Language: English
Published by John Murray, London, 1918
Seller: Marion Pitman Books, Reading, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 55.54
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fairly Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Green cloth, darkened, corners bumped, spine partly split, small piece missing at top. Few thumbmarks. Very affecting inscription, this copy given to the owner by his wife on their wedding anniversary, three days before she died. Stories collected from old people in remote parts of Kerry, according to the preface.
Language: English
Published by John Murray, London, United Kingdom, 1918
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. viii, 305 p. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with 1918 to the copyright page an no statement of reprint to the title page. In original green boards, lettering to spine and front panel. Tight binding, some spotting to pages. Stories gathered from Kerry with many relating to folk-lore, old customs, and superstition.
Published by London: John Murray, 1918. First edition., 1918
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
Green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black. A clean very good copy. Ownership marks in pencil, dated 1918. 21 stories, folklore and folk tales, from the south of Ireland, the remote parts of Kerry. Attribution of authorship is from Brown: Ireland In Fiction: 66. A scarce collection.