Catalogue of an exhibition of the author’s extensive collection of works by W.B. Yeats, his father John Butler Yeats, his sisters Lily and Lolly, and his brother, Jack.
On show at the Grolier Club January 26-March 13, 2000. The materials displayed encompassed not only the expected first editions but also periodicals, anthologies, edited volumes, prints, and textiles. Particular attention is paid throughout to publishing history. The text and binding of the book (linen-backed blue-grey boards, paper spine label), designed by Jerry Kelly, is in the style of the Yeats family’s own Dun Emer and Cuala Presses. 250 copies numbered and signed by the author, printed in Founders’ Caslon type on Mohawk Ticonderoga paper at the Stinehour Press.
