1909 The Irish Fairy Book by Alfred Perceval Graves - Illustrated Antique Book

Scarce. A beautifully illustrated and decorated antique hardback copy of The Irish Fairy Book by Alfred Perceval Greaves. Published in 1925 by T Fisher Unwin, London. With a colour frontispiece and intricate romantic line drawn plates. The contents are in good condition, with fading to the cloth. Condition in detail below.

A classic anthology of Celtic folklore compiled and edited by the Anglo-Irish poet and folklorist Alfred Perceval Graves. First published in 1909 (this copy being a fourth impression), it remains a foundational text for anyone interested in traditional Irish storytelling, serving as a snapshot of the late 19th and early 20th-century Celtic Revival.

Contents: The Three Crowns; The Grateful Beasts; The Lepracaun; Daniel O' Rourke; Cuchulain of Muirthemne; The Boyhood of Cuchlain; The Legend of Knockgrafton; The Stolen Child; The Land of Youth; The Adventures of Gilla na Chreck; The Hillman and the Housewife; Jamie Freel and the Young Lady; A Legend of Knockmany; The White Trout; The Wonderful Cake; The Legend of the Little Weaver; Mor of Cloyne; Lawn Dyarrig; The Horned Women; The Quare Gender; The Faeries' Passage; The King of the Black Desert; The Piper and the Puca; The Talking Head of Donn Bo; The Demon Cat; Morraha; The Kildare Pooka; Murtough and the Witch Woman; King O'Toole and St Kevin; The Corpse Watchers; The Mad Pudding; The Voyage of Maeldune; The Coming of Finn; Epilogue.

Inside the book opens onto the colour frontispiece, else illustrations are line-drawn. With the occasional dark handling mark. No inscriptions or markings of previous ownership.

Grey cloth over boards have white and blue decoration to the front and spine. The grey on the spine having sun-faded, and with a little fading also around the edges of the bottom board. The remaining decoration on the spine is bright. Mild rubbing and rounding to the corners and spine ends.

Your antique copy of The Irish Fairy Book will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged. I am always happy to add a gift card with a message to the parcel.

H 21 cm x W 15 cm, 310 pages, 0.53 kg. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. (There are just a very few countries which I am unable to ship to).

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