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Frank Delaney.
The Celts.
Published London: HarperCollins, 2nd impression (previously issued 1993; original edn. was 1989).
ISBN 0586203494;
ISBN-13: 9780586203491.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: HarperCollins Manufacturing, Glasgow.
Size: 130x195x15mm.
Page count: text 240pp; plates 24pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some scuffs and creases on the covers, some wear to the edges and corners; pages a bit yellowed with age, and at least 1 has its corner turned over as a place-marker; the spine is scuffed but not creased from reading, and the text appears to be free of marking.

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[Publisher’s price £7.99]
Weight without packaging: 216g.

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No particular medieval emphasis: traces the origins and growth of the Celtic peoples from early times through to the twentieth century. Originally published to accompany a BBC2 TV series.

Contents: Beginnings; Nations; 1st sorrow of storytelling — Children of Turenn; Beliefs; 2nd sorrow of storytelling — Children of Lir; Expressions; 3rd sorrow of storytelling — Children of Usna; Credentials; Love of Etain; Bequests.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 8 pages of colour plates, and 16 monochrome
Maps & plans: 3
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 7pp
Index: yes

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