Initially published in 1903, these classic, charming tales of old Ireland about a daring Tipperary man named Darby O'Gill and his adventures among the fey--leprechauns, banshees, and sprites--have been textually regularized for modern readers. Original.
"The Catholic answer to Harry Potter, " that's what Catholic Exchange called "Darby OUGill and the Good People." Written a century ago, these charmingly illustrated Irish tales recount scampish Darby OUGill's improbable adventures with fairies, leprechauns, ghosts, a banshee, a headless coachman, and his friend, Brian Conners, the king of the ...
The tinker must have misundherstood altogether, for he bawled, in rayply, "Wisha good luck to her," he says, "an' ain't I glad to have so foine opinion from so foine a woman," says he. "But sure, all the women notice how tidy I am, an' that's why they like to have me in the house. But we best be movin'," says he, coolly dhropping his bags of tools ...
The Adventures of Darby O'Gill brings together the short stories originally published in Kavanagh's two books, Darby O'Gill and the Good People, and Ashes of Old Wishes. These stories, filled with humor and adventure, bring Irish fairy mythology to life, as Darby and other characters meet fairies, leprechauns, ghosts, a banshee, and other ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781104163761ISBN:1104163764
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00304 pages) many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. we are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwo lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
Edition: 1st ed., "Reilly & Lee" illustrated issue. with frontispiece by
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Reilly & Lee Co.
Date Published: 1903
Description: Owner's early ink inscription on front flyleaf. Moderate soil mark on top edge, front cover lightly bumped at tip of one corner, else a very good, bright copy, with the text fresh and clean, in very good dust jacket. The scarce dust jacket has moderate... [CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: IRISH THEME]. KAVANAGH, Herminie Templeton. DARBY O'GILL AND THE GOOD PEOPLE. Frontispiece by John R. Neill. Octavo, green cloth decorated in black and gold, pp. [x], 294, illustrated with frontispiece design by John R ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: McClure, Phillips & Co.
Date Published: 1903
Description: Good. Decorated green cloth cover. Printed label affixed to spine panel. First edition. This 1903 McClure, Phillips edition preceded the 294-page Reilly & Lee edition (which was published after 11 January 1919 when Reilly & Britton became Reilly & Lee. Cover has edgewear. Spine is slightly cocked. Endpage is cracked at spine edge, but binding remains tight. Text is smudged, but is otherwise nice. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: McClure, Phillips & Co.,
Date Published: 1903
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-294 [295-305: ads] [306-308: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original decorated green cloth, front, rear and spine panels stamped in blind, printed label affixed to spine panel, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Basis for the 1959 Walt Disney Productions film "Darby O'Gill and the Little People, " starring Sean Connery. This 1903 McClure, Phillips edition preceded the 294-page Reilly & Lee edition (published after 11 January 1919 when Reilly & ... read more
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