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Two Irish Myths retold by Lady Gregory, including: Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster Arranged and Put into English by Lady Gregory. With a Preface by W. B. Yeats. And a foreword by Daniel Murphy. Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe, 1970. Fifth edition published by Colin Smythe Ltd. in 1970 as the second volume of the Coole Edition. Octavo. 272 pages. Notes. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The spine has a small label area in bright blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Dara O'Lochlainn. Top edge gilt. Light blue coated endpapers. Very minor rubbing to the covers and jacket, some discolored spots to the jacket and endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Irish dramatist and folklorist, Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852 - 1932), was crucial to the Irish Literary Revival which centered around her home in Coole Park, County Galway. This work represents the first volume of traditional Irish myths, originally published in 1902. [and:] Gods and Fighting Men: the Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, Arranged and Put into English by Lady Gregory. With a Preface by W. B. Yeats. And a foreword by Daniel Murphy. Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Colin Smythe, 1970. Second edition published by Colin Smythe Ltd. in 1970 as the third volume of the Coole Edition. Octavo. 367 pages. Notes. Publisher's blue boards with the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. The spine has a label area in bright blue. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Dara O'Lochlainn. Top edge gilt. Light blue coated endpapers. Small bookseller's ticket affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Some very light rubbing to the covers and jacket, some small discolored spots on the jacket and endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. Originally published in 1904, this work was the companion to Cuchulain of Muirthemne, and the second volume of Irish myths retold by Lady Gregory. William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) a prominent literary figure for the Irish Literary Revival with Lady Gregory, and introduced both of these volumes.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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