Jack Butler Yeats, A broadside, Dublin: Dun Emer Press and Cuala Press, 1908-1913.
Description
Physical description: 69 items: ill; 29 cm. Incomplete set of a Broadside including each edition for June 1908-August 1913 in an original blue slipcase. Includes five alternate versions of 1st leaf and one edition including only 1st leaf. Inscribed by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats to Ruth Pollexfen, Christmas 1909. A broadside was published monthly from June 1908-May 1915. 300 copies of each edition, at an annual subscription of 12 shillings. Number 1, first year, for June 1908 published by Dun Emer Press, all subsequent issues by Cuala Press. Hand printed folio format with three illustrations, one on each page, two of which were handcoloured by staff at Cuala Press. Each issue features two ballads/poems by predominantly Irish and English authors. Contributors include John Masefield, James Stephens, Padraic Colum, Seumas O'Sullivan, Douglas Hyde, and Ernest Rhys. Jack B. Yeats also contributed ballads under the pseudonyms W. T. (Wolfe Tone) Mac Gowan and R. E. (Robert Emmet) MacGowan.
Creator
Yeats, Jack Butler
Related topics
| Title | Jack Butler Yeats, A broadside, Dublin: Dun Emer Press and Cuala Press, 1908-1913. |
|---|---|
| Creator | Yeats, Jack Butler |
| Date | 1908-1913 |
| Type | Component |
| Ref | IE NGI/YA/Y17/2/3/3 |
| Level | File |
| Condition | Good |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 69 items |
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