Killarney Legends, Thomas Crofton Croker — 2nd Edition

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Killarney Legends, Thomas Crofton Croker — 2nd Edition

Name: Killarney Legends, Thomas Crofton Croker — 2nd Edition
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Publication: London, William Tegg and Co., 1879

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [xvi], 287.

Condition Report: Very Good. The original green publisher’s cloth binding remains highly attractive, with the gilt tooling of the stags and lettering on the front board still bright and unoxidised, complemented by crisp black-stamped landscape scenery. There is some minor shelf-wear, primarily presenting as light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners, alongside a few faint scuffs to the rear board. Internally, the binding remains reassuringly tight and square. The text block is predominantly clean, displaying some expected age-toning and scattered foxing that is mostly confined to the preliminary leaves, plates, and page edges. Crucially, the folding map of the lakes is present and intact without notable tearing. Overall, a handsome and robust survivor.

Catalogue Note: This "New Edition" (stated Second Edition thus) represents a posthumous, revised iteration of Thomas Crofton Croker's classic work, originally published in 1829 as Legends of the Lakes.

Revised by the antiquary Thomas Wright, it features a new introduction and a dedication by Croker's son, T. F. Dillon Croker, positioning the book as both a repository of folklore and a practical guidebook for Victorian tourists exploring County Kerry.

The volume is distinguished by its charming visual elements, retaining the fine engravings of earlier editions. It features a beautifully engraved frontispiece of O'Sullivan's Cascade, an engraved secondary title page bearing a vignette of Muckross Abbey, two further engraved plates (including a striking view of the Gap of Dunloe), and a detailed folding map of the Killarney region.

Bound in a highly evocative decorative cloth designed to appeal to the nineteenth-century souvenir market, copies in this well-preserved state, complete with all plates and an untorn map, are increasingly scarce.

Immerse yourself in the enchanting folklore and dramatic landscapes of County Kerry with Thomas Crofton Croker's Killarney Legends. Seamlessly blending travelogue with myth, Croker leads the reader on a captivating tour through the Gap of Dunloe, Muckross Abbey, and the serene lakes, interweaving his topographical observations with the rich oral traditions and superstitions of the Irish peasantry. From tales of mischievous fairies and elusive phookas to historical local anecdotes, this delightful volume remains a timeless classic of Irish folklore and a fascinating window into nineteenth-century Celtic romanticism.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Thomas Crofton Croker

Book Publisher: William Tegg and Co.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Antiquarian 19th Century

Book edition: Second Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 287

Book Publication Year: 1879

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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