A PACKET FOR EZRA POUND by Yeats, W.B - 1970

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1929. Pp. [iv]+38+[2](colophon, printed in red), title page vignette; qr. natural linen, with printed paper title label on spine, light blue/grey papered boards, upper board printed in black, faintly foxed, 2 tiny bruises to bottom edge of lower board; uncut; pastedowns a trifle chipped at bottom edge, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; The Cuala Press, Dublin, 1929. First edition, limited to 425 copies. Wade 163. *With the date misprinted as MCMXXVIV, as noted by Wade.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1929. First edition (425 copies printed). Forrest Reid's copy, with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Reid, Irish novelist and literary critic, wrote W. B. Yeats: A Critical Study (Martin Secker, 1915), the second book devoted entirely to Yeats's work. Wade 163. Spine tanned, free endpapers very faintly browned, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Spine tanned, free endpapers very faintly browned, otherwise a very good copy.

Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1929. . First edition, one of 425 copies; 8vo; publisher's device to title, minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally, partly unopened; publisher's cloth-backed blue boards, paper label to spine printed in black, black lettering to upper cover, blue endpapers, spine and extremities slightly toned, else very good. One of 425 copies, printed at the Cuala Press, with the date misprinted as 'MCMXXVIV' on the title page (as noted by Wade).The Cuala Press originally started out as the Dun Emer Press in 1903, founded by Evelyn Gleeson. Influenced by the Gaelic revival occurring in Ireland, it promoted Ireland's cultural heritage, while at the same time training women to work in a useful trade. Eventually the two sisters of W.B. Yeats took over the press, continuing Gleeson's work, and renaming it The Cuala Press in 1908. Wade 163.