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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. Edited and Selected By W.B. Yeats
by Yeats, W.B. (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1903. The third book by Yeats; first published in 1888. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, part of "Scott's Library." There is no publication date; however British Library and Oxford hold copies noted as 1903 and 1906; Wade (223) notes it to have been published in October of 1903. "Scott's Library" was intended to be cheaper editions of 120 famous books; but this is bound decoratively in green cloth with fancy gilt tips and ruling - almost a fine binding! A Very Good copy. Clean text; xviii, 326 pages, including note, and with 18 pages of publisher adverts in the rear (includes 119 titles in the Library; this being Number 37). Mild bumping and light rubbing at the head and foot of the spine. Previous-owner signature on the front paste-down and the Title Page. Occasional/scattered pencil marking. Tipped-in at the rear paste-down is an envelope with a postmark from 1908. A solid copy. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Thus.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002723
- Title
- Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. Edited and Selected By W.B. Yeats
- Author
- Yeats, W.B. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Walter Scott, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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