CUALA PRESS COLLECTION OF 80+ BOOKS AND BROADSIDES

Ireland: Dun Emer Press and Cuala Press, Various. Mixed. Very Good Plus. Jack Yeats, and others. Huge Collection of Dun Emer / Cuala Press printed in black and red. Photo-engraved title page emblems by Edmund Dulac, A.E., T. Sturge Moore, Elizabeth Yeats, Elinaor Monsell, Robert Gregory, et al.

Most bound in the characteristic Cuala Press linen-backed boards with paper spine labels, blue-gray endpapers, several collected in linen-covered slipcases. Most printed by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats on paper made in Ireland at Cuala Press. Some pages unopened. Largely First Editions.

It would take a lifetime to collect the individual volumes of this series of limited editions from Dun Emer / Cuala Press which, considered from both the literary and the book arts perspectives, constitutes one of the most important private presses of the 20th century—if not of the fine press movement as a whole. At the confluence of the Irish Literary Revival and the Arts & Crafts Movement, the early 20th century witnessed the germination and flowering of the modern Irish nation, a community so arde ntly imagined by prophetic writers in the Celtic Twilight (and published by Dun Emer and Cuala Press) which included writers such as Lady Gregory, AE (George Russell), Lord Dunsany, and at their forefront poet William Butler Yeats.

A family affair, Cuala Press included artwork by Jack Yeats, presswork by Elizabeth Yeats, and writing/editorial work by W.B. Yeats. Furthermore, there was a direct line of succession to Morris & Co. through Lily Yeats, who had studied embroidery under May Morris in England before bringing her skills to an Irish setting in the embroidery department of Cuala Industries. Tribute to William Morris is seen both in the literary character of the texts published by Cuala Press but also in the binding style of the physical books.

These works, so vital to the raising of national consciousness in the 19th century and the shaping of the incipient Republic of Ireland in the early 20th century, also register the tragedy of history in their pages. One example is found in the colophon for the 1916 book "Certain Noble Plays of Japan" where the Easter Uprising is memorialized. The book was "[f]inished on the twentieth day of July, in the Year of the Sinn Fein Rising, Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen". Another turbulent era, the late 1960's would see a resurgence of the Arts & Crafts spirit with the fine press as a leading example.

Cuala Press would be revived during the years 1969-1989 by author Thomas Kinsella, Liam Miller, Michael and Anne Yeats (with some examples represented in the present collection). The spirit lives on to this day with significant work being done by the 2018 Cuala Press Project at Dublin's Trinity College.

Highlights:
1. In the Seven Woods (Miller 1) Dun Emer's first publication.
2. By Still Waters by AE (Miller 8) includes inscription "To George A. Hammond from Elizabeth C.Yeats Christmas 1906"
3. The Words Upon the Windowpane (Miller 52) includes a note from Elizabeth C. Yeats to Richard Hayward on Cuala Press stationary.

**REPRINTS
1 A Book of Saints and Wonders. 1971 (originally published in 1906).
2 Discoveries by W.B. Yeats. 1970 (originally published in 1907).
3 The Green Helmet and Other Poems, 1970 (originally published in 1910).
4 A Selection from the Love Poetry of W.B. Yeats. 1970 originally published in 1913).
5 The Wild Swans at Coole. Facsimile edition. Likely printed in early 1970's.

