J. B. Yeats: Letters to His Son W. B. Yeats and Others 1869-1922.

HONE, Joseph. Preface by Oliver Elton. [John Butler Yeats; William Butler Yeats].

Item Number: 115531

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1944.

First edition of this collection of John Butler Yeats’ letters. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition.

John Butler Yeats was an Irish portrait painter and the father of William Butler Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats and Jack B. Yeats. Each would build careers in the arts: Lily as an embroiderer, Lolly as an educator and publisher, Jack as an illustrator, and William as a poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature.