The Black Prophet. A Tale of Irish Famine. With an Introduction by D.J. O’Donoghue. Illustrated by J.B. Yeats. London: Bullen, 1899. First Edition. Pp xvi, 408. Publisher’s black cloth boards, titlre lettered in gilt to upper cover & spine. Age-toning to endpapers, otherwise a nice bright copy.

Carleton’s ‘Black Prophet’ was first issued in Dublin University Magazine, Vols. 27 & 28, Dublin 1846. The story is set just before the onset of the famine of 1847 and vividly portrays the Irish landscape, complete with rich dialogue and colourful character.

Features a critical introduction by David J. O’Donoghue, a prominent Irish biographer and literary historian, who published a biography on William Carleton in 1894. With plate illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, the renowned Irish artist and brother of poet W.B. Yeats. 

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