Old Celtic Romances
London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907.
Third Edition. Hardcover. "Among the Celtic people of Ireland and the norhwest of Scotland, story-telling has alwasy been a favourite amusement..." Calling on a deep-rooted tradition of story-telling, the Irish historian and etymologist Patrick Weston Joyce (1827–1914) presents the first full collection of the old Gaelic prose romances in the English language, full of ancient tales of giants and swan-children and mermaids, mysterious witches, wise druids, magical fawns, cursed warriors, and treacherous fae. Clad here in admittedly worn but steadfast deep red with Celtic knots stamped in black, you'll find many fabled stories from Irish myth, legend, epic, and echtra: The Children of Lyr, The Legend of Lough Neagh and Liban the Mermaid, The Adventure of Connla of the Golden Hair and the Fairy Maiden, The Voyage of Máel Dúin, the heroic Fenian Cycle, and more.
7 1/8" X 5". xx, 474pp, plus four pages of ads for other works by the author. Ex-Sacred Heart Church Library of Spencer, Iowa, with call number to spine, bookplate to front pastedown, and associated stamps to some pages. Rather heavy wear to binding, with glossy adhesive to spine, chipping and fraying to head and tail, corners bumped and split, and soiling, staining, and old tape marks to boards. Lean to spine. Lacking front free endpaper. Evidence of tape repair and archival adhesive reinforcement to inner hinge. Binding remains quite firm and sound. Pages are age-toned, else unmarked. Good. Item #17317
Price: $60.00