Churchill's Literary Allusions: An Index to the Education of a Soldier, Statesman and Litterateur by Holley, Darrell - 1987

London: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 1994. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670847933 . Signed and dated by the late J. P. Donleavy on the title page. Black cloth binding with gilt title on spine. Many photos, including front jacket portrait of the artist as a young man and rear jacket photo of an elder Donleavy lakeside with Irish wolfhound. The Ginger Man is Donleavy's first novel and remains his most acclaimed, having been selected by The Modern Library as one of the best 100 Novels of the 20th Century. The present book is an autobiography of his youth in New York City, schooling at Trinity College in Dublin, bohemian doings in Ireland, becoming an Irish citizen, and the machinations behind publication rights for The Ginger Man. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 517 pages .

NY: Baker & Taylor Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked and rubbed, split at head of spine, spine cracked. 1911. First Edition. Brown cloth with title and tree design stamped on front boards and title in gilt on spine. Black and white frontispiece illustration by P. J. Monahan, with tissue guard. A novel about a young man struggling to become a painter. G-464, Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography. 410 pages .

NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and chipped at spine.. 1940. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth binding. Second printing, second state binding with second state dust jacket illustrated by Floethe. B-P code on copyright page. No price printed on jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 359 pages .

NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner, Kurt Wiese. A World War II tall tale about a young black goat that butts everyone in sight, as he travels from Iowa to a US Navy ship, gets shipwrecked, and butts his way home. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 78 pages .

NY: The Review of Reviews Corporation. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards worn and toned.. 1925. Hardcover. Debut issue of this literary magazine featuring contributions by Robert Louis Stevenson, Anatole France, A. B. Frost, Heinrich Heine, Mark Twain, George du Maurier, O. Henry, Richard Harding Davis, Don Marquis, Bret Harte, and Sir Richard F. Burton. 46pp of illustrated ads. Green paper-covered boards titled in gilt. Autograph Advance Edition stamped on front boards, but only printed signatures seen as vignettes heading their articles and stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages .

London: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 1994. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670847933 . Signed and dated by the late J. P. Donleavy on the title page. Black cloth binding with gilt title on spine. Many photos, including front jacket portrait of the artist as a young man and rear jacket photo of an elder Donleavy lakeside with Irish wolfhound. The Ginger Man is Donleavy's first novel and remains his most acclaimed, having been selected by The Modern Library as one of the best 100 Novels of the 20th Century. The present book is an autobiography of his youth in New York City, schooling at Trinity College in Dublin, bohemian doings in Ireland, becoming an Irish citizen, and the machinations behind publication rights for The Ginger Man. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 517 pages .

NY: Baker & Taylor Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine cocked and rubbed, split at head of spine, spine cracked. 1911. First Edition. Brown cloth with title and tree design stamped on front boards and title in gilt on spine. Black and white frontispiece illustration by P. J. Monahan, with tissue guard. A novel about a young man struggling to become a painter. G-464, Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography. 410 pages .

NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and chipped at spine.. 1940. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth binding. Second printing, second state binding with second state dust jacket illustrated by Floethe. B-P code on copyright page. No price printed on jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 359 pages .

NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner, Kurt Wiese. A World War II tall tale about a young black goat that butts everyone in sight, as he travels from Iowa to a US Navy ship, gets shipwrecked, and butts his way home. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 78 pages .

NY: The Review of Reviews Corporation. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, boards worn and toned.. 1925. Hardcover. Debut issue of this literary magazine featuring contributions by Robert Louis Stevenson, Anatole France, A. B. Frost, Heinrich Heine, Mark Twain, George du Maurier, O. Henry, Richard Harding Davis, Don Marquis, Bret Harte, and Sir Richard F. Burton. 46pp of illustrated ads. Green paper-covered boards titled in gilt. Autograph Advance Edition stamped on front boards, but only printed signatures seen as vignettes heading their articles and stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages .