A Broadside series
A Broadside was a periodical, published monthly by Elizabeth Corbet (E.C.) Yeats at the Cuala Press in Dublin, Ireland, from June 1908 to May 1915. There are seven volumes of this set of A Broadside, each starting in June and ending in May of the year after. The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania holds two volumes in full, the first year from June 1908 to May 1909 and the second year from June 1909 to May 1910, and various issues from the ensuing volumes until May 1915, the last issue of the set. The series includes poems by James Stephens, Lady Gregory, Seamus O'Sullivan, William Butler (W.B.) Yeats, and others, and translations into English from George Borrow, Douglas Hyde, and others. Jack Butler Yeats, the brother of E.C. and W.B. Yeats, illustrated the series. Each edition of A Broadside had 300 copies.
Background
E.C. Yeats
Elizabeth Corbet “Lolly” Yeats, "E.C. Yeats" on each issue of A Broadside, was the first commercial printer in Ireland to work exclusively with hand presses. Yeats was a founder of Dun Emer Guild with Dun Emer Press evolving into Cuala Pess. She was the sister of Irish poet, playwright, and politician W.B. Yeats, who is known as a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival.