COLUM, PADRAIC — Cross Roads in Ireland

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, silver lettering and decoration on spine and cover, t.e.g. (red). Illustrated with 15 B&W reproductions of paintings by Irish artists. Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Colum was a prolific author and published a total of 61 books, not counting his plays. This book is a collection of stories describing the three-fold landscape of Ireland: the natural, the historical, and the psychic; the psychic being expressed in myth, legend, poetry, and art.. Former owner's armorial bookplate on fep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean; gilt on spine moderately faded. VERY GOOD. B&W Reproductions. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xii), 375 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .