Changeling and Other Stories contains the following short stories: Changeling, The Barnacle Goose, Belfasters, The Keeper of the Bridge, In Praise of Lady Margery Kyteler, Reynardine, Dramatis Personae, Wisdom Buildeth Her House, The Parliment at Thebes, Delilah, Now It Was Dusk, A Quatrain of Ling Tai Fu's, "Irish," By Ordeal of Justice. Many of the stories deal with exotic and mystical locales and have a fairy tale quality. So Celtic in feeling and atmosphere are the stories of Donn Byrne that many of his devotees have ...
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Changeling and Other Stories contains the following short stories: Changeling, The Barnacle Goose, Belfasters, The Keeper of the Bridge, In Praise of Lady Margery Kyteler, Reynardine, Dramatis Personae, Wisdom Buildeth Her House, The Parliment at Thebes, Delilah, Now It Was Dusk, A Quatrain of Ling Tai Fu's, "Irish," By Ordeal of Justice. Many of the stories deal with exotic and mystical locales and have a fairy tale quality. So Celtic in feeling and atmosphere are the stories of Donn Byrne that many of his devotees have come to believe that he never lived anywhere but in Ireland. Actually, Donn Byrne was born in New York City. Shortly after his birth, however, his parents took him back to the land of his forefathers. There he was educated and came to know the people of whom he wrote so magically. At Dublin University his love for the Irish language and for a good fight won him many prizes, first as a writer in Gaelic and second as the University's lightweight boxing champion. After continuing his studies at the Sorbonne and the University of Leipzig, he returned to the United States, where, in 1911, he married and established a home in Brooklyn Heights. He earned his living, while trying to write short stories, as an editor of dictionaries. Soon his tales began to attract attention and he added to his collection of boxing prizes many others won in short-story contests. When Messer Marco Polo appeared in 1921 his reputation in the literary world was firmly established. Thereafter, whatever he wrote was hailed enthusiastically by his ever-growing public, until 1928, when his tragic death in an automobile accident cut short the career of one of America's best-loved story-tellers.
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Publisher:
NY, Grosset & Dunlap, C1923, Early Printing
Published:
1923
Alibris ID:
8172974961
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Fair. No Jacket. Book Octavo, Hardcover, small, light, moisture stain to a dozen or so pages at corner, not interfering with text, else VG. Previous owner's name on inside cover with note, else clean, tight and unmarked. 418 deckled pp. In addition to Changeling, book contains the barnacle goose, belfasters, the keeper of the bridge, in praise of lady margery kyteler, reynardine, dramatis person, wisdom buildest her house, the parliament at thebes, delilah, now it was dusk, a quatrain of ling tai fu's, "irish" and by ordeal of justice.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 210 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Very Good. Second Impression. Hardcover. 8vo. Original cloth. Irish Literature. Donn Byrne at Coolmain Castle Donn Byrne was born Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne on 20 November 1889. His South Armagh parents were on a business trip to the United States when Donn Byrne was born in New York. The family returned to Ireland soon after the birth. Byrne says of his family: "We were about the only one of the four big Irish families of the gap in the North to still keep our mouths, if not our heads, above water." At fourteen, he met Bulmer Hobson, founder of Irish volunteer movement. Hobson took him to an early meeting of the volunteers (1906), when he was accompanied by Robert Lynd of the London Daily News. Lynd wrote of that meeting, mentioning the singing of a little fair haired boy (Donn-Byrne). Through Hobson, he acquired a taste for Irish history and nationalism that the culture was deeply immersed in at the time. He entered local Irish festivals (Feiseanna) using the name Brian O'Beirne, and he frequently won. He was equally fluent in Irish and English, growing up in an area were Gaelic was still spoken. In 1907 he went to the University of Dublin to study Romance languages. While at the school he published in The National Student, the student magazine. At this time he also met Dorothea (Dolly) Cadogan. After graduation he moved to Paris and Leipzig to continue his studies at the Sorbonne and Leipzig University, with the hope of joining the British Foreign Office as a diplomat. He turned down his PhD. when he learned that he would have to wear evening clothes to his early morning examinations, which no true Irish gentleman would ever do......We ship daily from our warehouse.
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Near Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6æ"-7æ" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket Sixth printing. Several small tears and holes to jacket but essentially complete. Very good in a good dust-jacket,
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Very Good minus. No DJ. Printing Not Spec. n/a. 12mo = 7-9" 418 pp. Green cloth over hard covers with embossed stamp on front cover. Printing on spine and front cover. Bumping on corners and spine with wearing along edges. Clean.
