G.W. Russell (AE) 1867-1935. A Centennial Assessment. By Alan Denson. London: Privately printed by C.C.F.Jewitt, 1968. Card wrappers, bound-in quarter cloth & paper boards. A fine copy.

Limited Edition of 35 copies, Signed by Alan Denson and Clement Jewitt on title page. With sleeve containing letters, instructions to printers and corrected page proofs.

George William Russell, better known as A.E. (1867-1935) was a pivotal figure in the Irish literary revival movement and in the emergence of modern Ireland. From the beginning of the twentieth century he formed life-long friendships with W. B. Yeats, George Moore, Lord Dunsany, James Stephens, Stephen Mackenna (translator of the Enneads of Plotinus), James Joyce, and other writers, thinkers, and artists, and was closely associated with the Irish National Theatre Society (later the Abbey Theatre).