STEPHENS, James. Etched in Moonlight
STEPHENS, James. Etched in Moonlight. London: Macmillan. 1928. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue-green cloth lettered in black to spine and front board, in the striking cream and black dust jacket designed by ‘K’. A very good copy, the cloth clean with a couple of small bumps to edges, the binding tight and square, the contents clean and bright throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (7/6 net), a few small nicks and small closed tears to edges, a little marked, but still a handsome copy.
A nicely-preserved short story collection from the Dublin author and poet. Stephens was born into poverty and made his own way in life from childhood. In 1912, he published Crock of Gold which afforded a new life in Paris. 1927, he met James Joyce and became close friends; Joyce even asked for assistance with finishing Finnegans Wake before he managed it himself. The seven stories here include a starving Dublin family and the tale of a child beggar—both themes in Stephens’ childhood—along with elements of the supernatural.
STEPHENS, James. Etched in Moonlight. London: Macmillan. 1928. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue-green cloth lettered in black to spine and front board, in the striking cream and black dust jacket designed by ‘K’. A very good copy, the cloth clean with a couple of small bumps to edges, the binding tight and square, the contents clean and bright throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (7/6 net), a few small nicks and small closed tears to edges, a little marked, but still a handsome copy.
A nicely-preserved short story collection from the Dublin author and poet. Stephens was born into poverty and made his own way in life from childhood. In 1912, he published Crock of Gold which afforded a new life in Paris. 1927, he met James Joyce and became close friends; Joyce even asked for assistance with finishing Finnegans Wake before he managed it himself. The seven stories here include a starving Dublin family and the tale of a child beggar—both themes in Stephens’ childhood—along with elements of the supernatural.
STEPHENS, James. Etched in Moonlight. London: Macmillan. 1928. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue-green cloth lettered in black to spine and front board, in the striking cream and black dust jacket designed by ‘K’. A very good copy, the cloth clean with a couple of small bumps to edges, the binding tight and square, the contents clean and bright throughout. The dust jacket unclipped (7/6 net), a few small nicks and small closed tears to edges, a little marked, but still a handsome copy.
A nicely-preserved short story collection from the Dublin author and poet. Stephens was born into poverty and made his own way in life from childhood. In 1912, he published Crock of Gold which afforded a new life in Paris. 1927, he met James Joyce and became close friends; Joyce even asked for assistance with finishing Finnegans Wake before he managed it himself. The seven stories here include a starving Dublin family and the tale of a child beggar—both themes in Stephens’ childhood—along with elements of the supernatural.