The Verdant Valley and other Stories. Illustrated by John Skelton. Dublin: Fallons, 1970. Pictorial paper boards & matching dust jacket. A fine bright copy.

This copy Signed by Sinéad & Eamon De Valera on the front free endpaper.

A collection of eleven Irish fairy tales, first published in 1965. Sinéad de Valera (1878-1975) published over thirty books for children in both Irish and English. She wrote fairy tales and folktale to help build a specifically Irish national identity, complemented by her teaching of the Irish language.