DARBY O'GILL AND THE GOOD PEOPLE. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-294 [295-305: ads] [306-308: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original decorated green cloth, front, rear and spine panels stamped in blind, printed label affixed to spine panel, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Basis for the 1959 Walt Disney Productions film "Darby O'Gill and the Little People," starring Sean Connery. This 1903 McClure, Phillips edition preceded the 294-page Reilly & Lee edition (published after 11 January 1919 when Reilly & Britton became Reilly & Lee), which added a frontispiece with illustration by John R. Neill, and is sometimes incorrectly termed the first edition. The McClure, Phillips edition is a very scarce book in the trade. Bleiler (1978), p. 191. Reginald 14018. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 T-107. Touch of rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, spine label tanned, hairline cracks along inner hinges, but still a tight, bright, very good copy. (#114362).
Price: $450.00
"Published, May, 1903, R" on copyright page.