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Wilde, [Jane] (Lady).
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland. With Sketches of the Irish Past.
Publisher: Ward and Downey, London;
Date of Publication: 1888
Stock Code: 15492
Second edition, after the first of 1887. Octavo, pp., xii, 347, [1]. Publisher’s grained emerald-green cloth over bevelled boards; titled in gilt to spine and upper board; publisher’s device to lower board; green floral-pattern end-papers. Former ownership inscription dated 1891 to front free end-paper. Shelf-wear to corners; rubbing to joints and to spine-tips; free end-papers partially stuck to paste-downs, with minor loss; hinge cracked between title-page and half-title. Toning to edges and occasional spots internally. A complete working copy. A study of Irish folklore drawn from oral sources, by the mother of Oscar Wilde. £85.00