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Author: A. E.; [George William Russell]
Title: Imaginations and Reveries
Description: Dublin and London, Maunsel and Company LTD, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A nice first edition presentation copy of George William Russell's collection of essays and articles, presented from the author to Lota Law, wife of Hugh Alexander Law, and owner of the house where Russell would often go to hunt fairies. The first edition of this work.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto to the front endpaper, 'For Mrs Law, with best wishes from AE, Christmas 1915&apos.Mrs Lota Law, Charlotte Anne Harriet Law nee Stuart, was the wife of Hugh Alexander Law, an Irish nationalist politician. Their home was Marble Hill House in Donegal, where they played hosts to George William Russell on a number of occasions; when he stayed at Marble Hill House he stayed in the children's house in the grounds, which was known as the 'Fairy House', apparently where he found his strongest psychic insights, spending his time there hunting for fairies in their woods. They also hosted W. B. Yeats, Jack Yeats, P.H. Pearse, William Orpen, G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.A collection of essays and articles by George William Russell, written under his pseudonym, Ã, or A.E.Containing a total of twenty four pieces, including 'The Character of Heroic Literature', 'The Dramatic Treatment of Legend', 'Nationality or Cosmopolitanism', 'A Note on Seumas O'Sullivan', 'An Artist of Gaelic Ireland', 'The Childhood of Apollo', and more.Russell was an Irish author and mystic. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light marks and a little rubbing to the boards and spine. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Author's inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots. Very Good . Ill.: Noe. Very Good .
Keywords: Imaginations and Reveries essays a. e. george william russell essays marble hill house hugh alexander law Noe
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Title: Imaginations and Reveries
Description: Dublin and London, Maunsel and Company LTD, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A nice first edition presentation copy of George William Russell's collection of essays and articles, presented from the author to Lota Law, wife of Hugh Alexander Law, and owner of the house where Russell would often go to hunt fairies. The first edition of this work.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto to the front endpaper, 'For Mrs Law, with best wishes from AE, Christmas 1915&apos.Mrs Lota Law, Charlotte Anne Harriet Law nee Stuart, was the wife of Hugh Alexander Law, an Irish nationalist politician. Their home was Marble Hill House in Donegal, where they played hosts to George William Russell on a number of occasions; when he stayed at Marble Hill House he stayed in the children's house in the grounds, which was known as the 'Fairy House', apparently where he found his strongest psychic insights, spending his time there hunting for fairies in their woods. They also hosted W. B. Yeats, Jack Yeats, P.H. Pearse, William Orpen, G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.A collection of essays and articles by George William Russell, written under his pseudonym, Ã, or A.E.Containing a total of twenty four pieces, including 'The Character of Heroic Literature', 'The Dramatic Treatment of Legend', 'Nationality or Cosmopolitanism', 'A Note on Seumas O'Sullivan', 'An Artist of Gaelic Ireland', 'The Childhood of Apollo', and more.Russell was an Irish author and mystic. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light marks and a little rubbing to the boards and spine. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Author's inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots. Very Good . Ill.: Noe. Very Good .
Keywords: Imaginations and Reveries essays a. e. george william russell essays marble hill house hugh alexander law Noe
Price: GBP 550.00 = appr. US$ 785.39 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 810P10
- Book number: 810P10
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