Letters to Florence Farr. Edited By Clifford Bax.
1941. Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941.
Slim 8vo, (x), 85 pp. Original midnight blue boards, linen backstrip, printed paper label. Very fine.
§ Limited to 500 copies, this is #209. "This publication is a collection of letters from Shaw and Yeats to Florence Farr (1860-1917). Farr was an actress, director, journalist, women's rights activist, and chief adept of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. She attended Queen's College, the first woman's college in England, and alongside this work and a second novel published several academic texts on occult history and literary theory, and a feminist treatise, Modern Woman: Her Intentions, in 1910." (Peter Harrington). The letters are excellent reading. Between 1908 and 1946, the Press ended up publishing over 70 titles in total, including 48 by W. B. Yeats. The Cuala was unusual in that it was the only Arts and Crafts press to be run and staffed by women and the only one that published new work rather than established classics. Wade 327. Item #125109
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