Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens cover, a helmeted figure is carrying a spear

Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens cover, a helmeted figure is carrying a spear

Photographic scan of cover of Irish Fairy Tales, James Stephens, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1968. Cover is mottled cream paper with red decorative serif type for the title, gray serif type for the author’s name, and black serif type for the illustrator’s name. Text centered on the top half of the cover, while the bottom half features a full-color illustration framed in a thin one-line border. The illustration depicts a helmeted figure carrying a spear, surrounded by giant green toads all staring at them. Book is set on a pale background.

James Stephens

Macmillan and Co

1968

Arthur Rackham

Stephens, James. Irish Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, McMillan and Co., 1968.