Lot 689
Yeats, W.B.
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
£275
Description
Cathleen ni Hoolihan: a play in one act and in prose. London: Cardoc Press, 1902. First edition, small 8vo., original quarter calf, paper boards, edges uncut, spine rubbed, boards a little dusty
Footnote
Note: Wade 40. One of 300 copies. The play first appeared in Samhain in 1902, although the lyrics had appeared in The United Irishman in May of the same year. It was actually written jointly with Lady Gregory although, according to Wade, Yeats rarely acknowledged this at the time.