More Celtic Fairy Tales

Overview:

  • Title: More Celtic Fairy Tales
  • Author: Joseph Jacobs
  • Year: 1895
  • Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
  • Price: $1.75
  • Pages: xii+234
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Legend of Knockgrafton
  • Notes: 1st US edition, published for the 1894 Christmas season evidently. e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) and Internet Archive. "selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs".

    Price from listing in A.C. McClurg & Co.'s bulletin of new books received during November 1894 Chi. Tribune 1894-12-01, p.11

    HDL provides full view of one copy with original cover: -- title page "New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons // London: D. Nutt // 1895". -- Preface p.[vii]-x -- Contents numbered XXVII to XLVI (continues Celtic Fairy Tales contents). -- narrative spans p[1]-216. -- Notes and References, p[219]-234, with sources and origins. -- p234 footer "Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. // London and Edinburgh" Closing two-page advertisement of the first three collections quotes British reviews, gives price in shillings. -- "The Story of the Macandrew Family" in TOC.