The fairy-faith in Celtic countries.
Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (1878 - 1965)
Category
Books
Date
1911
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3215458
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxviii, 524 p. ; 22cm. With a loosely inserted New Year greeting card signed by "Marthe the Martin" [i.e. Marthe, Princess Bibesco (1886-1973)]. On upper pastedown: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) with portrait: "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry]. Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]). Also inscribed underneath bookplate: "April 1920". Binding: Twentieth-century full green cloth, gilt centrepiece with 'Celtic' symbols on upper cover. Gilt embossed and lettered on spine. Gilt-top. Text-block sagging, water-damaged.
Makers and roles
Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz (1878 - 1965)