W. B. Yeats — Plays for an Irish Theatre

London, A. H. Bullen, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this significant collection of Irish plays for the theatre, from Nobel Prize-winning poet and dramatist W. B. Yeats. A first edition. Illustrated by Gordon Craig with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated, complete. Featuring mystical, myth-infused dramas like Cathleen ni Houlihan, On Baile's Strand, The Hour-Glass, and Deirdre, of which were central to the Irish Literary Revival and the formation of the Abbey Theatre, which was founded by Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn. W. B. Yeats maintains as one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and founder of the Abbey Theatre, he was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature. With major works including The Land of Heart's Desire, Cathleen ni Houlihan and Deirdre.  In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards. Boards bright, back strip age toned. Losses to spine label. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Gordon Craig. Very Good .