Celtic Wonder-Tales
| First published | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Maunsel & Company |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | Maud Gonne |
| Pages | viii+202 |
| Price | 3/6 |
- 14 stories Retold by Ella Young, her 1st such collection from Irish material
- The 1st ed. text ends on unnumbered p[202]. Editions with reported page-counts 201 and 202 are likely to contain identical text and b/w drawings. 1st ed. p.viii, "Illustrations", lists the frontispiece and 3 plates not included in the pagination. Editions with reported roman page-count vii are likely to lack those illustrations, with p[viii] not only unnumbered but textless.
- 1st ed. spellings "Wonder-Tales" and "Lugh" do not strictly coincide in later editions.
- 1st ed. Published in Dublin, Ireland, UK
- Publ date (inferred) and price from publisher advert Irish Times 1910-12-16 p9 "Irish Books for Christmas. A Selection from Maunsel's List. Now Ready at All Booksellers."; and same-page listing in "Publications Received". (Reviewed next week -12-23 p9 "Irish Folk Tales", with The Kiltartan Wonder Book by Lady Gregory (Maunsel, 3/6). See Container Title. No other found 2018-03-08 in automated search of 1910 newspapers.)
- The Internet Archive and HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) provide full views of one copy from U California (recommended, the second of 2 files "2027/uc2.ark [etc]") -- lacks original cover -- "Retold by Ella Young"; "Illustrated and Decorated by Maud Gonne" -- Contents, p.vii, lists 14 -- Illustrations, viii, lists 4 (full-page colour frontispiece and 3 plates not included in the pagination, facing the pages numbers below); "4 colour illustrations tipped-on to brown card-stock" per ABEbooks dealer below -- text spans p3-[202] Decorations include chapter headpieces and tailpieces and text-less pages between chapters. Some appear to illustrate content; for instance, compare pages 14, 15 (viewed as HDL 2027/uc2). -- last text page unnumbered p[202]; last printed page p[203] decoration is that of the 1909 chapbook front cover There are no blank pages except at front and back; all other textless pages are decorated such as p[203].
- ABEbooks dealer Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB (Toronto, ON, Canada) offers two copies as of 2018-03-09, each with front/spine image. • "Original blue cloth, upper cover decorations and lettering in dark blue, gilt lettering to spine, presumed first binding state." (#18134) • "Original blue cloth, upper cover decorations and spine lettering in white, presumed second state binding." (#18135) The front illustration/decoration incorporates four white swans, and is similar in other respects to those by Gonne inside the book; and on those grounds attributed to her in this record.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | The Earth-Shapers | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 15 | The Spear of Victory | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 21 | A Good Action | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 33 | How the Son of the Gobhaun Saor Sold the Sheepskin | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 41 | How the Son of the Gobhaun Saor Shortened the Road | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 55 | The Cow of Plenty | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 65 | The Coming of Lugh | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 77 | The Eric-Fine of Lugh | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 105 | The Great Battle | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 117 | Inisfail | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 129 | The Golden Fly | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 145 | The Children of Lir | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 163 | The Luck-Child | Ella Young | Short Story |
| 173 | Conary Mor | Ella Young | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic Wonder-Tales |
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1995 | Dover Publications | Trade Paperback | Collection | Maud Gonne | vii+201 |