THE MOUNTAINY SINGER

Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel & Company Limited, 1909. First Edition. Softcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 8.7 kn. x 6.7 in., p. 72. Original publisher's gray-green paper wraps, with black title and publisher's name and price (One Shilling) to front. Advertising to rear cover. Untrimmed edges, leaving wide internal margins. Rubbing with small closed tears and creases to wrap's edges; 1.5 in. x .75 in. chip to bottom rear cover corner. Front wrap beginning to peal away at front hinge, but holding. Occasional spotting. Protected in mylar. Joseph Campbell (July 15, 1879 - June 1944) was an Irish poet and lyricist. He wrote under the Gaelicised version of his name Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil (also Seosamh MacCathmhaoil). His literary activities began with songs, as a collector in Antrim and working with the composer Herbert Hughes. He was then a founder of the Ulster Literary Theatre in 1904.... He emigrated to the United States in 1925. There he lived in New York, lecturing at Fordham University, and worked in academic Irish studies, founding the University's School of Irish Studies in 1928. He returned to Ireland in 1939. He is now remembered best for words he supplied to traditional airs, such as My Lagan Love and Gartan Mother's Lullaby. (from All Poetry)

The name "Joseph Campbell" does not appear on this edition, only his Gaelicized name.