Author: Macleod, Fiona; [Sharp, William]; Weber, Herbert Seiser; Untermeyer, Louis; Herts, B. Russell; Moore, Julia A. (Plank, George Wolfe, editor).
Title: The Butterfly Quarterly. (Cover Title). Spring 1909. Number Six.
Description: Philadelphia: The Butterfly Attic, 1909. 1909. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound with cord in brown printed wrappers decorated with a butterfly on the front wrapper and a quill pen on the rear wrapper. The edges of the covers are lightly chipped. [1], pages 1-15 & [1-3]. Illustrated with a 4 inch high by 2-3/4 inch wide tipped-in bookplate for "MVP" by Plank, engraved on tissue and 11 woodcut vignettes by George Wolfe Plank. Internally bright & fine. Very good.

Number 298 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies.

The contents include: "The White Heron" by Fiona Macleod, pseudonym of William Sharp, "Impression", a poem by Herbert Seiser Weber, "Yeats and Synge - A Celtic Contrast" by Louis Untermeyer, a poem by B. Russell Herts "My Spring Garden" and "Carrie Munro A Sentimental Song" by Julia A. Moore, The Sweet Singer of Michigan, with sentimental wood-cuts by G W P.

George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American illustrator and designer of magazine covers. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. In 1911 he was hired by Vogue and continued to supply illustrations and cover designs for the magazine until 1936. Very good .

Keywords: GEORGE WOLFE PLANK; LOUIS UNTERMEYER; FIONA MACLEOD; WILLIAM SHARP; THE WHITE HERON; HERBERT SEISER WEBER; YEATS; SYNGE; B. RUSSELL HERTS; JULIA A. MOORE; BOOKPLATE; THE BUTTERFLY QUARTERLY; MARGARET H. SCOTT; ALICE SMITH; AMY SMITH; VOGUE MAGAZINE; POETR

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