A wonderful, whimsical affair and rather scarce, with no examples in the trade at present and none at auction for nearly 100 years. Sort of George MacDonald meets Bram Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe. With unique Irish whimsy, we are enchanted by Fairies, Magic Clovers, Leprechauns, Pike Heads [decapitated chaps], Ghosts, Unsolved Murders, visits to Haunted Castles etc., and all woven throughout Irish themes of famine, emigration, poverty, persecution, etc. Rare.
[Fairies - Leprechauns - Ghosts] O'Connor, Barry. Turf-Fire. Stories & Fairy Tales of Ireland. New York. P. J. Kenedy. 1890. 405pp.
Good + in original Victorian screened and gold foiled cloth and illustrated throughout. Some general wear as shown, but generally solid. Both interior hinges through paper to mull, but solid.
