The Winding Stair
by Yeats, William Butler
New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. First edition, one of 642 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half-title. Printed at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge on Kalmar Paper. Designed by Frederic Warde. 26, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with two small red morocco spine title labels. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Near fine. Warde, Frederic. First edition, one of 642 numbered copies, signed by the author on the... Read More
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The Tower
by Yeats, William Butler
London: Macmillan, 1928. First edition, one of only 2000 copies printed. v, 110, 2 [ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt tower design by T. Sturge Moore. A bright, near fine copy in matching blue-green dust jacket with minor wear to extremities including a few short tears to folds. Moore, Thomas Sturge. First edition, one of only 2000 copies printed. v, 110, 2 [ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of one of Yeats' great... Read More
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The Land of Heart's Desire
by Yeats, William Butler
San Francisco: [Printed for C. F. Benoit by the Brothers at] The Windsor Press, 1926. One of 750 copies on hand made Rye Mill paper. vii, 27 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Original cloth backed boards. Some soiling to spine, else very good plus. One of 750 copies on hand made Rye Mill paper. vii, 27 pp. 1 vols. 16mo.
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Reveries Over Childhood and Youth [with:] Plates to Accompany Reveries Over Childhood and Youth
by Yeats, William Butler
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1915. First edition, one of 425 copies. Woodcut title device and one other decoration by Sturge Moore. Text printed in red and black. [viii], 127, [1] pp. Portfolio of 3 plates with letterpress leaf. 2 vols. 8vo. Original grey boards lettered in black, tan linen spine. Galwey & Co. binder's ticket. Near fine copy (slight toning to spine as usual, small scuff at head; some edge wear to mount of Memory Harbour). First edition,... Read More
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Two Plays for Dancers
by Yeats, William Butler
Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1919. First edition, one of 400 copies. Woodcut title device by T. Sturge Moore. [iv], 38, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's linen-backed blue boards, titled in black on front cover, paper spine label. Fine in glassine dust-jacket. Bookplate after Jack Yeats drawing. First edition, one of 400 copies. Woodcut title device by T. Sturge Moore. [iv], 38, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wade 123; Miller 28
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If I Were Four-and-Twenty
by Yeats, William Butler
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1940. First edition, no. 168 of 450 copies. Unicorn pressmark on title page. [iv], 67, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original linen backed boards. Fine copy in glassine. First edition, no. 168 of 450 copies. Unicorn pressmark on title page. [iv], 67, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Two essays, If I Were Four-and-Twenty (1919), and Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places (1914). A nice posthumous edition. Wade 205; Miller 65
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The Death of Synge and Other Passages from an Old Diary
by Yeats, William Butler
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1928. First edition, published by the poet's sister Elizabeth Corbet Yeats in an edition of only 400 copies. 35, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original linen and boards. Fine in chipped glassine. First edition, published by the poet's sister Elizabeth Corbet Yeats in an edition of only 400 copies. 35, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wade 162; Miller 41
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The Land of Heart's Desire
by Yeats, William Butler
Poertlnd, Maine: PRIVATELY PRINTED {by Thomas B. Mosher], 1903. First American revised edition, "Privately Printed" issue, limited to 32 numbered copies, "printed on Japan vellum by Thomas B. Mosher for presentation to his friends" [this is copy number "3"]. [cxvi], 28, [3]pp. 12mo. Bound in contemporary full brown morocco ("Bound by Macdonalds" stamped in gilt on rear pastedown, and with "E. P. Dutton & Co., N.Y." stamped in gilt on front pastedown), single gilt rule on front and rear... Read More
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The King of the Great Clock Tower. Commentaries and Poems
by Yeats, William Butler
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1934. First edition, one of 400 copies. Title page with bell waterfall and fish pressmark in red, text printed in red and black. [viii], [45] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cream cloth-backed blue paper boards, paper spine label, unopened. Fine copy. First edition, one of 400 copies. Title page with bell waterfall and fish pressmark in red, text printed in red and black. [viii], [45] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Miller 53
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The Land of Heart's Desire
by Yeats, William Butler
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1909. First published revised edition, alternate printing, 1/500 on Japanese vellum. [xxviii], 31 pp. 8vo. Cream colored paper boards with yapp edges and green lettering with lightest soiling, near fine. First published revised edition, alternate printing, 1/500 on Japanese vellum. [xxviii], 31 pp. 8vo. Hatch 406; Bishop 187; Wade 13a
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The Winding Stair
by Yeats, William Butler
New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. First edition, number 113 of 642 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half-title. Printed at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge on Kalmar Paper. Designed by Frederic Warde. 26, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt, red morocco title labels, t.e.g. Fine. Warde, Frederic. First edition, number 113 of 642 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half-title. Printed at the Printing House of William... Read More
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The Land of the Heart's Desire
by Yeats, William Butler
Portland: Mosher, 1894. First American ("published") revised edition. Number 85 of 100 ON JAPAN VELLUM, SIGNED BY THOMAS BIRD MOSHER. pp. [iv], 45, illustrated (with frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley). 12mo. Japan vellum. First American ("published") revised edition. Number 85 of 100 ON JAPAN VELLUM, SIGNED BY THOMAS BIRD MOSHER. pp. [iv], 45, illustrated (with frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley). 12mo. Wade 11; Kramer 25
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Four Plays for Dancers
by Yeats, William Butler
London: Macmillan and Co, 1921. First edition. Half-tone frontispiece and other illustrations by Edmund Dulac. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Original gray boards printed in black after a design by Sturge Moore, black cloth spine with printed paper label. Toning to endpapers from jacket flaps otherwise fine in brown printed dustjacket with some toning to spine. Laid into a blue cloth drop box. First edition. Half-tone frontispiece and other illustrations by Edmund Dulac. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Signed on... Read More
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The Hour-Glass and Other Plays
by Yeats, William Butler
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First trade edition. 113pp. Binding is lightly faded on spine, with moderate wear at tips of spine, slightly bumped at tips of corners, else a very good copy. First trade edition. 113pp. Feminist Gertrude Robinson-Smith's copy, with her attractive, early pictorial bookplate on front pastedown. Born in New York City in 1880, to a wealthy family, she worked for numerous causes, was President of the Vaccination Society, raised funds for refugees during... Read More
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Responsibilities: Poems and a Play
by Yeats, William Butler
Churchtown, Dundrum, [Dublin]: Cuala Press, 1914. First Edition. [4] ff. (blank), [8], 74, [7], [1, blank], [1, colophon (verso blank)] pp., [4] ff. (blank). 1 vols. 8vo. Linen spine and printed boards, with label on front pastedown Bound by Galwey & Co. Eustace St., Dublin. Bookplate of Pete Laney. First Edition. [4] ff. (blank), [8], 74, [7], [1, blank], [1, colophon (verso blank)] pp., [4] ff. (blank). 1 vols. 8vo. "In these poems Yeats, influenced by his young... Read More
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Twenty One Poems ... Selected by William Butler Yeats
by (Yeats, William Butler) Johnson, Lionel
Dundrun: The Dun Emer Press, 1904. First edition, one of two hundred twenty copies. xvi, 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue paper boards, linen spine, printed paper spine label. Very good, with an unusual color-printed bookplate of "AF" on the front pastedown. Free endpapers a bit discolored. First edition, one of two hundred twenty copies. xvi, 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Lionel Johnson (1867-1902), educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, affiliated with the Rhymers' Club, is also... Read More
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Samhain. An Occasional Review. Edited by W.B. Yeats, containing Notes by the Editor
by Yeats, William Butler, editor
Dublin: Maunsel & Co, 1908. Seventh Number. 1 vols. Small 4to. Tan printed wrappers. Very Good. Seventh Number. 1 vols. Small 4to.
