YEATS, W.B. & OTHERS. Coinage of Saorstát Éireann 1928.

Profusely illustrated. Dublin: Stationary Office, 1928. Small quarto. pp. 65, XI (plates). Original buckram, titled in gilt. Previous owner’s signature on front free endpaper. A near fine copy.
The poet W.B. Yeats was Chairman of the Committee set up by the Irish Government to select and design coinage for the Free State. He was assisted by Thomas Bodkin, Director of the National Gallery, Dermod O’Brien, President of the R.H.A., Lucius O’Callaghan, Director of the National Gallery, Barry Egan, T.D., and Leo McCauley, Secretary of the Department of Finance. There is a seven page introduction by the poet and an essay on Irish Coinage past and present by J.J. McElligott.

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