Includes:
• In the Seven Woods: Being Poems Chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age by W.B. Yeats. Dun Emer Press, 1903. Full cloth, paper cover label. One of 325 copies. First Edition. Wade 49; Miller 1. Additional label laid in. (Some dampstaining and soiling to cloth).
• The Nuts of Knowledge, Lyrical Poems Old and New by A.E. Dun Emer Press, [1903]. One of 200 copies. Miller 2.
• The Love Songs of Connacht being the Fourth Chapter of the Songs of Connacht, Collected and Translated by Douglas Hyde...Preface by W.B. Yeats. Dun Emer Press, 1904. One of 300 copies. Wade 260; Miller 3. (Library plate on front pastedown). 
• Stories of Red Hanrahan by W.B. Yeats. Dun Emer Press, 1904 [but 1905]. One of 500 copies. First Edition. An unopened copy. Wade 59; Miller 4. ("Wade 59" penned to ffep, ink spot on linen, soiling to boards).
• Twenty One Poems Written by Lionel Johnson: Selected by W.B. Yeats. Dun Emer Press, 1904. One of 220 copies. Wade 231; Miller 5. (Gift inscription on ffep dated 1907).
• Some Essays and Passages by John Eglinton: Selected by W.B. Yeats. Dun Emer Press, 1905. One of 200 copies. Wade 232; Miller 6 (With a number of interesting proof corrections in the text possibly by a member of the Yeats family).
• Sixteen Poems by William Allingham: Selected by W.B. Yeats. Dun Emer Press, 1905. One of 200 copies. First Edition. Wade 234; Miller 7. (Bookplate of Walter and Dorothy Donnelly).
• A Book of Saints and Wonders Put Down Here by Lady Gregory...A facsimile edition from Irish University Press, 1971. Miller 8.
• By Still Waters, Lyrical Poems Old and New by A.E. Dun Emer Press, 1906. Signed by Elizabeth C. Yeats and inscribed to George A. Hammond, dated Christmas, 1906. Miller 9. • Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan: Selected by W.B. Yeats. Dun Emer Press, 1907. One of 200 copies. Wade 238; Miller 10.
• Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan: Selected by W.B. Yeats. A facsimile edition from Irish University Press, 1971. (Institutional marks and circulation pocket).
• Discoveries by W.B. Yeats. A facsimile edition from Irish University Press, 1970.
• Poetry and Ireland: Essays by W.B. Yeats and Lionel Johnson. 1908. One of 250 copies. First Edition. Wade 242; Miller 12.
• Poems and Translations by John M. Synge. 1909. Preface by W.B. Yeats. One of 250 copies. First Edition. Wade 243; Miller 13.
• Deirdre of the Sorrows: A Play by John M. Synge. 1910. Preface by W.B. Yeats. One of 250 copies. First Edition. Wade 245; Miller 14.
• The Green Helmet and Other Poems by W.B. Yeats. A facsimile edition from Irish University Press, 1970.
• Synge and the Ireland of his Time by W.B. Yeats with a Note Concerning a Walk Through Connemara with Him by Jack Butler Yeats. 1911. One of 350 copies. First Edition. Wade 88; Miller 16. (Bookplate of Phyllis Walter Goodhart, mild dampstaining to cover).
• Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany. 1912. Bound by Zaehnsdorf om greem morocco to the style of Douglas Cockerell. One of 250 copies. First Edition. Miller 17. (Front hinge repaired, rear hinge cracked).
• A Selection from the Love Poetry of W.B. Yeats. A facsimile edition from Irish University Press, 1970.
• A Woman's Reliquary edited by Edward Dowden. 1913. 3 copies, one of which with several unopened pages, one with ownership marks of John McNeill. One of 300 copies. First Edition. Miller 19. (Each show some wear).
• Responsibilities: Poems and a Play by W.B. Yeats. 1914. No. 80 of 400 copies. First Edition. Wade 110; Miller 20.(Soiling and scuffing to cover, Christmas inscription dated 1915 on ffep).
• The Post Office: A Play by Rabindranath Tagore Translated by Devabrata Mukerjea. Preface by W.B. Yeats. 1914. No. 332 of 400 copies. Wade p. 453; Miller 21.
• John M. Synge: A Few Personal Recollections, with Biographical Notes by John Masefield. 1915. A few unopened pages. No. 301 of 350 copies. First Edition. Miller 22. (Bookplate, ¼" closed tear to limitation leaf).
• Reveries Over Childhood and Youth by W.B. Yeats. 1915. No. 123 of 400 copies. First Edition. Includes Plates to Accompany Reveries Over Childhood and Youth with Memory Harbor text leaf, Memory Harbor color plate by Jack Yeats, portraits of John Butler Yeats and Mrs. Yeats. Wade 111; Miller 22. (Hinges starting, binding shaken slightly, insect trail to rear blanks and rear free endpaper).
• Certain Noble Plays of Japan: From the Manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa, Chosen and Finished by Ezra Pound with an Introduction by W.B. Yeats. 1916. No. 54 of 350 copies. Miller 24.
• Passages from the Letters of John Butler Yeats by John Butler Yeats, edited by Ezra Pound. 1917. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Miller 25. (Without spine label). • The Wild Swans at Coole. Facsimile edition likely from early 1970's.
• The Kiltartan Poetry Book: Prose Translations from the Irish by Lady Gregory. 1918. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Miller 27.
• Two Plays for Dances by W. B. Yeats. 1919. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Unopened copy. Wade 123; Miller 28
Further Letters of John Butler Yeats: Selected by Lennox Robinson. 1920. 2 copies. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Miller 29.
• Michael Robartes and the Dancer by W. B. Yeats. 1920. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Ownership marks and marginalia of poet Maurice James Craig. Wade 127; Miller 30.
• Four Years by W. B. Yeats. 1921. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Two bookplates, ownership marks of Walter Donnelly. Wade 131; Miller 31.
• Seven Poems and a Fragment by W.B. Yeats. 1922. One of 500 copies. First Edition. Wade 132; Miller 32.
• Early Memories: Some Chapters of Autobiography by John Butler Yeats. 1923. 2 copies. Preface by W.B. Yeats. Each from the edition of 500 copies. First Edition. Wade 272; Miller 33. (One with small tear to linen at rear joint, some toned leaves).
• An Offering of Swans: by Oliver Gogarty. 1923. One of 300 copies. First Edition. The first Cuala Press book printed in the new Dublin studio. Miller 34.
• The Cat and the Moon and Certain Poems: by W.B. Yeats. 1924. One of 500 copies. First Edition. Several unopened pages. Wade 145; Miller 35.
• The Bounty of Sweden: A Meditation, and a Lecture Delivered Before the Royal Swedish Academy and Certain Notes by W.B. Yeats. 1925. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Wade 146; Miller 36.
• Love's Bitter Sweet: Translations from the Irish Poets of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, by Robin Flower. One of 500 copies. 1925. Miller 37.
• Estrangement: Being Some Fifty Thoughts from a Diary Kept by W.B. Yeats in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nine. 1926. One of 300 copies. First Edition. Wade 150; Miller 38. • Poems by Thomas Parnell: Selected by Lennox Robinson. 1927. One of 200 copies. Miller 39.
• October Blast by W.B. Yeats. 1927. One of 350 copies. First Edition. Wade 156; Miller 40. (Some soiling and staining, slight lean).
• The Death of Synge, and Other Passages from an Old Diary by W.B. Yeats. 1928. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Wade 162; Miller 41.
• A Little Anthology of Modern Irish Verse: Selected by Lennox Robinson. 1928. One of 300 copies. Miller 42.
• A Packet for Ezra Pound by W.B. Yeats. 1929. One of 425 copies. First Edition. Wade 163; Miller 43.
• Lyrics and Satires from Tom Moore: Selected by Seán O'Faoláin. 1929. Illustrated with 5 wood engravings by Hilda Roberts. No., 99 of 130 copies. Miller 44. (Bookplate on front free endpaper, star sticker on ffep verso, ownership marks of Alice Halveson on preliminary blank, binding shaken a bit)
• Wild Apples by Oliver Gogarty, with Preface by W.B. Yeats. 1930. One of 250 copies. First Edition. Wade 279; Miller 45.
• Coole by Lady Gregory with prefatory poem "Coole" by W.B. Yeats. 1931. One of 250 copies. First Edition. Wade 319; Jochum 675; Miller 46.
• Stories of Michael Robartes and his Friends: An Extract from a Record Made by his Pupils. 1931. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. One of 450 copies. First Edition. Wade 167; Miller 47.
• The Wild Bird's Nest: Poems from the Irish by Frank O'Connor with an Essay on the Character in Irish Literature by A.E. 1932. One of 250 copies. First Edition. Miller 48.
• Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems by W.B. Yeats. 1932. One of 450 copies. First Edition. Wade 168; Hayward 296; Miller 49.
• Pilgrimage in the West by Mario M. Rossi. Translated with a preface by J.M. Hone. 1933. One of 300 copies. Miller 50.
• Arable Holdings: Poems by F.R. Higgins. 1933. No. 91 of 300 copies. First Edition. Miller 51.
