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| FAIRY AND FOLK TALES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY together with ENGLISH FAIRY AND OTHER FOLK TALES. |
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| Title: |
FAIRY AND FOLK TALES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY together with ENGLISH FAIRY AND OTHER FOLK TALES. |
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| Author/ Artist |
Yeats, W. B. and Edwin Sidney Hartland: |
| Publisher/ printer: |
London: Walter Scott. 1888 |
| Price: |
£400.00 |
| Description: |
First edition. Two volumes. Original burgundy cloth with elaborate gilt to the spine and illustrated gold cloth boards. Housed in the original cloth-covered card slipcase. All edges gilt. Irish Fairy Tales is the first edition of Yeats’ second book, being selected, edited and with an introduction by him. English Fairy Tales is selected, edited and with an introduction by Edwin Sidney Hartland. Both volumes are tight with a little rubbing and light bumping to the board extremities. One page of English Fairy Tales has been carelessly opened resulting in two closed tears (without loss) and some creasing otherwise both volumes are in VERY GOOD condition with no inscriptions or stamps. The slipcase is rubbed and worn to the extremities but is complete and without repair. This would appear to be the most elaborate of the five bindings known for Irish Fairy Tales and the first time we have encountered them in this complete form. Possibly this binding was withdrawn due to the misspelling of Yeats’ name to the spine. (Wade 212). |
| catalogue id: |
7239 |
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