'I had arrived at the Greek view of nature. In wood and river and plant and animal and bird and insect it had seemed to me there was a spirit which was the same as my spirit...' Born in Belfast in 1875, Forrest Reid would earn a reputation as 'the first Ulster novelist of European stature.' He studied at Cambridge, but it was Belfast where Reid returned to make his home, and where his questing mind seemed to find all that it required of inspiration. As he writes in Apostate (1926), the first of two volumes of autobiography ...
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'I had arrived at the Greek view of nature. In wood and river and plant and animal and bird and insect it had seemed to me there was a spirit which was the same as my spirit...' Born in Belfast in 1875, Forrest Reid would earn a reputation as 'the first Ulster novelist of European stature.' He studied at Cambridge, but it was Belfast where Reid returned to make his home, and where his questing mind seemed to find all that it required of inspiration. As he writes in Apostate (1926), the first of two volumes of autobiography - 'The landscape was the landscape I loved best, a landscape proclaiming the vicinity of man, a landscape imbued with a human spirit that was yet somehow divine.'
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Add this copy of Apostate to cart. $20.92, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1947 by Faber & Faber.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of The Apostate to cart. $22.98, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2026 by Creative Media Partners, LLC.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of The Apostate to cart. $35.39, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2026 by Creative Media Partners, LLC.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of Apostate to cart. $45.63, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1928 by Constable.
Add this copy of Apostate to cart. $665.50, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1926 by Constable & Co.
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None. Very Good. A signed first trade edition of award-winning Irish novelist Forrest Reid's tender autobiography, in which he writes of his youth in Ireland. The first trade edition, first impression of this scarce work. Flat signed by the author to the title page. This is the first of two autobiographies by Irish novelist, literary critic and translator Forrest Reid, who was a leading pre-war novelist of boyhood, and is still acclaimed as a noted Ulster novelist. He was awarded the 1944 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel 'Young Tom'. An association copy, inscribed by M. S. Posner to the front free endpaper. Posner was a known correspondent of the author, with whom he frequently exchanged letters. He spends much of this work praising the Irish lanscape. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip a touch age toned, minor tide marks to front board tail. Minor shelf wear to back strip tail. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Flat signed to title page. Pages clean and bright. Very Good.
Add this copy of Apostate to cart. $36.00, good condition, Sold by RPL Library Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Good. No Dust Jacket. Size: 6 x 9"; GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. Former Library Book. 235 pages. Text is clean and unmarked. Usual library treatments. Green and black board with gold lettering on the spine. Cover is edge worn with some soiling. Binding and hinges are firm.
Add this copy of Apostate to cart. $85.00, very good condition, Sold by Stanley Korwin rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Charles, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Faber and Faber.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Forrest Reid (1875-1947) was a Northern Irish writer, critic, translator, and founding member of the Irish Academy of Letters. Though born into a Protestant family, he was a lifelong skeptic of religion, which he wrote openly about about in his two volumes of autobiography: Apostate (1926) and Private Road (1940). One writer described Reid as 'belonging spiritually to the [ancient] Greeks', whose literature he revelled in, and as a man who instead of any god 'worshipped every organic thing'. This sense of awe at the natural world, a belief in the inherent value of human relationships, and the rich imaginative capacity expressed in his works are consummately humanist. This copy is near fine in gray cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Very slight bumping at the spine ends and darkening on the endpapers where apparently newspaper articles had been laid in are the only issues. The unclipped dust jacket has been well protected in a plastic cover and shows only very slight edge wear. BM25.
Add this copy of Apostate to cart. $52.48, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of Apostate to cart. $52.89, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of The Apostate to cart. $90.11, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2026 by Tradd Street Press.
