The Aran Islands: ...With Drawings by Jack B. Yeats.

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Dublin & London: Maunsel & Co. & Elkin Mathews 1907. 8vo. Cloth. Spine gilt. Uncut. (xii 190pp.). With 12 b/w drawings including frontisp. with tissue-guard. Associated newspaper articles loosely inserted. Fine. NOTE: J.M. Synge's quartet of works on the Aran Islands were inspired by his time living on the Island in 1898. The four titles were 'The Aran Islands' 'The Playboy of the Western World' 'The Well of the Saints' and 'Riders to the Sea'. He played an important part in the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th and early 20th century.