Hibernian Nights: Twenty Two Tales of Magic, Mystery and Witchery Chosen as the Cream of His Storylore by the Last of the True Irish Shanachies
by Seumas MacManus (1867-1960)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good to fine/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 1566193613
- ISBN 13
- 9781566193610
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About This Item
x+263 pages illustrated by Paul Kennedy. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine over green cloth in original pictorial jacket. A glorious part of Ireland, the enchanted land of myth and magic, is captured in these twenty-two stories, planned by the "last of the true Irish shanachies" as his final and definitive collection. Here are stories of the days when heroes trod the earth. There are giants to be outsmarted, witches to be scorned, hazardous journeys to make and impossible feats to accomplish. There are bargains to be made and promises to be kept, and always it is a bold and daring youth, perhaps with the help of a dazzling young damsel, who conquers all. Here you meet kings and queens (witty and witless), wizards and hags, enchanted animals and the "little people" of Ireland. These tales -- newly revised and rewritten by Seumas McManus shortly before his death in 1960 -- represent what he described as the "cream of my story-lore." Of Mr. McManus, The New York Times has said that he will be the favorite always of "the young in heart who have longed for a return to the imagery and make-believe of a good story in the hands of a craftsman who knows how to set a mood before he begins." His stories speak to adults as well as children, for the gift of the born storyteller is in them -- rich, musical narrative, crackling humor, the warmth of the fireside, magically poetic and true. Here is Irish folklore in the true tradition -- perpetuated for our enjoyment by the greatest Irish storyteller of them all. Condition: Very good to fine in near fine jacket.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
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- Title
- Hibernian Nights: Twenty Two Tales of Magic, Mystery and Witchery Chosen as the Cream of His Storylore by the Last of the True Irish Shanachies
- Author
- Seumas MacManus (1867-1960)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good to fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1566193613
- ISBN 13
- 9781566193610
- Publisher
- Barnes and Nobel
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- Octavo
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