• Publication: Celtic Wonder-TalesPublication Record # 583292
• Author: Ella Young
• Date: 1910-12-00
• Publisher: Maunsel & Company
• Price:
  3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: viii+202
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Cover: Celtic Wonder-Tales by Maud Gonne
• Notes:

  • 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.
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: a11000842
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 1373674

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• fc •  Celtic Wonder-Tales • (1910) • interior artwork by Maud Gonne
• fep •  The Children of Lir • (1910) • interior artwork by Maud Gonne
• 3 • The Earth-Shapers • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 15 • The Spear of Victory • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 21 • A Good Action • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 33 • How the Son of the Gobhaun Saor Sold the Sheepskin • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 41 • How the Son of the Gobhaun Saor Shortened the Road • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 55 • The Cow of Plenty • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 60 •  The Cow of Plenty • (1910) • interior artwork by Maud Gonne
• 65 • The Coming of Lugh • (1909) • short story by Ella Young (variant of The Coming of Lugh: A Celtic Wonder-Tale)
• 77 • The Eric-Fine of Lugh • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 105 • The Great Battle • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 117 • Inisfail • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 129 • The Golden Fly • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 130 •  The Golden Fly • (1910) • interior artwork by Maud Gonne
• 145 • The Children of Lir • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 154 •  The Children of Lir [2] • (1910) • interior artwork by Maud Gonne
• 163 • The Luck-Child • (1910) • short story by Ella Young
• 173 • Conary Mor • (1910) • short story by Ella Young