[YEATS, W.B.] GANCONAGH (pseud.)
John Sherman and Dhoya.
John Sherman and Dhoya.
Stock Code 110205
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1891.
one of only 356 copies in cloth
The first edition of Yeat's John Sherman and Dhoya, published under the pseudonym Ganconagh. The tenth volume in The Pseudonym Library series, and Yeat's third published book after Mosada and The Wanderings of Oisin. One of only 356 copies issued in cloth.'Written when I was very young & knew no better. Ballah is the town of Sligo where I lived as a child — a vague impression of it but I think a true one' (Yeats).
First edition; 8vo (18 x 10 cm); ownership inscription in pen to upper cover and front free endpaper recto, printer's device to half-title, woodcut head and tail-pieces, publisher's ads. to half-title verso, occasional annotations in pencil, minor browning to endpapers; publisher's buff cloth, lettered in blue, publisher's device to lower cover, top-edge gilt otherwise untrimmed, minor wear to spine caps and edges; [4], 195, [1]pp.
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