Seven Irish Tales [signed].
by ABBE, ELFRIEDE, WOODCUTS BY
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (1957). Fine. 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 256 of 275 copies, signed on the limitation page by Elfriede Abbe. Designed, illustrated, hand-set, and hand-printed by Elfriede Abbe for Cornell University Press. The illustrations were printed from the original wood blocks. 44 pp.; 4to; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With large and small text illustrations, illustrated chapter heads, vignettes, and 4 full page plates. Including: The legend of Knockgrafton, by T.C. Croker; Far Darrig in Donegal, by L. Maclintock; Daniel O'Rourke, by T.C. Croker; The Giant's Stairs, by T.C. Croker; Flory Cantillon's Funeral, by T.C. Croker; The Long Spoon, by P. Kennedy; The Ghost of the Nut-Cracker, by T.C. Croker.; Signed by Author(s) .
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- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9043
- Title
- Seven Irish Tales [signed].
- Author
- ABBE, ELFRIEDE, WOODCUTS BY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press (1957)
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- ART, ILLUSTRATED, BOOKS, WOOD, CUT, FOLKTALES, IRELAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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