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Dun Emer

   DUN EMER
            &
CUALA PRESS

In 1902, Evelyn Gleeson founded the Dun Emer Industries specifically for the training and employment of young Irish women. The name of the enterprise translates as "Emer's Fort," Emer being the wife of the legendary hero Cuchulain. Deeply influenced by the Irish renaissance, the products were to be made of Irish materials as far as possible and reflect Irish themes. The products were hand-printed books, embroidery, tapestries, and carpets. The Yeats family was involved from the beginning, Lily with the textiles and Elizabeth with the press, and W. B. as the literary editor.

The following are the Dun Emer and Cuala Press holdings in the Rare Book Collection, which holds nearly all of the 77 numbered titles. Titles which are not held are in a black smaller point type. Additional miscellaneous publications are also held and are listed after the numbered entries. The numbers are from:

Miller, Liam.
The Dun Emer Press, later the Cuala Press : with a list of the books, broadsides and other pieces printed at the press. / Liam Miller ; preface by Michael B. Yeats.
New York : The Typophiles, 1974.

12-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-77 Other Prints

 

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DUN EMER PRESS
1903-1907

 

1. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
In the seven woods: being poems of the Irish heroic age
Dundrum [Ire.] The Dun Emer press, 1903.
2 p.l., 63, [1] p. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41i

2. Russell, George William, 1867-1935.
The nuts of knowledge, lyrical poems old and new.
[Dundrum, Ire., The Dun Emer press, 1903].
821.91 R963n

3. Hyde, Douglas, 1860-
The love songs of Connacht, being the fourth chapter of the songs of Connacht, collected and translated by Douglas Hyde.
[Dundrum, Dun Emer press, 1904]
127 p., 22 cm.

4. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Stories of Red Hanrahan
Dundrum, The Dun Emer press, 1904.
3 p.l., 56, [1] p. 1 illus. 22 cm.
823.91 Y41st

5. Johnson, Lionel Pigot, 1867-1902.
Twenty one poems written by Lionel Johnson / selected by William Butler Yeats.
Dundrum : The Dun Emer Press, 1904.
30 p. ; 22 cm.
821.8 J67t

6. Magee, William Kirkpatrick.
Some essays and passages by John Eglinton [pseud.], selected by William Butler Yeats.
Dundrum, Ire.: Dun Emer Press, 1905.
Not yet cataloged

7. Allingham, William, 1824-1889.
Sixteen poems, by William Allingham. Selected by William Butler Yeats.
[Dundrum [Ire.] The Dun Emer press, 1905.
2 p.l., 34, [1] p. 22 cm.
821.8 A437s

8. Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.
A book of saints and wonders put down here by Lady Gregory according to the old writings and memory of the people of Ireland.
Dundrum, Ire. : The Dun Emer Press, 1906.
99 p. ; 21 cm.

9. Russell, George William, 1867-1935.
By still waters; lyrical poems old and new by A. E.
Dundrum (Ire.): The Dun Emer Press, 1906.
[9], 3-33 p. 21 cm.
821.91 R963by

10. Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931.
Twenty one poems; selected by W.B. Yeats.
Dundrum [Ire.] Dun Emer press, 1907.
3 p.l., 32, [1] p. 22 cm.
821.91 H663t

11. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Discoveries; a volume of essays by William Butler Yeats.
Dundrum [Ire.] Dun Emer press, 1907.
3 p. ?., 43 p., 1 ?., 22 cm.
PR5904 .D5 1907

 

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CUALA PRESS
1908-1946

In 1908, Elizabeth Yeats took over the press and renamed it Cuala as Evelyn Gleeson retained the Dun Emer name for the textile aspect of the enterprise.

