Irish Fairy Tales. Edited by W.B. Yeats (1892)
Book ID: 68843
Price: €150.00
Irish Fairy Tales. Edited With an Introduction by W.B. Yeats. London: Fisher Unwin, [1892]. Second Impression. Pp viii, 236. Small 8vo. Publisher’s pictorial paper boards, lacks back strip of spine, inner hinge cracked, contents pages in good condition.
With two plates illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Issued as a volume of The Children’s Library the book includes stories about land and water spirits, evil spirits, cats, kings and warriors, etc. retold by a variety of authors including W. B. Yeats, Douglas Hyde, and Lady Wilde among others.
With appendix on ‘Classification of Irish Fairies’ & ‘Authorities on Irish Folklore.
[Wade 216].
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