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Yeats Centenary Papers. Numbers I-6, 8 & 9. Number One:MALINS, Edward. YEARS AND THE EASTER RISING. no. 2. LISTER, Raymond. BEULAH TO BYZANTIUM: a Study of parallels in the works of W.B.Yeats, William Blake, Samuel Palmer & Edward Calvert. no. 3. ALSPACH, Russell K. YEATS AND INNISFREE. no. 4. TELFER, W.L. YEATS'S IDEA OF THE GAEL.no. 5. FAULKNER, Peter. YEATS & THE IRISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. no. 6. ISHIBASHI, Hiro. YEATS AND THE NOH: Types of Japanese beauty. no. 8. BRADFORD, Curtis. YEATS'S 'LAST POEMS' AGAIN. no. 9. HARPER, George Mills. YEATS'S QUEST FOR EDEN. no. XI Yeats and Joyce. By Richard Ellman. no. XII. YEATS ANDF MUSIC. By Edward Mallins WITH Preliminbaries and Index
by (Yeats, William Butler) Miller, Liam, General Editor
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1966. 11 vols. 8vo. Brown wrappers. Fiune. 11 vols. 8vo.
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The Death of Synge and Other Passages from an Old Diary
by Yeats, William Butler
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1928. First edition, published by the poet's sister Elizabeth Corbet Yeats in an edition of only 400 copies. 35, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original linen and boards. Fine in glassine. Bookplate. First edition, published by the poet's sister Elizabeth Corbet Yeats in an edition of only 400 copies. 35, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wade 162; Miller 41
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Plays in Prose and Verse
by Yeats, William Butler
London: Macmillan, 1922. First edition. 1500 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's light green cloth with Charles Rickett's design stamped in blind on upper cover, white endpapers with unicorn design. Spine a bit faded, otherwise a sound, attractive copy. First edition. 1500 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Wade 136
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The Midnight Court and The Adventures of a Luckless Fellow. Translated from the Gaelic by Percy Arland Ussher. With a Preface by W. B. Yeats & Woodcuts by Frank W. Peers
by (Yeats, William Butler) Ussher, Percy Arland
London: Cape, 1926. First edition. 79pp. 8vo. Orange cloth. Fine in near fine unclipped dustjacket. First edition. 79pp. 8vo.
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Responsibilities: Poems and a Play
by Yeats, William Butler
Churchtown, Dundrum, [Dublin]: Cuala Press, 1914. First edition, one of 400 copies. Dun Emer woodcut title device. [viii], 74, [10] pp., no erratum slip as present in some copies. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's linen-backed gray boards, front cover titled in black. Sporadic faint spotting, else fine. First edition, one of 400 copies. Dun Emer woodcut title device. [viii], 74, [10] pp., no erratum slip as present in some copies. 1 vols. 8vo. "In these poems Yeats, inlfuenced by... Read More
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The Great Valleys and Prairies of Nebraska and the Northwest
by (Yellowstone National Park) Wilber, C. D.
Omaha, Neb: Daily Republican Print, 1881. First Edition. Illustrated. Large hand-colored folding map of Nebraska, showing portions of the surrounding states of Wyoming, S. Dakota, Kansas and Colorado. 1 vols. 8vo. Original decorated red cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Tipped-in is a printed presentation slip reading: "Compliments of Leavitt Burnham. Land Commissioner U. P. Ry." Very minor rubbing, hinges cracking. Map artfully repaired with linen. With ink stamp of former owner. First Edition. Illustrated. Large hand-colored folding... Read More
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A Tale of the Yellowstone or In a Wagon through Western Wyoming and Wonderland
by (Yellowstone) Turrill, Gardner Stilson
Jefferson, Iowa: G.S. Turrill Publishing Co, 1901. First Edition. Compiled from Letters Furnished "The Souvenir", of Jefferson, Iowa, by the Author, During the Summer of 1898 - About One Hundred Views Given of Scenes en Route. 128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (10 x 7 inches). Original yellow cloth, upper board titled in black. Owner signature of "Thos R. Durfee Jun 14th to 21st 1901". Somewhat shaken, minor wear to extremities. Very good. First Edition. Compiled from Letters Furnished... Read More
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Letter from the Secretary of War Communicating The Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane upon the so-called Yellowstone Expedition of 1870
by (Yellowstone) [Doane, Gustavus C.]
[Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1875. 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards. 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Howes D371
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