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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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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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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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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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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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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The Tables of the Law. The Adoration of the Magi
by YEATS, W. B.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1904. First published edition, deluxe issue. Wade 25. A very fine, unopened copy. 8vo, original holland-backed blue boards, glassine dust jacket. A very fine, unopened copy.
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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 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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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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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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Some Memories of W. B. Yeats
by (YEATS, W.B.) MASEFIELD, John
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1940. First edition. One of 375 numbered copies printed (the entire edition). Very fine unopened copy with the glassine jacket in which there are two small chips with loss. 8vo, original linen-backed boards, printed paper spine label, publisher's glassine dust jacket. Very fine unopened copy with the glassine jacket in which there are two small chips with loss.
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Autobiography
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
N. Y.: Grossman, 1970. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed to Ted & Joan Wilentz by Zukofsky on verso of the half-title page: "Joan's and Ted's copy, all happiness, Louis Zukofsky, 4/29/70". Ted Wilentz was the proprietor of the legendary Greenwich Village Eighth Street Bookshop. Fine copy. 8vo, boards, dust jacket. Fine copy.
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A - 14
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
(Kensington): Turret Books, (1967). First edition. One of 25 lettered copies signed by Zukofsky; additionally inscribed by the poet: "for Rowan, Louis & Stephanie, Celia & Louis, 7/23/67. Small light stain on the fore-edge, otherwise a fine copy in a slightly sunned jacket with a tiny stain on the front panel.. 12mo, original cloth, dust jacket. Small light stain on the fore-edge, otherwise a fine copy in a slightly sunned jacket with a tiny stain on the front... Read More
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I's (pronounced eyes)
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
N. Y.: Trobar, (1963). First edition. One of 350 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed to critic Hugh Kenner & his wife: "to the K's true enough LZ 5/8/75. Covers lightly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.. Oblong 12mo, pictorial wrappers. Covers lightly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.
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Louis Zukofsky at the American Embassy, London, May 21, 1969
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
(Newcastle upon Tyne: Ultima Thule Book, 1969). First edition. Limited to 400 copies. The cover bears the calligraphic title "Solid Liquid Gas" and Zukofsky's name in red marker; in Contemporary Poets, this booklet is listed as "The Gas Age: A Poem. Wrappers a little faded, otherwise a fine copy.. 8vo, decorated wrappers. Wrappers a little faded, otherwise a fine copy.
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Some Time. Short Poems
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
Stuttgart: Jonathan Williams, 1956. First edition, Author's Edition, one of 50 special copies numbered and signed by Zukofsky. Published as Jargon 15. A fine copy of one of the most beautiful books published by the Jargon Society in slipcase which has a small crimp in the spine panel. 8vo, original Japanese wrappers designed by Celia Zukofsky, glassine dust jacket, publsiher's slipcase. A fine copy of one of the most beautiful books published by the Jargon Society in slipcase... Read More
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A Test of Poetry
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
N. Y.: Jargon/Corinth Books, 1964. Second or Jargon/Corinth edition. First published by The Objectivist Press in 1948. Jargon 11, though listed as Jargon 12 in the Edelstein checklist: Jargon 12 was intended to be Kenneth Rexroth's "100 Poems from the Greek and Latin", but it was cancelled. Fine copy. 8vo, wrappers. Fine copy.
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(Interview With Louis Zukofsky). Reprinted from Contemporary Literature, Spring 1969, Vol. 10, No. 2
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
(No place: Contemporary Literature), 1969. First edition of this offprint. Signed and with corrections by Zukofsky. Wrappers a little sunned on the back & bottom of front cover creased, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Wrappers a little sunned on the back & bottom of front cover creased, otherwise a fine copy.
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Anew. Poems
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
Prairie City, Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker, (1946). First edition of Zukofsky's third book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Hugh Kenner from Louis Zukofsky, 10/14/62". Kenner is the author of the monumental study The Pound Era, in which Zukofsky's "A" is quoted at length & warmly commended. Though well known - even revered - among a varied but small group of poets, Zukofsky was - & is - a very neglected figure. Kenner, who has... Read More
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