Equation
by WRIGHT, Charles
Cambridge, MA: Pomegranate Press, 1975. First edition. Limited to 171 copies printed in Bembo type on Hosho Japanese paper, of which numbers 1 to 125 are signed by the artist and poet, this being copy number 21. Fine copy. Large broadside poem, 16 1/2 x 11 inches, illustrated by Karel Klopp. Fine copy.
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The Southern Cross
by WRIGHT, Charles
N. Y.: Random House, (1981). Pre-publication material for the first edition, including paste-ups, master galleys (2nd pass), copy-edited proofs, setting copy, as well as a photocpy of the poet's typescript which was sent to the publisher, most with annotations and printer's marks. The collection is in fine condition. Paste-ups, proofs and setting copy. The collection is in fine condition.
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Nerval's Mirror
by WRIGHT, Charles
North Cambridge, MA: Pomegranate Press, 1975. First edition. Limited to 180 copies handprinted on Strathmore Rhododendron Cover paper and signed by Wright and Klopp. Fine copy.. Broadside, 20 1/2 x 12, illustrated by K. Klopp. Limited to 180 copies handprinted on Strathmore Rhododendron Cover paper and signed by Wright and Klopp. Fine copy.
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The Player Queen
by YEARS, W. B.
London: Macmillan, 1922. First edition. One of 1000 copies printed. Wade 138. Former owner's signature on inside front wrapper, spine a bit worn, some darkening at margins, otherwise a very good copy. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers. Former owner's signature on inside front wrapper, spine a bit worn, some darkening at margins, otherwise a very good copy.
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Three Things. Drawings by Gilbert Spencer
by YEATS, W. B.
(London: Faber & Faber, 1929). First edition. The Ariel Poems No. 18. Wade 166. A fine copy. 12mo, original wrappers. A fine copy.
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The Augustan Books of English Poetry, Second Series, Number Four: W. B. Yeats
by YEATS, W. B.
London: Ernest Benn, (1927). First edition. Wade 155. Back cover a little wrinkled & creased, some slight rust stains around staples, else a fine copy. Thin 8vo, original printed white wrappers, stapled as issued. Back cover a little wrinkled & creased, some slight rust stains around staples, else a fine copy.
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Last Poems and Two Plays
by YEATS, W. B.
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1939. First edition. One of 500 copies. Wade 200. Last Poems includes "Under Ben Bulben", "Long-Legged Fly", "A Stick of Incense", "John Kinsella's Lament for Mrs. Mary Moore. Discrete ownership signature on first blank page, bottom corner slightly bumped, otherwise a very fine unopened copy in the original glassine. 8vo, cloth-backed blue boards, printed spine label, glassine dust jacket. Discrete ownership signature on first blank page, bottom corner slightly bumped, otherwise a very fine unopened... Read More
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Two Plays for Dancers
by YEATS, W. B.
(Dublin): The Cuala Press, 1919. First edition (400 copies printed). Wade 123. Light overall use, extreme fore-tips bumped and abraded, otherwise a good copy. 8vo, original linen-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Light overall use, extreme fore-tips bumped and abraded, otherwise a good copy.
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Dramatis Personæ
by YEATS, W. B.
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1935. First edition (400 copies printed). Wade 183. Fine copy in glassine jacket which is chipped (with loss) in a few places. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy in glassine jacket which is chipped (with loss) in a few places.
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Stories of Red Hanrahan and The Secret Rose. Illustrated & Decorated by Norah McGuinness
by YEATS, W. B.
London: Macmillan, 1927. First edition, in variant red binding (also bound in blue cloth). One of 1885 copies printed. Wade 157. First trade publication of Yeats' poem, "Sailing to Byzantium. Light offset on free endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, otherwise a fine copy. (McGUINNESS, Norah). 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial red cloth, dust jacket. Light offset on free endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, otherwise a fine copy.
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October Blast
by YEATS, W. B.
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1927. First edition. 350 "copies of this book have been printed on paper made in Ireland." Wade 156. "Sailing to Byzantium", and "Among School Children" appear here for the first time. The collection also includes "The Tower. Head of spine a little worn, spine label chipped, affecting top portion of text, label darkened, modest toning to boards, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original linen-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Head of... Read More
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The Tables of the Law; & The Adoration of the Magi
by YEATS, W. B.
Stratford-upon-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1914. Second published edition. One of 510 numbered copies printed. Wade 26. Wade notes that "On or about June 28,1916 the remainder of this edition was transferred to Macmillan. These copies were bound in grey-green cloth, lettered in black on front cover.. Offset to a few leaves from clippings or cellotape, neat ownership inscription, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original grey-green cloth. Offset to a few leaves from clippings or cellotape, neat... Read More
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The Shadowy Waters
by YEATS, W. B.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1900. First edition. Wade 30. Signed by Yeats in pencil at the end of the prefatory poem "I walked among the seven woods of Coole" on page 9. The rest of the text consists of the play "The Shadowy Waters. Rear cover lightly stained near the top edge, corners a bit rubbed, otherwise a very good copy. Small 4to, original dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, design stamped in gilt on front cover, t.e.g.... Read More
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Last Poems and Two Plays
by YEATS, W. B.
