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Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales, & Legends Chiefly from Ancient Welsh Originals.

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Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales, & Legends Chiefly from Ancient Welsh Originals.

by WILLIAMS Jane (editor) 1806-1885

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T Brettell, London: Jane Williams, 1862. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In blue marked cloth, corners & edges bumped & worn, gilt title within a gilt decorative frame. New cloth spine, no title. Internally, [5], 6-47 pp, printed by Thomas Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket, Westminster, hinges strengthened with tape, no inscriptions. Verses are: The Ancients of the World, The Wood Pigeon and the Magpie, The Mole and the Lark, The Two Fishes, The Grasshopper and the Ant, Elidwr, A Funeral among the small people, A Legend of Llynsafaddan 1, and 2. Uncommon! (217*135 mm). WILLIAMS, Welsh historian and miscellaneous writer, whose A History of Wales derived from Authentic Sources down to the end of the Tudor period ( London , 1869 ), was her most ambitious work and in spite of its defects was not superseded until the publication of Sir John E. Lloyd 's researches on the subject. See NLW WBO for a full Bio.

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Bookseller
Madoc Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
004378
Title
Celtic Fables, Fairy Tales, & Legends Chiefly from Ancient Welsh Originals.
Author
WILLIAMS Jane (editor) 1806-1885
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Jane Williams
Place of Publication
T Brettell, London
Date Published
1862
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Weight
0.44 lbs
Keywords
Wales Celtic Legends Fairy Ysgafell English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh", Celtic Languages, General
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