GOGARTY, OLIVER ST. JOHN — Elbow Room
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. First US Edition. Hardcover. Stated First [U.S.] Edition of the collection of poetry by Oliver St. John Gogarty (1838-1903), the acclaimed Irish novelist, poet, surgeon and reputed model for James Joyce's Buck Mulligan character in "Ulysses". --- In rust cloth-covered boards backed in gold cloth, with rust titling to spine; in simple pale yellow jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, leaves are a bit yellowed, otherwise a clean, firmly-bound, sound copy. Unclipped jacket with minor soiling and a few small tears to edges; else bright and in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 52 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .
