Collection of eighteen issues of A broadside edited and illustrated by Jack Butler Yeats, published by Dun Emer press and Cuala press
Description
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. Folio format with three illustrations, one on each page, two of which were hand coloured 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 Butler Yeats also contributed ballads under the pseudonyms W. T. (Wolfe Tone) MacGowan and R. E. (Robert Emmet) MacGowan. Mary Cottenham Yeats’s collection includes: numbers 1, 3, 5, 8 for the 1st year, numbers 1, 6, 7, 11 for the 2nd year, numbers 3, 8, 10, 11 for the 3rd year, number 5 for the 4th year, number 9 for the fifth year, number 12 for the 6th year, and numbers 4, 8, 11 for the seventh and final year. File also includes the original brown envelope used to store this material. *This set previously also included number 8, 4th year. This issue was transferred to the set in the Yeats library in March 1998 to create a full set for consultation. The original location of number 3, 1st year in this set is unclear.
Creator
Yeats, Jack Butler, various
Related topics
| Title | Collection of eighteen issues of A broadside edited and illustrated by Jack Butler Yeats, published by Dun Emer press and Cuala press |
|---|---|
| Creator | Yeats, Jack Butler, various |
| Date | 1908-1915 |
| Type | Component |
| Ref | IE NGI/YA/Y1/MCY/4/1 |
| Level | File |
| Condition | Good |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 19 items |
Archive view
IE NGI/YA/Y1/MCY/4/1 This record