The Cutting of an Agate. London: Macmillan, 1919. First English Edition. Pp vii, 223. Blue cloth covers with design on upper cover by Sturge Moore. A fine  bright copy. 1500 copies published.

A collection of essays unified by Yeats’s preoccupations in the 1910s. This, the first English edition, includes ‘Certain Noble Plays for Japan’ in place of ‘Thoughts on Lady Gregory’s Translations’ included in the first American edition.

Thomas Sturge Moore [1870 – 1944], English author, poet and wood engraver especially noted for his bookplate designs. He designed several bindings for Yeats.