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Maunsel and Co, 1912. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1912. 50 pages. No dust jacket. Brown boards with a white cloth spine. Rough cut pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, creased corners and foxing. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges.
Poems and Translations. [Preface by W.B. Yeats] by Synge, John Millington - 1909
by Synge, John Millington
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New York: Printed for John Quinn, 1909. One of 5 printed on pure vellum of 50 copies total, first American edition. 1 vols. 4to. Full ivory vellum titled in gilt. Fine. Laid into a green morocco backed slipcase and chemise. One of 5 printed on pure vellum of 50 copies total, first American edition. 1 vols. 4to. One of 5 on Vellum, Quinn Family Provenance. One of 5 copies on vellum of the first American edition, printed privately for John Quinn, and following the first edition by the Cuala Press in 1909. The preface by Yeats is dated ten days after Synge's death. Yeats wrote, "The whole book is of a kind almost unknown in a time when lyricism has become abstract and impersonal". Wade 244; Quinn 9981; Colbeck II:828. Provenance: Julia Quinn, sister (and heir) of John Quinn, and by descent
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New York: Printed for John Quinn, 1909. One of 50 copies on paper. xvi, 44 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Linen backed boards, printed label on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut. Minor toning and soiling to boards, else fine. One of 50 copies on paper. xvi, 44 pp. 1 vols. 4to. INSCRIBED BY QUINN. Inscribed on the flyleaf by the collector John Quinn, patron of this edition, "To F.J. White with the regards of John Quinn New York July 16, 1909." The preface by Yeats is dated ten days after Synge's death. Yeats wrote, "The whole book is of a kind almost unknown in a time when lyricism has become abstract and impersonal". Colbeck II:828; Quinn 9981; Wade 244
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