LADY GREGORY; HYDE, Douglas. Spreading the News and The Rising of the Moon by the former, and The Poor House by Lady Gregory and Hyde. Dublin: Maunsel and Co. 1906. 12mo. First edition, being Volume IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. Publisher’s brown card covers with the famous Abbey logo to front. A very good copy. The covers a trifle creased and bumped at extremities. Slight separation to front joint, light scattered foxing in places, many pages uncut. A smart copy overall.
The front cover design is by Limerick-born artist and illustrator, Elinor Darwin (née Monsell), and it depicts Queen Maeve and her Irish wolfhound in perfect harmony with the Irish Revival which the image often represented.
LADY GREGORY; HYDE, Douglas. Spreading the News and The Rising of the Moon by the former, and The Poor House by Lady Gregory and Hyde. Dublin: Maunsel and Co. 1906. 12mo. First edition, being Volume IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. Publisher’s brown card covers with the famous Abbey logo to front. A very good copy. The covers a trifle creased and bumped at extremities. Slight separation to front joint, light scattered foxing in places, many pages uncut. A smart copy overall.
The front cover design is by Limerick-born artist and illustrator, Elinor Darwin (née Monsell), and it depicts Queen Maeve and her Irish wolfhound in perfect harmony with the Irish Revival which the image often represented.
