The Crock of Gold - James Stephens - 1926 - First Edition - Leather-Bound
$400.00
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.5 inches). Twelve full colour plates and 31 mono wood block illustrations as head and tail pieces. Finely bound in a beautiful 3/4 tan Morocco binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt decorations. The compartments are lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Light foxing on first few pages. A fine leather bound copy of this wonderfully illustrated edition.
James Stephens was an early 20th century Irish poet and writer. His humor and lyric writing style are a wonderful addition to the retelling of Irish fairytales. His novels A Crock of Gold and Etched in Moonlight are also based on Irish fairytales. The Crock of Gold is an adult fairy tale. First published in 1912 this Irish tale tells the story of two philosophers who live together in a pine tree. They are entangled in a strange feud with a group of leprechauns.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.5 inches). Twelve full color plates and 31 mono wood block illustrations as head and tail pieces. Finely bound in a beautiful 3/4 tan Morocco binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt decorations. The compartments are lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Light foxing on first few pages. A fine leather bound copy of this wonderfully illustrated edition.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.5 inches). Twelve full colour plates and 31 mono wood block illustrations as head and tail pieces. Finely bound in a beautiful 3/4 tan Morocco binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt decorations. The compartments are lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Light foxing on first few pages. A fine leather bound copy of this wonderfully illustrated edition.
James Stephens was an early 20th century Irish poet and writer. His humor and lyric writing style are a wonderful addition to the retelling of Irish fairytales. His novels A Crock of Gold and Etched in Moonlight are also based on Irish fairytales. The Crock of Gold is an adult fairy tale. First published in 1912 this Irish tale tells the story of two philosophers who live together in a pine tree. They are entangled in a strange feud with a group of leprechauns.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.5 inches). Twelve full color plates and 31 mono wood block illustrations as head and tail pieces. Finely bound in a beautiful 3/4 tan Morocco binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt decorations. The compartments are lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Light foxing on first few pages. A fine leather bound copy of this wonderfully illustrated edition.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.5 inches). Twelve full colour plates and 31 mono wood block illustrations as head and tail pieces. Finely bound in a beautiful 3/4 tan Morocco binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt decorations. The compartments are lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Light foxing on first few pages. A fine leather bound copy of this wonderfully illustrated edition.
James Stephens was an early 20th century Irish poet and writer. His humor and lyric writing style are a wonderful addition to the retelling of Irish fairytales. His novels A Crock of Gold and Etched in Moonlight are also based on Irish fairytales. The Crock of Gold is an adult fairy tale. First published in 1912 this Irish tale tells the story of two philosophers who live together in a pine tree. They are entangled in a strange feud with a group of leprechauns.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.5 inches). Twelve full color plates and 31 mono wood block illustrations as head and tail pieces. Finely bound in a beautiful 3/4 tan Morocco binding by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt decorations. The compartments are lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles. Top edge gilt. Light foxing on first few pages. A fine leather bound copy of this wonderfully illustrated edition.