Title: Tragic Romances (Volume Three)
Series: Re-issue of the Shorter Stories of Fiona Macleod, Rearranged, with Additional Tales (Vol. 3 of 3)
Author: Fiona Macleod (pseudonym of William Sharp, 1855–1905)
Edition: David Nutt issue, 1903
Format: Hardcover (blue cloth, brown cloth spine with a paper title label)
Publisher: David Nutt, “At the Sign of the Phoenix”, Long Acre, London
ISBN: — (published before ISBNs existed)
Language: English
Pages: About 255 (the 1897 Geddes volume is given as 254–258 pages)
Dimensions: —
Publication Date: 1903 (MCMIII on the title page)
Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, Celtic Revival
Condition: Good
Description:
Tragic Romances is the third volume of the reissue of the shorter stories of “Fiona Macleod”. Fiona Macleod was the pseudonym of the Scottish writer William Sharp, who kept the identity secret until his death in 1905. This volume contains seven tales of the Gaelic Highlands and Islands: “Morag of the Glen”, “The Dàn-nan-Ròn”, “The Sin-Eater”, “The Ninth Wave”, “The Judgment o’ God”, “Green Branches” and “The Archer”. The reissue was published in three volumes, Spiritual Tales, Barbaric Tales and Tragic Romances. The title page is printed in black and red with Celtic interlace borders and lettering in the style of the Celtic revival. This copy is in blue cloth with a brown spine and a paper label. The front board is stamped “Fflorens” in gilt, apparently an owner’s name. The spine head and tail are frayed and there is a stain on the title page.
Title: Tragic Romances (Volume Three)
Series: Re-issue of the Shorter Stories of Fiona Macleod, Rearranged, with Additional Tales (Vol. 3 of 3)
Author: Fiona Macleod (pseudonym of William Sharp, 1855–1905)
Edition: David Nutt issue, 1903
Format: Hardcover (blue cloth, brown cloth spine with a paper title label)
Publisher: David Nutt, “At the Sign of the Phoenix”, Long Acre, London
ISBN: — (published before ISBNs existed)
Language: English
Pages: About 255 (the 1897 Geddes volume is given as 254–258 pages)
Dimensions: —
Publication Date: 1903 (MCMIII on the title page)
Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, Celtic Revival
Condition: Good
Description:
Tragic Romances is the third volume of the reissue of the shorter stories of “Fiona Macleod”. Fiona Macleod was the pseudonym of the Scottish writer William Sharp, who kept the identity secret until his death in 1905. This volume contains seven tales of the Gaelic Highlands and Islands: “Morag of the Glen”, “The Dàn-nan-Ròn”, “The Sin-Eater”, “The Ninth Wave”, “The Judgment o’ God”, “Green Branches” and “The Archer”. The reissue was published in three volumes, Spiritual Tales, Barbaric Tales and Tragic Romances. The title page is printed in black and red with Celtic interlace borders and lettering in the style of the Celtic revival. This copy is in blue cloth with a brown spine and a paper label. The front board is stamped “Fflorens” in gilt, apparently an owner’s name. The spine head and tail are frayed and there is a stain on the title page.
