Author: COLUM, PADRAIC Title: Cross Roads in Ireland
Description: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, silver lettering and decoration on spine and cover, t.e.g. (red). Illustrated with 15 B&W reproductions of paintings by Irish artists. Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Colum was a prolific author and published a total of 61 books, not counting his plays. This book is a collection of stories describing the three-fold landscape of Ireland: the natural, the historical, and the psychic; the psychic being expressed in myth, legend, poetry, and art.. Former owner's armorial bookplate on fep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean; gilt on spine moderately faded. VERY GOOD. B&W Reproductions. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xii), 375 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Ireland Irish Literature Irish Art Irish Culture Gaelic Art, Antiques & Photography Novels, Poetry & Literature Travel & Adventure
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 25364
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