Stories of Red Hanrahan
William Butler Yeats, 1904
YEATS, William Butler (1865-1939). Stories of Red Hanrahan. Dundrum: The Dun Emer Press, 1904.
First edition, unopened in original boards with glassine wrapper, inscribed by the author: "the old man muttered to himself as / he turned the cards, 'Spades and Diamonds, Courage and Power, Clubs and Hearts, Knowledge and Pleasure' / WB Yeats, June 1914." Printed by the author's sister at the Dun Emer Press, this is one of 500 copies. The book is a collection of tales about Owen Red Hanrahan, a fictional Irish bard loosely based on Eoghan Ruadh Ó Súilleabháin, and was a collaboration with Yeat's patron Lady Gregory. Wade 59.
Octavo. Printed in red and black. Woodcut by Robert Gregory on contents page. Original cloth-backed boards, paper labels on front cover and spine, glassine wrapper, uncut and unopened (spine label a little chipped, upper joint cracked near foot of spine); custom box.
Stories of Red Hanrahan
William Butler Yeats, 1904
YEATS, William Butler (1865-1939). Stories of Red Hanrahan. Dundrum: The Dun Emer Press, 1904.
First edition, unopened in original boards with glassine wrapper, inscribed by the author: "the old man muttered to himself as / he turned the cards, 'Spades and Diamonds, Courage and Power, Clubs and Hearts, Knowledge and Pleasure' / WB Yeats, June 1914." Printed by the author's sister at the Dun Emer Press, this is one of 500 copies. The book is a collection of tales about Owen Red Hanrahan, a fictional Irish bard loosely based on Eoghan Ruadh Ó Súilleabháin, and was a collaboration with Yeat's patron Lady Gregory. Wade 59.
Octavo. Printed in red and black. Woodcut by Robert Gregory on contents page. Original cloth-backed boards, paper labels on front cover and spine, glassine wrapper, uncut and unopened (spine label a little chipped, upper joint cracked near foot of spine); custom box.
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