Fairy & Folktales
London, Chapman & Hall, '1878' (manually added in ink).
'New Edition'. 8vo. Full green calf, gilt roll borders with cornerpieces to covers, spine elaborate gilt compartments with contrasting leather title label.
Samuel Lover (1797–1868) was an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and portrait painter, chiefly in miniatures. He first published Legends and Stories of Ireland in 1832, illustrated by himself, drawing on his knowledge of rural Ireland, its customs and characters. A fine binding.
Fairy & Folktales
London, Naldrett Press, 1954.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Fairy & Folktales
and other tales
Edinburgh, for William Blackwood and John Murray, 1818.
First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Half-titles. 20th century full green calf with elaborate gilt and blind-tooling including radiating gilt foliate designs to covers, spines with onlaid leather title labels.
A historical novel from the pen of "The Ettrick Shepherd," set during the Covenanter unrest in 17th-century Scotland, interwoven with folklore involving a house "brownie" spirit.
Fairy & Folktales
London, Lindsay Drummond, 1949.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
A collection of the stories told by the Arab Tribes of the Lower Euphrates.