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New York: Barnes & Noble, 1993. 416 pp, 8 1/4" H. B&w illustrations. "W.B. Yeats included almost every sort of Irish folk tale in this marvelous compendium of fairy tales and song which he collected and edited for publication in 1892. Here are tales of the chilling wail of the Banshee, whose cry portends death, and of the fish-tailed Merrow, whose beautiful women spurn their green-haired husbands for handsome local fishermen. There are bewitched puddings, lost wishes, fairies, changelings, Leprechauns, ghosts, giants, devils and kings that touch our souls and fire our imagination. Not coincidentally, it is in the weath of symbol within Irish folklore that Yeats found the key to his personal and individual mythology - the muse of his poetic genius." The stories are gathered under the headings: The Fate of the Children of Lir; The Trooping Fairies (The Fairies / Changelings / The Merrow); The Solitary Fairies; Ghosts; Witches, Fairy Doctors; Tyeer-Na-N-Oge; Saints, Priests; The… Read More

New York: The Modern Library, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Blumenthal style 8 red cloth stamped in green and gilt. 12mo. xviii, 351pp., [7]pp. Poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his contemporary name and location penned on front fly with his pen underlining and marginalia throughout, spine title faded, very good in a very good dust jacket with short nicks and tears on edges, spine darkened. 271 titles listed inside jacket.

London: Walter Scott, 1888. Book. Good. Blue Cloth. First Edition.. xviii + 326 pp + 6pp Book list; Yeats' second published book, No. 32 of Camelot Series; Lacks ff.e.p. and no arrata slip; Covers bumped with fraying to corners and head and tail of spine are chipped with small loss; Spine cracked along edges and there is a small closed tear 3inches from head of spine that has been repaired; White, red-lined title label to spine somewhat discoloured; Digital photos available on request; Size: 12mo.