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1939. First edition. One of 500 copies printed. Wade 200. Last Poems includes "Under Ben Bulben", "Long-Legged Fly", "A Stick of Incense", "John Kinsella's Lament for Mrs. Mary Moore. Glassine damaged, otherwise a very fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed blue boards, printed spine label, glassine dust jacket. Glassine damaged, otherwise a very fine copy.
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The Tower
by YEATS, W. B.
London: Macmillan, 1928. First edition of Yeats' single most important collection of poems, containing "Sailing To Byzantium", "Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen", "Leda and the Swan", "Among School Children" & "All Souls' Night", among other masterpieces. One of 2000 copies printed. Wade 158. Connolly 100, 56a. A very fine unopened copy, virtually as new. Small 8vo, original gilt-decorated cloth by T. Sturge Moore, dust jacket. A very fine unopened copy, virtually as new.
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Poems
by YEATS, W. B.
London: T. Fisher Unwin Limited, 1927. New revised edition. Wade 153. Dust jacket chipped at head and tail of spine, former owner's signature on front free endpaper, foxing, otherwise a very good copy. Rare in dust jacket. 8vo, original blue-green cloth, dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped at head and tail of spine, former owner's signature on front free endpaper, foxing, otherwise a very good copy. Rare in dust jacket.
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If I Were Four-And-Twenty
by YEATS, W. B.
Dublin, Ireland: Cuala Press, 1940. First edition. One of 450 copies. Wade 205. Fine copy in torn glassine dust jacket. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy in torn glassine dust jacket.
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A Full Moon in March
by YEATS, W. B.
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1935. First edition. One of 2000 copies. Wade 182. Very faint offset to free-endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, neat ownership signature of W. George S. Whiting, otherwise a fine copy in jacket that is quite darkened at spine and margins. 8vo, original dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, dust jacket. Very faint offset to free-endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, neat ownership signature of W. George S. Whiting, otherwise a fine copy... Read More
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Plays and Controversies
by YEATS, W. B.
N. Y.: Macmillan, 1924. First American edition. Wade 140. Very slight wear at top and bottom of spine of dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, portrait and illustrations, original green cloth stamped in blind and gilt, dust jacket. Very slight wear at top and bottom of spine of dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy.
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The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays. By William Butler Yeats & Lady Gregory
by YEATS, W. B.
N. Y.: Macmillan, 1908. First edition, preceded only by a very small edition in wrappers to secure copyright. One of 1200 copies printed. Wade 73. Extremities of spine a bit rubbed, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original decorated navy blue cloth. Extremities of spine a bit rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.
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Words Upon the Window Pane: A Play in One Act, With Notes upon the Play and Its Subject, by William Butler Yeats
by YEATS, W. B.
Dublin, Ireland: The Cuala Press, 1934. First edition. Limited to 350 copies printed. Wade 174. Spine and spine label lightly sunned, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original buff linen and blue paper boards with paper label on spine. Spine and spine label lightly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.
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Seven Poems and a Fragment
by YEATS, W. B.
Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1922. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Covers a bit rubbed, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, title-page decoration by T. Sturge Moore, original cloth-backed boards. Covers a bit rubbed, otherwise a fine copy.
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Autobiographies: Reveries Over Childhood and Youth and The Trembling of the Veil
by YEATS, W. B.
London: Macmillan & Co, 1926. First edition. One of 2820 copies. Wade 151. Preliminary front & back pages & edges very lightly foxed, otherwise a very fine copy. 8vo, frontispiece portrait of Yeats, four illustrations including one tipped-in colorplate, unicorn design on endpapers, blind-stamped decorated green cloth, dust jacket. Preliminary front & back pages & edges very lightly foxed, otherwise a very fine copy.
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The Cat and the Moon and Certain Poems
by YEATS, W. B.
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1924. First edition (500 copies printed). Wade 145. Some light browning to free endpapers, otherwise a fine,unopened copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Some light browning to free endpapers, otherwise a fine,unopened copy.
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Stories of Michael Robartes and His Friends: An Extract From a Record Made by His Pupils: And a Play in Prose
by YEATS, W. B.
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1931. First edition (450 copies printed). Wade 167. Spine lightly tanned, bookplate, some foxing on a few leaves, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, illustrations, original linen-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Spine lightly tanned, bookplate, some foxing on a few leaves, otherwise a fine copy.
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