The Frenzied Prince. Being Heroic Stories of Ancient Ireland. Told by Padraic Colum and Illustrated by Willy Pogany. Philadelphia: McKay, 1943. First Edition. Pp, 196. Green cloth boards decorated in blind, title in gilt to upper cover, pictorial endpapers, in lightly chipped & toned illustrated dust jacket. A very good copy.

Padraic Colum, one of Ireland’s foremost storytellers, re-tells the most striking narratives of the Irish sagas as Finn, Cuchullain and others.

Willy Pogany (1882 – 1955) was a prolific artist and illustrator. He created set designs for opera and ballet, and in the 1930s and 1940s he became Art Director for several Hollywood films.