S T O R I E S O F R E D H A N R A H A N by William Butler Yeats First edition, first impression, one of only 500 copies, The Stories of Red Hanrahan was published by Yeats's sister, Elizabeth Corbet, at the Dun Emer Press, the precursor to the Cuala Press. The title was finished on Lady Day in August 1904 and published on 16 May 1905. We believe the delay was caused by increasing tensions between Yeats's sisters and their colleague Evelyn Gleeson, which led to the subsequent split on 1 September 1904. After the split Dun Emer became Dun Emer Guild Ltd under Gleeson & Dun Emer Industries Ltd under the Yeatses. This publication features the first drawing by Robert Gregory used by the press, showing the four playing-card icons overlaid over a drawing symbolising four provinces of Ireland. Original buff cloth-backed blue boards, blue endpapers, title labels printed in black on spine and front cover, fore and lower edges untrimmed. Text on first and final pages printed in red, woodcut by Robert Gregory. Some wear to spine and lower corner of rear cover, covers and free endpapers toned,browning on page edges and front free end paper (ffep) It would be a good copy except for water stain marks on the covers an spineas well as the top of a few pages. (See photos) Please check pictures and don't hesitate to ask if you have any queries!
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