The Yeats sisters have long been over- shadowed by their famous brothers- Jack and William. Nevertheless they themselves made a significant contribution to the cultural life of Ireland through their involvement with Cuala industries. The 'Cuala' as it was popularly known, was an Irish female craft co-operative on the English Arts and Crafts model, founded and managed by the sisters. Elisabeth ran the printing department with William as editor to the Press, while Lily, who was trained in the Morris workshops, ran the ...
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The Yeats sisters have long been over- shadowed by their famous brothers- Jack and William. Nevertheless they themselves made a significant contribution to the cultural life of Ireland through their involvement with Cuala industries. The 'Cuala' as it was popularly known, was an Irish female craft co-operative on the English Arts and Crafts model, founded and managed by the sisters. Elisabeth ran the printing department with William as editor to the Press, while Lily, who was trained in the Morris workshops, ran the embroidery department. Contrary to appearances, the Yeats sisters were not typical middle-class philanthropists but poor spinsters, thrown onto their own resources, who supported themselves and their family. They funded their self-absorbed and improvident father until his death in New York in 1922 The Yeats children carried through their lives resentments from their painful childhood; the two sisters were incompatible; W.B.'S opinion of his sisters was rather blinke
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Add this copy of The Yeats Sisters and the Cuala to cart. $47.00, very good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Irish Academic Press.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 6x0x9; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. Small stain on FFEP. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 199pp.
Add this copy of The Yeats Sisters and the Cuala to cart. $107.00, like new condition, Sold by Quercus Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chico, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Irish Academic Press.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. No disrespect to the Yeats sisters intended, but there is no doubt that they have been overshadowed by their more famous brothers. A strange turn, since they ran one of the finest small presses of the Twentieth Century. This important history/biography puts them in their proper context. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition. Green cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; xiv, 199 pages. Appendices, bibliography, indexed. Illustrated with numerous plates and photographs. The dustwrapper is Near Fine, with just some hints of wrinkle at the edges. In an archival plastic protector.
