt lettering to the spine, a few marks to the jacket, foxing to the text block, slight offsetting to endpapers, text clean. Overall, a very good copy.