(i don't think i own any of his books in hardcover)I bought a hardcover version for a friend as a birthday present. It was a lovely shade of emerald green with gold letters and a scene embossed on the front. Very nice. I just own the textbook I bought my first year in college. Here's a favorite scene from early on in the book:
"Your stirabout is on the hob," said the Thin Woman. "You can get it for yourself. I would not move the breadth of my nail if you were dying of hunger. I hope there's lumps in it. A Leprecaun from Gort na Cloca Mora was here to-day. They'll give it to you for robbing their pot of gold. You old thief, you! you lob-eared, crock-kneed fat-eye!"
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"Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it," said the Philosopher.
Stirabout is a great word.http://www.litrix.com/ckgold/ckgol001.htm