 

12. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Poetry and Ireland; essays by W. B. Yeats and Lionel Johnson.
Churchtown, Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1908.
1 p. l., 53, [1] p. 22 cm.
824.91 Y41po

13. Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909
Poems and translations, by John M. Synge.
Churchtown, [Ire.] Cuala Press, 1909.
xiii, 46 p. 22 cm.
821.91 S993p

14. Synge, J.M. (John Millington), 1871-1909.
Deirdre of the sorrows; a play
Churchtown [Ire.] Cuala press, 1910.
4 p. l., 78, [1] p. 22 cm.
822.91 S993d 1910 I

15. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
The green helmet, and other poems.
Churchtown, The Cuala press, 1910.
32 p. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41g, 1910

16. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Synge and the Ireland of his time
Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala press, 1911.
4 p.l., 42. [1] p. l l. 22 cm.
822.91 S993Yy

17. Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957.
Selections from the writings of Lord Dunsany.
Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1912.
9 p. l., 98, [1] p. 22 cm.
822.91 D926s

18. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
A selection from the love poetry of William Butler Yeats.
Churchtown, Dundrum [Ire.] The Cuala press, 1913.
4p.l., 29, [1] p. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41sl

19. Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913.
A woman's reliquary.
Churchtown, The Cuala Press, 1913.
8 p., leaf, [1]-58 p., 7 leaves 20.9 cm.
821.91 D745w

20. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Responsibilities: poems and a play, by William Butler Yeats.
Churchtown [Ire.]Dundrum [Ire.] The Cuala Press, 1914
4 p. l., 74, [7] p., 1 l . 22 cm.

21. Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941.
The post office, a play, by Rabindranath Tagore.
Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala press, 1914.
37 p. 21 cm.
891.442 T128p

22. Masefield, John, 1878-1967.
John M. Synge: a few personal recollections, with biographical notes.
Churchtown, Dundrum Ire. The Cuala press, 1915.
2 p.l., 34 p. 1 l. 22 cm.
822.91 S993Ym 1915

23. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Reveries over childhood and youth.
Churchtown, Dundrum [Ire.] The Cuala press, 1915.
127p. 22cm.
821.91 Y41Yy3

24. Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908, tr.
Certain noble plays of Japan: from the manuscripts of Ernest Fennolosa, chosen and finished by Ezra Pound, with an introduction by William Butler Yeats.
Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala press, 1916.
2 p.l., xviii, [3], 48, [3] p. 22 cm.
Being cataloged.

25. Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922.
Passages from the letters of John Butler Yeats: selected by Ezra Pound.
Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala press, 1917.
60p. 22cm.
826.91 Y412p

26. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
The wild swan at Coole.
Churchtown, Dundrum The Cuala press, 1917.
46p. 21cm.

27. Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.
The Kiltartan poetry book;
Churchtown, Dundrum, Cuala press, 1918.
1 p.l., x, [1] p., 1 l., 51 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
891.6208 G822k

28. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Two plays for dancers
[Churchtown, Dundrum, Ire.] The Cuala press, 1919.
2 p.l., 38 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
822.91 Y41t

29. Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922.
Further letters of John Butler Yeats:
Churchtown, Dundrum. The Cuala press, 1920.
2 p.l., 81 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
826.91 Y412f

30. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Michael Robartes and the dancer.
Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala press, 1920.
4 p.l., 34, [1] p. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41m

31. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Four years.
Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala press, 1921.
91 p. 22cm.
824.91 Y41f

32. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Seven poems and a fragment, by William Butler Yeats.
Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1922.
2 p. l., 24 p., 1 l. 21 cm.
821.91 Y41sv

33. Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922.
Early memories; some chapters of autobiography.
Churchtown, Dundrum, The Cuala press, 1923.
98 p. 22 cm.
824.8 Y41ea

34. Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957.
An offering of swans.
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1923.
[4], 25, [3] p. ; 22 cm.
821.91 G613o

35. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
The cat and the moon and certain poems:
Dublin, Ire. The Cuala press, 1924.
3 p.l., 41 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41c

36. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
The bounty of Sweden: a meditation, and a lecture delivered before the Royal Swedish academy and certain notes by William Butler Yeats.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1925.
2 p. l., 53, [1> p., 1 l. 22 cm.
824.91 Y41b

37. Flower, Robin, 1881-1946, tr.
Love's bitter-sweet: translations from the Irish poets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1925.
4 p.l., 34, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.08 F644l

38. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Estrangement: being some fifty thoughts from a diary kept by Willam Butler Yeats in the year nineteen hundred and nine.
Dublin, The Cuala press, 1926.
39 p. 21 cm.
824.91 Y41e

39. Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718.
Poems. Selected by Lennox Robinson.
Dublin, Cuala Press, 1927.
[ix] 31p. 21cm.
821.5 P256p

40. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
October blast, by William Butler Yeats.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala Press, 1927.
2 p. l., 24, [1] p. 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41o

41. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
The death of Synge, and other passages from an old diary.
Dublin, The Cuala press, 1928.
34 p. 22 cm.
824.91 Y41d

42. Robinson, Lennox, 1886-1958.
A little anthology of modern Irish verse / selected by Lennox Robinson.
Dublin : Cuala Press, 1928.
34 p. ; 22 cm.

43. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
A packet for Ezra Pound, by William Butler Yeats.
Dublin, Ireland, The Cuala Press, 1929.
1 p. l., 37, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
824.91 Y41pa

44. Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Lyrics and satires from Tom Moore; selected by Seán O'Faolàin.
Dublin, Ire., Cuala Press, 1929.
7 p.l., 51, [1] p., 1 l. incl. 5 pl. 22 cm.

45. Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957.
Wild apples : Oliver Gogarty, with preface by William Butler Yeats.
Dublin: The Cuala press, 1930
821.91 G613wi

46. Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932.
Coole, by Lady Gregory.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala Press, 1931.
[4], 49, [2] p. 22 cm.

47. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Stories of Michael Robartes and his friends: an extract from a record made by his pupils.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1931.
2 p.l., 45, [1] p. plates. 22 cm.
828.91 Y41s

48. O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966 tr.
The wild bird's nest: poems from the Irish.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1932.
4 p.l., 39 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
891.621 O18w

49. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Words for music perhaps and other poem.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1932.
3 p.l., 41, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41wo

50. Rossi, Mario Manlio.
Pilgrimage in the West:
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1933.
4 p.l., 51, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
914.15 R833p

51. Higgins, Frederick Robert, 1896-1941.
Arable holdings : poems / by F. R. Higgins.
Dublin, Ireland : The Cuala Press, 1933.
[8], 42, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
PR6015 .I42A8 1933a

52. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
The words upon the window pane: a play in one act, with notes upon the play and its subject, by William Butler Yeats.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1934.
4 p. l., 58 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
822.91 Y41wo

53. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
The king of the great clock tower, commentaries and poems.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1934.
4 p.l., 44, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41k 1934

54. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Dramatis personae.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1935.
1 p.l., 88, [1] p. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41Yy2

55. Broadsides : a collection of old and new songs, 1935 / songs by W.B. Yeats [and others] ; illustrations by Jack B. Yeats [and others] ; music by Arthur Duff.
Dublin, Ire. : Cuala Press, 1935.
[56] p. : col. ill., music ; 30 cm.
821.08 C961t Folio

56. [Russell, George William], 1867-1935.
Some passages from the letters of AE to W. B. Yeats.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1936.
2 p.l., 62, [2] p. 22 cm.
826.91 R963s

57. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Essays, 1931-1936.
Dublin, Cuala Press, 1937.
viii, 136 p. ; 22 cm.
Being cataloged.

58. Broadsides, a collection of new Irish and English songs, 1937 / Songs by W.B. Yeats [et al.] ; Illus. by Jack B. Yeats ... [et al.] ; music by W.J. Turner ... [et al.]
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1937.
[54] p. : all col. ill. ; 30 cm.

59. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
New poems:.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1938.
2 p.l., 38, [1] p. [5] p. (music) ; 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41n

60. O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966, tr.
Lords and commons translations from the Irish.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1938.
2 p.l., 40, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.08 O26l

61. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Last poems and two plays, by William Butler Yeats.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala Press, 1939.
2 p. l., 58, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 Y41la

62. Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957.
Elbow room.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1939.
2 p.l., 32 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 G613e

After Elizabeth Corbet's Yeats death on January 16, 1940, the press was managed by Georgie Yeats, W. B. Yeats' wife.

63. MacNeice, Louis, 1907-1963.
The last ditch, by Louis MacNeice.
Dublin, Ireland, The Cuala Press, 1940.
4 p. l., 33, [1] p., 1 l. 21.5 cm.
Being cataloged.

