Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Higgins, F.R. / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1935. A Collection of Old and New Song. Songs by W.B. Yeats, James Stephens, F.R. Higgins, Frank O’Connor, Lynn Doyle, Bryan Guiness, Padraic Colum. Illustrattions by: Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Sean O’Sullivan, E.C. Peet, Harry Kernoff, Maurice McGonigal. Music by Arthur Duff.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, Ireland, T.M.MacGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29 x 21 cm. 64 unnumbered pages, incl. blanks and title page. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Fine in very good dust jacket. Very mildly age darkened. Dust jacket with minor edge wear and and short tears. See images. Internally clean. A very nice copy.

Yeats, W.B. / Stephens, James / Belloc, Hilaire / O’Connor, Frank et al.

Broadsides 1937. A Collection of New Irish and English Songs 1937. Songs by: W.B. Yeats, W.J. Turner, Oliver Gogarty, Hilaire Belloc, Dorothy Wellesley, James Stephens, Edith Sitwell, Frank O’Connor, Gordon Bottomley, F.R. Higgins, Padraic Colum, Walter De La Mare. Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Victor Brown, Harry Kernoff, Maurice McGonigal. Music by W.J Turner, Arthur Duff, Edmund Dulac, Frank Liebich, Hilda Matheson, Art O’Murnaghan, Hilair Belloc.

Photo-Lithographic Reprint of the First Cuala Press Edition. Shannon, Ireland, T.M. McGlinchey for the Irish University Press, Robert Hogg – Printer, 1971. 29 x 21 cm. 64 pages, incl. blanks and title page. Illustrated. Quarter cloth over green paper covered boards. Hard cover. Black title on front board. In original plain paper jacket. Green end papers. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Dust jacket creased, mildly stained and with short tears. Internally very clean. See images.

Yeats. Jack B.

Life in the West of Ireland. Drawn and Painted by Jack B. Yeats.

First Edition. Dublin and London, Maunsel and Company Ltd., 1912. 24 x 17 cm. Frontispiece, Titel Page, (2) [TOC], 111 pages. Complete with eight tipped in colour prints (incl. frontispiece), 32 line drawings and 16 tipped in reproductions from paintings, as listed. New (2022) blue cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Protected by an archival clear wrapper. Very good condition. New binding. Edges dust dulled and mildly spotted. Internally occasional mild spotting. Last page with minor paper loss to bottom corner, not affecting text or illustration. A very nice copy of the now scarce first edition in a new binding. Please see images.

Young, Arthur.

A Six Months Tour through the North of England. Containing an Account of the present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. (…) Also, Experiements on Rearing and Fattening of Hogs, As laid before the Society of Arts & c.

First Dublin Edition. Complete in Three Volumes. Dublin, Printed for Wilson, Exshaw, Saunders, Sleater et al., 1770. 21 x 12.5 cm. Vol.1: Title, (2), xvi, 395, (2) with eight plates, incl. 6 folding plates / Vol.2: Title, vi, 390 pages with 14 plates, incl. 7 folding plates / Vol.3: Title, vii, 403 pages with one plate and five folding tables. Contemporary full calf. Raised bands. Red labels on spine. Gilt title and volume number, some gilt line decorations on spine. Plain boards. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Minor fraying to spine ends. Edges and end papers age darkened. A few small nicks and closed tears. Armorial Ex Libris of previous owner in all three volumes. Internally bright and clean. A lovely set.

Young, Edward.

The Poetical Works of Edward Young.

Two Volumes – Complete. London, William Pickering, 1852. 16 x 10 cm. Vol.1: lvii, 298 pages. With a Frontispiece. / Vol.2: vi, 334 pages. Full brown morroco with armorial gilt designs to both boards. Raised bands and gilt title. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing to first and last few pages. Internally clean. Name of previous owner on front free end papers.