Irish Fairy Tales. With an Introduction by W.B. Yeats. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. First Edition. Pp, viii, 236, [7]. Small 8vo. Original pinafore (floral) cloth boards, lettered in blue with matching decorated endpapers and fore-edges. Neat ownership name and ink stamps to rear front free endopaer, otherwise a nice bright copy.

With two plates illustrated by Jack B. Yeats & with decorations to half title and headpieces. 

Issued as a volume of The Children’s Library the book includes stories about land and water spirits, evil spirits, cats, kings and warriors, etc. retold by a variety of authors including W. B. Yeats, Douglas Hyde, and Lady Wilde among others.

With appendix on ‘Classification of Irish Fairies’ & ‘Authorities on Irish Folklore.

[Wade 216]