London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676. Edition: First complete edition, preceded by a parts issue which appeared from 1651 to 1669. Bibliographical References: Wing O-490; NCBEL II, 679. A Restoration romance by the first Earl of Orrery with a plot somewhat typical of the period: platonic lovers... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1878. Edition: First English edition, apparently preceded by an 1877 New York edition which was probably pirated from the serial appearance in Gentleman’s Magazine. Bibliographical References: Not in Wolff, who had nine of McCarthy’s novels; not in NCBEL; Loeber, Irish Fiction 1650-1900, M36. One of numerous..... More
(Dundrum: Dun Emer Press, 1904). Edition: First edition, one of 300 copies. Bibliographical References: Wade 260; Miller, The Dun Emer Press, 3. ¶ A collection of Gaelic poetry translated by Irish scholar and writer Douglas Hyde (1860-1949), with a preface by W. B. Yeats praising Hyde's work. This was the... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. Edition: Fourth edition. Bibliographical References: Wade 19; NCBEL III, 1917. W.B. Yeats collected poems to date with his verse drama The Countess Cathleen and his play The Land of Heart's Desire. This edition incorporates the revisions of the 1901 third edition and contains a brief... More
Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1914. Edition: First edition, one of 400 numbered copies. Bibliographical References: Wade 110; Miller, Cuala Press, 20; NCBEL III, 1919. More