Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1994. No disrespect to the Yeats sisters intended, but there is no doubt that they have been overshadowed by their more famous brothers. A strange turn, since they ran one of the finest small presses of the Twentieth Century. This important history/biography puts them in their proper context. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Green cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; xiv, 199 pages. Appendices, bibliography, indexed. Illustrated with numerous plates and photographs. The dustwrapper is Near Fine, with just some hints of wrinkle at the edges. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005456
Title: The Yeats Sisters and the Cuala
Author: Lewis, Gifford
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0716525259
ISBN 13: 9780716525257
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Place of Publication: Dublin
Date Published: 1994
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Literature (Irish Authors);

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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