Lot 715
Cuala Press - Synge, John M.
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
£375
Description
Poems and translations. Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1909. First edition, 8vo., printer's device on the titlepage, quarter linen, blue grey boards with matching endpapers, uncut, spine label a little chipped, with the armorial McInerney bookplate; [Idem] Deirdre of the Sorrows. Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1909. First edition, 8vo., printer's device on the titlepage, quarter linen, blue grey boards with matching endpapers, uncut, fore-edges darkened, offsetting to endpapers (2)
Footnote
Note: Miller 13 & 14; Wade 243 & 245. Published shortly after Synge's death. In each case Yeats contributed a preface. Both publications issued in 250 copies.