Cyril Daly, First Edition (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth hardcover, ix + 304pp + 12 pages of glossy b&w plates, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Moderately leaned spine. Untorn dust jacket shows a bit of creasing to edges, gently sunned spine, minor scuffing. -- The life of the colonial district officer on trek has seldom been revealed in more detail than in Lea's journals from Kordofan, in the Western Sudan. Never intended for publication, these trek notes contain rare candour and informality, and give an unvarnished view of the land and people during a period of rapid social change. Though in many ways typical of the elite Sudan Political Service, Lea was most 'at home' while on trek in the desert. Northern Kordofan, especially Dar al-Kababish, was then little known, and these notes therefore form an important and sympathetic record of the customs, economy and politics of the Arab and Nuba tribesmen who inhabited those regions. The true relationship between European officer and Sudanese chiefs is depicted - observant arbitrator in a dynamic society. This edition by Martin Daly makes available a useful source for students of north-east African history, imperial administration, and social and economic change in the non-western world. -- Contents: List of Plates; Glossary; Abbreviations; Introduction; Trek Journals: -- 1. C.A.E. Lea's Explanatory Note 2. Soderi 3. A Trek in Dar al-Kababish 4. The Nazir of the Hawawir 5. Among the Nuba, Kawahla, and Kababish 6. A Trek in the Northern Hills 7. A District Commissioners' Meeting 8. A Tribal Peace Conference; A Trek to the Nile 9. A Homicide Case 10. The Governor of Kordofan Visits Soderi District 11. Dar Hamid 12. "The Biggest Shaykh in the Sudan"; Map of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; Map of Northern Kordofan; Appendix: Family Tree of Shaykh 'Ali al-Tum; Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. x, 230 pp. ; eggshell white cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; endpapers of Brunschwig & Fils Dublin Toile wallpapers ; Contents: Dedication : A tribute to Muriel Gahan -- Introduction -- In and On the Irish House -- Pottery -- Glass -- Basketmaking and Wickerwork -- Thatching -- Textiles -- Weaving -- Knitting -- Lacemaking -- Irish Linen -- Printed Textiles -- Precious Metals -- Gold Silver -- The Irish Table -- Cheesemaking -- Honey and Beekeeping -- Leatherwork -- Bookbinding -- Saddlery ; featured firms include Tipperary Crystal, Berney Brothers, Marsh's Library, Irish National Museum, Carrickmacross Lace, Clones Lace, Irish Linen Guild, Magee and Co., and Kenmare Lace ; FINE/FINE. Book.

single issue magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company.1923. First Edition Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers 159 pages plus ads, illustrated. Includes the second of four parts of "Out of the Moon" by Homer Eon Flint, "Hopalong Cassidy Returns II The Bobcat Pauses" by Clarence E. Mulford, "A Question of Ethics" by Carroll John Daly, "The Wise Man of Borneo" by John D. Swain, "Pocket and Docket" by William Byron Mowery, the poem "christmas Gifts" by John Kendrick Bangs, etc. Reading/filler copy with spine torn and chipped at the ends, usual edgewear to the front cover which has a name to the top edge, rear cover missing and replaced with a sheet of plain blue paper, paper tanned.291.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. First Edition. Very good condition, just a little shelf wear to edges, some light rubbing to covers and a few scratch indents on the front cover, and the edge along the binding is slighlty creased.