Description: A TREASURY OF IRISH FOLKLORE : THE STORIES, TRADITIONS, LEGENDS, HUMOR, WISDOM, BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE IRISH PEOPLE (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY) Author: Colum, Padraic Title: A TREASURY OF IRISH FOLKLORE : THE STORIES, TRADITIONS, LEGENDS, HUMOR, WISDOM, BALLADS AND SONGS OF THE IRISH PEOPLE (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY) Publication: New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1954 Edition: Second Printing Description: Hardcover. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.8 in., pp. xx, 620. Signed, inscribed on front free endpaper: association copy gifted to noted Irish writer Richard Hayward. Irish green cloth boards with black title to spine. Rubbing to extremities with nudged corners. Rubbing to dustjacket edges with light creasing to top and bottom of dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. Laid in: postcard printed by Richard Hayward's bueiness in Belfast with penciled note on card indicating Hayward died in a car crash in 1964. Very Good / Very Good. Patrick Colum (1881 - 1972) was born in Longford, Ireland, the oldest of eight siblings. At 17, he took a job as a clerk for the Irish Railway Clearing House and began to write seriously; he had joined the Irish Republican Army and the Gaelic League and taken the name Padraic Colum by the time he was 20. Living in Dublin during the Celtic Revival and a member of both the National Theatre Society and the Abbey Theatre, he met and became close friends with writers James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and George Russell. With James Stephens and Thomas MacDonagh, Colum founded the Irish Review. Colum's poetry uses traditional forms to weave landscape and legend with image and song. During his lifetime, Colum published more than 50 volumes of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, children's literature, and folklore. The recipient of this book, Richard Hayward (1892-1964), founded the Belfast Repertory Theatre and wrote books and performedextemsively in support of Irish culture. he was director of Irish PEN and president of the Ulster Folk Song Society and the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. Seller ID: 87935 Subject: Irish & Ireland: Folk Tales, Mythology, Music Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Colum, Padraic
Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc
Year Printed: 1954
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Signed
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
