Jack B. Yeats — Ah Well, a Romance in Perpetuity
London, Routledge, 1942 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this charming novella by Jack Butler Yeats, the younger brother of celebrated Irish literary figure William Butler Yeats. Illustrated with a frontispiece by the author. The first edition of this charming tale of romance, blending together poetry and humour, and philosophy and tenderness. Jack B. Yeats was an Irish artist, and younger brother of poet W. B. Yeats. Rather than being bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with dust wrapper, this copy is bound in plain paper wraps, with leaf perimeters untrimmed and with gatherings unopened. In brown paper wraps, with the title handwritten to the back strip. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Gatherings unopened to head. Leaf perimeters untrimmed. Very Good . Ill.: Jack B. Yeats. Very Good .
