Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood - Hardcover
Book by Kane, Alice
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- PublisherMcClelland & Stewart Ltd
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0771032102
- ISBN 13 9780771032103
- BindingHardcover
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SONGS AND SAYINGS OF AN ULSTER CHILDHOOD
Published by
McClelland and Stewart, Toronto
(1983)
ISBN 10: 0771032102
ISBN 13: 9780771032103
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Book Description Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 354 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dustjacket. Yellow spine with brown and blue text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear and scratching to both covers. Textblock clean. 1369442. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1369442
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Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood.
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Book Description First Edition, First Printing. -- SIGNED by author on date page, to [name] with a sentiment, dated 1985. The author was a child before and during World War I, surrounded by a large family full of traditions. Includes references, index of title and first lines of the songs, and list of "songs known by James Joyce." -- Hardcover. Condition: very good, with very good dust jacket (spine color a bit changed). ISBN 0771032102. Seller Inventory # 40478
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Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood (signed)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The author provides a wealth of folklore, including songs, sayings and verse from her childhood in Northern Ireland. Kane's inscription reads, "To Mary Barker/Greetings!/Alice Kane/7/12/84." Another, non-authorial, gift inscription reads, "for Mary Barker,/in kind appreciation for/including me in the planning/and activities of the visit/of the first Canadian astronaut/ to Fredericton, Nov. 30, 1984/sincerely/Gary Whiteford/UNB" (Whiteford was a geology professor at the University of New Brunswick, and was well-known as a world traveller and huge baseball fan -- he died in 2013). Cream cloth w/caramel cloth backstrip, cream spine lettering, 254 pages (including notes and references, publications cited, records cited, songs known by James Joyce, and index of titles and first lines), illustrated. Bumped bottom corners, light wear to spine ends, in price-clipped dust jacket w/some edgewear, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, 1" tear to bottom edge, faint creasing between tear and bottom right corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Book. Seller Inventory # 018182
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Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood
Published by
McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
(1983)
ISBN 10: 0771032102
ISBN 13: 9780771032103
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edited by Edith Fowke. Author, a founding member of of the Storyteller School of Toronto, shares her memories of growing up in a literary household in Ulster. Introduction by editor. 191 pp. plus: Notes and References, Publications Cited, Records Cited, Songs Known by James Joyce, Index of Titles and First Lines. 254 pp. in toto. Book has brown spine with white text and cream coloured boards, brown ep's. Spine ends are rubbed with light scuffing at tail, triangular brown liquid stain on fore edge. Ow book is as new. Price clipped DJ has top edge wear, 2 closed tears, chipped corners. INSCRIPTION: To Gail who was the the first person ever to call me " Auntie Alice (sic) with best wishes Alice Kane St. Patrick's Day 1983 SIGNED by author. Laid in is a clipping from the Monday, March 14, 1983 Toronto Star. Headline: Lace and lore will fill St. Patrick's Day. Article devotes the first 12 paragraphs to Alice Kane. Para 5 relates how Kane will be " signing copies after 11 a.m. on Thursday March 17, St Patrick's Day at the Irish Shop, 110 Bloor St." The assumption is that this book was signed at that time for the signee. This book is extremely rare in this state, especially with such a personal signing. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 144187. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 004187
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Songs and Sayings of an Ulster Childhood
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. book. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-0771032102-3
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