• The Words upon the Window Pane: A Play in One Act, With Notes upon the Play and its Subject by W.B. Yeats. 1934. One of 350 copies. First Edition. With tipped-in ALS by Elizabeth Yeats. Wade 174; Miller 52.
• The King of the Great Clock Tower, Commentaries and Poems by W.B. Yeats. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Wade 179; Miller 53.
• Into the Light, and Other Poems by Lyle Donaghy. 1934. One of 200 copies. First Edition. Privately Printed Books and Booklets, Miller p. 130
• Dramatis Personae by W.B. Yeats. 1935. One of 400 copies. First Edition. Wade 183; Miller 54. (Slight lean).
• Some Passages from the Letters of AE to W.B. Yeats. 1936. One of 300 copies. First Edition. Miller 56; Denson 55.
• Essays by W.B. Yeats. 1931-1936. Published in 1937. One of 300 copies. First Edition. Wade 194; Miller 57. (Slight crease to front board).
• New Poems by W.B. Yeats. 1938. One of 450 copies. First Edition. Wade 197; Miller 59.
• Lords and Commons: Translations from the Irish by Frank O'Connor. 1938. One of 250 copies. Unopened copy. Miller 60.
• On the Boiler by W.B. Yeats. [1938]. 2 copies. Wrappers. One of the two in custom slipcase. Wade 201; Miller Booklets 4. (Bookplate of Walter and Dorothy Donnelly in one copy). • Last Poems and Two Plays by W.B. Yeats. 1939. One of 500 copies. First Edition. Wade 200; Miller 61.
• Elbow Room by Oliver St. John Gogarty. 1939. One of 450 copies. First Edition. Miller 62.
• The Last Ditch by Louise MacNeice. 1940. One of 425 standard copies from a total edition of 450. First Edition. Miller 63.
• A Lament for Art O'Leary: Translated from the Irish by Frank O'Connor, with Six Illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, R.H.A. 1940. Illustrations hand-colored. No. 123 of 130 copies. First Edition. Miller 64. (2" closed tear at fore-edge of ffep, binding shaken a bit).
• If I were Four-And-Twenty by W.B. Yeats. 1940. No. 82 of 450 copies. First Edition. Wade 205; Miller 65.
• Some Memories of W.B. Yeats by John Masefield. 1940. No. 37 of 370 copies. First Edition. Wade p. 460; Miller 66.
• Veterans and Other Poems by Donagh MacDonagh. 1941. No 46 of 270 copies. First Edition. Miller 67.
• Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw and W.B. Yeats edited by Clifford Bax. 1941. No. 39 of 500 copies. First Edition. Miller 68.
• Three Tales by Frank O'Connor. 1941. No. 36 of 250 copies. First Edition. Several unopened pages. Miller 69.
• The Great Hunger by Patrick Kavanagh. 1952. No. 36 of 250 copies. First Edition. Miller 70.
• Seven Winters by Elizabeth Bowen. 1952. No. 35 of 450 copies. First Edition. Miller 71.
• La La Noo by Jack B. Yeats. 1953. No. 43 of 250 copies. Miller 72.
• A Picture Book by Frank O'Connor Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers. 1943. No. 15 of 480 copies. First Edition. Miller 73.
• Dafydd Ap Gwilym Selected Poems: Translated by Nigel Heseltine with a Preface by Frank O'Connor. 1944. No. 38 of 280 copies. Miller 74.
• The Love Story of Thomas Davis Told in the Letters of Annie Hutton Edited with an Introduction by Joseph Hone. 1945. No. 56 of 280 copies. First Edition. Miller 76.
• Stranger in Aran Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers. 1941. Hand-colored illustrations. No. 58 of 280 copies. First Edition. Miller 77. (Some crumpled leaves including an illustrated leaf with a 2" closed tear).
• Reflections by W.B. Yeats Transcribed and Edited by Curtis Bradford from the Journals. 1970. No. 195 of 500 copies. First Edition. Miller 78; Jochum 62.
• Broadside Characters: Drawings by Jack B. Yeats. 1971. Illustrations hand-colored. No. 247 of 300 copies. Miller Booklets 9.
• Some Letters of John M. Synge to Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats Selected by Ann Saddlemyer. 1971. No. 160 of 500 copies. First Edition. Miller 79.
• Notes from the Land of the Dead: Poems by Thomas Kinsella. 1972. No. 100 of 500 copies. First Edition. Miller 80.
• Letters from Bedford Park: A Selection from the Correspondence (1890-1901) of John Butler Yeats. Edited with Introduction and Notes by William M. Murphy. 1972. No. 152 of 500 copies. First Edition. Miller 81.
• The Cuala Press 1903-1973: An Exhibition Held in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin to Celebrate the Seventieth Anniversary of the Cuala Press October 1973-March 1974. Saddle-stitched wrappers.