64. O'Connell, Eileen, b. ca. 1743.
A lament for Art O'Leary: translated from the Irish by Frank O'Connor, with six illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, R. H. A.
Dublin, Ireland, The Cuala Press, 1940.
[19] p. 1 col. illus., 5 col. pl. 29 cm.
PB1398 .O3

65. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
If I were four-and-twenty, by William Butler Yeats.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala Press, 1940.
2 p. l., 67, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
824.91 Y41if

66. Masefield, John, 1878-1967.
Some memories of W. B. Yeats.
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1940.
821.91 Y41Yms 1940

67. MacDonagh, Donagh.
Veterans and other poems.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1941.
3 p.l., 33, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 M1352v

68. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw and W. B. Yeats.
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1941.
826.91 S534f 1941

69. O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966.
Three tales.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1941.
2 p.l., 41 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
823.91 O26t

70. Kavanagh, Patrick, 1904-1967.
The great hunger.
Dublin, Cuala Press, 1942.
33 p. 21 cm.
821.91 K21g

71. Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973.
Seven winters.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1942.
1 p.l., 57 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
823.91 B786Yb

72. Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957.
La la noo.
Dublin, Ireland, The Cuala press, 1943.
3 p.l., 52 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
822.91 Y412l

73. O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966.
A picture book, by Frank O'Connor. Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers.
Dublin : Cuala Press, 1943.
914.15 O26p

74. Dafydd ap Gwilym, 14th cent.
Selected poems; translated by Nigel Heseltine, with a preface by Frank O'Connor.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala Press, 1944.
4 p. l., 44, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.1 D124

75. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Pages from a diary written in nineteen hundred and thirty.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1944.
2 p.l., 57, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
824.91 Y41ps

76. Hutton, Anna Maria, d. 1853.
The love story of Thomas Davis told in the letters of Annie Hutton.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1945.
1 p. 1., xiv, 17, [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
826.8 H984l

77. Rivers, Elizabeth.
Stranger in Aran.
Dublin, Ire., The Cuala press, 1946.
1 p.l., 77 p., 1 l. incl. illus. (1 col.) plates (part col.) col. pl. 22 cm.
914.174 R622s

 

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UNNUMBERED PUBLICATIONS

 

Dix, E. R. McC. (Ernest Reginald McClintock), 1857-1936.
List of books and pamphlets printed in Strabane, co. Tyrone, in the eighteenth century.
2nd. ed.
Dundrum: Dun Emer Press, 1908.
32 p. ; 20 cm.
015.415 D619i

A Broadside...
Dundrum, Ireland, E. C. Yeats, The Cuala Press.
Began publication with 1, June 1908 and ceased with 7, May 1915.
Issued monthly.
No.1 [June 1908] published by Dun Emer Press.
821.05 B863 Oversize

Saint Patrick's breastplate.
Dublin : Cuala Press, [1920].
[10] p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
245.2 S149

Cuala Press.
The Dun Emer Press ..., the Cuala Press ... : a complete list of books, pamplhets, leaflets and broadsides / printed by Miss Yeats ; with some notes bythe compiler.
[Edinburgh] : Privately printed, 1932.
65, [1] p. : ill. port. ; 22 cm.
Preface signed: William Maxwell.
Not yet cataloged.

Although not printed at the press, it is the first bibliography of the Dun Emer and Cuala Press. Printed in an edition of 30.

Donaghy, John Lyle.
Into the light, and other poems.
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1934.
5 p. l., 85 [1] p., 1 l. 22 cm.
821.91 D674i

Privately printed for the author.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Poems.
Dublin, Ireland : The Cuala Press, 1935.
[2], 9, [2] ; 17 cm.
PR5902 1935

Privately printed in an edition of 30 for Eleanor Lady Yarrow.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
On the boiler.
Dublin, Published by the Cuala press, [1939]
46 p. 25 cm.
"Printed by Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd. Dublin."
828.91 Y41o

The only publication of the press not printed by the press.

Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949.
Elizabeth Corbet Yeats.
[Dublin Cuala Press, 1940]
[4] p. 23 cm.
655 Y41e

A tribute to E. C. Yeats by her sister.

 

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PRINTS

 

Cuala Press.
[Thirty six woodcut broadsides, most hand-colored, several by Jack Yeats.]
Dublin : Dun Emer : Cuala Press, [19--]
Broadsides vary in size, two duplicates.
821.08 C961t Folio

The prints were produced from 1906-1939.


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