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Printed Books, Manuscripts and Artwork
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Harmsworth (Cecil & Desmond) Holiday Verses and others, proof sheets with ink deletions, alterations and corrections by Cecil Harmsworth, and with sample colophon sheet from 'The Nuts of Knowledge' with manuscript note by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats at foot "would you prefer the colophon like this in capitals?", loose sheets, [Miller p.128], 8vo, Dublin, Cuala Press, [c.1922].***The differences to the final printed work are as follows: device of flying bird over landscape on title; no dedication/table of contents; corrections and alterations in ink to Cecil Harmsworth's preface; no poem 'Odyssey Book IX The Lotus Eaters' (pp.30-31 of final text); fifty copies printed in colophon (actually 75). . ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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