• The Dun Emer Press, Later the Cuala Press with a List of the Books, Broadsides and Other Pieces Printed at the Press by Liam Miller with a Preface by Michael B. Yeats. 1973. No. 100 of 250 copies. First Edition. Signed by Liam Miller. Condition: Condition varies with some darkened spines, wear to or absence of labels on some volumes; some toned endpapers, small dealer labels, a few hints of foxing, occasional internal wear; generally very good to near fine.  . BOOKS (82 Count) In the Seven Woods; The Nuts of Knowledge; The Love Songs of Connacht; Stories of Red Hanrahan; Twenty One Poems by Lionel Johnson; Some Essays and Passages by John Eglinton; Sixteen Poems by William Allingham;A Book of Saints and Wonders by Lady Gregory;By Still Waters by AE; Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan; Discoveries by W.B. Yeats; Poetry and Ireland by W.B. Yeats; Poems and Translations by John M. Synge; Deirdre of the Sorrows by John M. Synge; The Green Helmet and Other Poems; Synge and the Ireland of his Time by W.B. Yeats; Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany; A Selection from the Love Poetry of W.B. Yeats; A Woman's Reliquary; Responsibilities by W.B. Yeats; The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore; John M. Synge: A Few Personal Recollections; Reveries Over Childhood and Youth; Plates to Accompany Reveries; Certain Noble Plays of Japan; Passages from the Letters of John Butler Yeats; The Wild Swans at Coole; The Kiltartan Poetry Book by Lady Gregory; Two Plays for Dancers; Further Letters of John Butler Yeats; Michael Robartes and the Dancer; Four Years by W.B. Yeats; Seven Poems and a Fragment; Early Memories by John Butler Yeats; An Offering of Swans; The Cat and the Moon; The Bounty of Sweden; Love's Bitter Sweet; Estrangement by W.B. Yeats; Poems by Thomas Parnell; October Blast by W.B. Yeats; The Death of Synge by W.B. Yeats; A Little Anthology of Modern Irish Verse; A Packet for Ezra Pound; Lyrics and Satires from Tom Moore; Wild Apples by Oliver Gogarty; Coole by Lady Gregory; Stories of Michael Robartes and his Friends; The Wild Bird's Nest; Words for Music Perhaps; Pilgrimage in the West; Arable Holdings; The Words upon the Window Pane; The King of the Great Clock Tower; Dramatis Personae by W.B. Yeats; Broadsides. A Collection of old and New Songs.;Passages from the letters of AE to W.B. Yeats; Essays by W.B. Yeats; Broadsides. A Collection of new Irish and English Songs; New Poems by W.B. Yeats; Lords and Commons; Last Poems and Two Plays by W.B. Yeats; Elbow Room by Oliver Gogarty; The Last Ditch by Louise MacNeice; A Lament for Art O'Leary; If I were Four-And-Twenty; Some Memories of W.B. Yeats; Veterans and Other Poems; Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw and W.B. Yeats; Three Tales by Frank O'Conner; The Great Hunger; Seven Winters; La La Noo by Jack B. Yeats; A Picture Book by Frank O'Conner; Dafydd Ap Gwylym: Selected Poems; Pages from a Diary Written in Nineteen Hundred and Thirty; The Love Story of Thomas Davis; Stranger in Aran; Reflections by W.B. Yeats; Some Letters of John M. Synge to Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats; Notes from the Land of the Dead;Letters from Bedford Park ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A BROADSIDE (3 SERIES) A Broadside, First Series; A Broadside, Second Series, Nos. 1-12; A Broadside, Third Series, Nos. 2 and 9. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOOKLETS (10 Count) St.Patrick's Breastplate; St. Patrick's Breastplate; The Wren Boys; On the Boiler; Elizabeth Corbet Yeats; Be Thou My Vision; A Brief Account of the Cuala Press; A Little Book of Drawings; Broadside Characters; A List of Books Published by the Dun Emer Press and the Cuala Press.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIVATELY PRINTED BOOKS (38 Count) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNREFERENCED IN LIAM MILLER'S BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE DUN EMER AND CUALA PRESSES A Fair House: Versions of Irish Poetry; The Speckled Bird by W.B. Yeats, 2 vol.; The Revenant; Something to Perfection Brought; Pressmarks and Devices used at the Dun Emer Press; From a Dark Lantern: A Journal by Arland Ussher; A Little Book of Bookplates by Jack B. Yeats, 1979 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXTRA REPRINTS Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan; Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany; A Lament for Art O'Leary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRINTS The Fiddler by Jack B. Yeats; The Fiddler of Dooney; There about the ways Gods air is free and spacious]; A Nursery Song for Christmas Eve; Into the Twilight Out-Worn Heart in a Time Out-Worn; Weather-wise; The Trees are in their Autumn Beauty; Silver ApplesS; ilver Apples (second copy); In summer time I foot the turf and lay the sods to dry; Be Glan of Life; The Star in the East;The Fiddler of Dooney; The Midland Toast ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Collection Sold as a Lot Only.