€4,000 - €5,000
Signed by J.M. Synge & J.B. Yeats
Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.)illus. The Aran Islands, lg. 4to, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn., NO. 21 (150) copies, hand coloured by the artist, frontis and 11 plates (complete) uncut, original wheat coloured cloth, dble gilt fillet border, gilt lettering. Good Copy. (1)
Provenance: Thomas Johnson Westropp, (1860-1922) Irish Antiquarian, Folklorist and Archaeologist.
Note: Although the hand coloured edition was of 150 copies, many are signed only by Yeats, due to Synge's ill health. It is suggested that as little as 40 were signed by both.
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