Edited and selected by William Butler Yeats. 
 
A.L. Burt: 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Exposed corners of the boards. Exposing folds on the crown and heel of the spine. Evidence of repaired gutters on the attached endpapers. Some foxing and damp stains on the attached endpapers as well. Leaves are sunned. Fold on the top corner of most leaves. 416 pages. Good. 
 
From fatherland to fairy land. Yeats wanted to deeply understand the creative power of Ireland, and it led him to including every type and subtype of tale in this collection after long research and questioning of villagers and peasants. "Profusely illustrated" reads below Yeats' name on the title page. You'll see and read about trooping Fairies, Changelings, the Merrow, the Pooka, ghosts, fairy doctors, saints, and the Devil. 
 
"The old women are most learned, but will not readily be got to talk, for the fairies are very secretive, and much resent being talked of."