The Middle Kingdom. The Faerie World of Ireland. Illustrated with eleven photographs. London: Max Parrish, 1959. First Edition. Pp, 191. Cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket. A fine bright copy.

Inscribed by the Author on half-title, additionally signed by him (in Irish) on title page.

Diarmuid MacManus records in factual detail many manifestations of the Irish fairy world early in the twentieth century. The central character in each incident was still alive at the time the book was first published.

Since its publication it has retained its uniqueness as the only collection of true Irish fairy tales.