Item #012416 Hangman's House. DonnByrne.
Hangman's House

Hangman's House

NY: The Century Co, 1926. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. First edition limited to 350 copies, 345 for sale, signed by Byrne on the limitation. Three-quarter vellum, gilt to spine.Vellum toned, solid binding. It was with this novel late in his career that some say Irish novelist Byrne (1889 - 1928) got serious: "It was with Hangman's House, though, that he began to identify himself with the traditional Irish storytellers, noting in his preface ("A Foreword to Foreigner's") that: 'I have written a book of Ireland for Irishmen. Some phrase, some name in it may conjure up the world they knew as children.' It is also in this novel that Byrne returns to his Irish nationalist ideas by alluding to the ongoing strife of the Irish Civil War and fight for Independence." (Source: Wikipedia). Very Good. Item #012416

Price: $75.00

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