1910 Rare Book - Myths & Legends of the CELTIC Race by Thomas William Hazen Rolleston. Illustrated.
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Author: Thomas William Hazen Rolleston. (Stephen Reid, illustrator).
Title: Myths & Legends of the CELTIC Race.
Publisher: Boston, David D. Nickerson, no date (1910). Folklore Edition, this being #295 of 1,000 copies, not dated but most likely printed around 1910.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8.5 " X 6 ".
Pages: xv-456 pages.
Binding: Very good original full cloth binding with gilt decorated spine (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt
Content: Very good content (bright, clean and tight, some light foxing mainly on preliminary pages - as shown, ex-libris of a previous owner -Sandra Hiester- on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with 58 beautiful full-page illustrations by Stephen Reid.
The book: Rare edition of the Myths & Legends of the CELTIC Race by Thomas William Hazen Rolleston and profusely illustrated by Stephen Reid.
The author: Thomas William Hazen Rolleston (1 May 1857 – 5 December 1920) was an Irish writer, literary figure and translator, known as a poet but publishing over a wide range of literary and political topics. He lived at various times in Killiney in South Dublin, Germany, London and County Wicklow; settling finally in 1908 in Hampstead, London, where he died. His Killiney home, called Secrora, subsequently became the home of tennis player Joshua Pim.
The illustrator: Stephen Reid (1873–1948) was a Scottish illustrator and painter who specialized in Georgian settings and costume pieces.
Born in Aberdeen, he was educated at Gray's School of Art and the Royal Scottish Academy. He was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists at the age of 33. His early work was influenced by Edwin Austin Abbey.