Irish Fairy Tales
by Yeats, W.B. [Editor]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. This volume of "The Children's Library" was edited, and with an Introduction, by Yeats. Illustrated by his brother Jack. B. Yeats. A rather scarce title. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Impression [stated] in a different binding and lacking the adverts of the First. [cf. Wade, p. 215]. Small format, with tan paper-covered boards. Front and spine are illustrated in brown with rather charming fairies .There is edgewear, with chipping at the edges and head of the spine. . Second Impression. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jack B. Yeats. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006615
- Title
- Irish Fairy Tales
- Author
- Yeats, W.B. [Editor]
- Illustrator
- Jack B. Yeats
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- 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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