Jacinto Benavente de Starkie, Walter [1894-1976] - 1924

John Murray, London: 1963., 1963 pp. xi, 324. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding. Dust Jacket. Starkie's autobiography gives an personal description of his childhood in Ireland, his years at Trinity College, Dublin, and his young manhood during World War I. His travels on the Continent as a virtual Gypsy and his acquaintance with scores of artists, writers, and political figures - all mingled with the excitement of Irish Nationalism and the literary movements of the period. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GYPSY 1 0.0. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Paperback / softback. New.

Los Angeles (Cal) : U. of Calfornia, 1966. 1st edition. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: vi, 78 p. 23 cm. Notes: Bibliographical references included in ""Notes"" (39, 72-74). Contents: Yeats and the Abbey Theatre, by W. Starkie. -- Women in Yeat's poetry, by A. N. Jeffares. Subjects: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939. Abbey Theatre. Women in literature. Poets, Irish. Genre: Bibliography.

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 324 pages; 23 cm. Summary: Tells of his childhood in Ireland, his years at Trinity College, his acquaintance and involvements with the literary figures and movements of the time and his meeting with the Hungarian Gypsies on the continent. Subjects: Starkie, Walter 1894-1976. Musicians -- Biography. Musicians. Genre: Autobiography.

Hardback. New.

London : J. Murray, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-dulled and slightly stained as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 488 pages including frontispiece, illustrations (music) folded map 22 cm. Notes: ""A wanderer's library; short bibliography"": pages 466-472. Subjects: Starkie, Walter 1894-1976 ; Travel Spain; Musicians Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. (Starkie); Spain Description and travel; Spain.

London : John Murray, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xi, 324 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Starkie, Walter (1894-1976). Autobiography. Genre; Autobiography.

London: John Murray, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Minor browning to the pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 324 pages; 23 cm. Subjects: Starkie, Walter 1894-1976. Musicians; Biography. Autobiography. Genre: Autobiography.

London : J. Murray, 1953. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 339 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, frontispiece; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Starkie, Walter 1894-Romanies. Romanies France Social life and customs. Romanies History. Gypsies. Romanies Spain.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.