Sligo. Inscribed by the Author (1930)

Author: Jack B. Yeats

Book ID: 68736

Price: 695.00

Sligo. London: Wishart, 1930. First Edition. Pp, 158. Green cloth boards, title lettered in gilt to spine, in publisher’s dust jacket printed in green. Light wear to jacket, ownership ink stamp to title page; contents pages in nice bright condition.

Signed & Dated by the Author on the front free endpaper.

Reminiscences on the artist’s life in Sligo where he spent most of his childhood.

Sligo and the West of Ireland had a profound influence on Jack Yeats’ creative practice. Having spent his childhood in Sligo town in the care of his grandparents and extended family, he was deeply inspired by the people and landscape of the area.

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