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Townshend, Dorothea.
The Children of Nugentstown and their Dealings with the Sidhe.
Publisher: David Nutt, London;
Date of Publication: 1911
Stock Code: 15525
First edition. Octavo, pp., [vi], 176, plus photographic frontispiece. Publisher’s red buckram; titled in black to spine and to upper board; black-stamped vignette of children riding brooms to upper board; white end-papers. Large prize bookplate awarded to one ‘Gladys Rutherford’ in the year 1915 to front free end-paper. Spine sunned; corners softened and a touch rubbed; binding otherwise strong and square. Light scattered foxing throughout. A very serviceable copy. A scarce children’s story drawn from Gaelic folklore. The story depicts faeries, changelings, gnomes, and leprechauns. £75.00