The Land of Heart's Desire

  • [cxvi], 28, [3]pp. 12mo
  • Poertlnd, Maine: PRIVATELY PRINTED {by Thomas B. Mosher], 1903
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 covers, author and title stamped in gilt on spine, with double gilt rule, and two corner fleuron devices in gilt, on front and rear turns (on pastedowns), t.e.g. .Owner's large, attractive pictorial bookplate on front pastedown, and neat ink signature on second (blank) front flyleaf ("John Stanton, Jr. 1916"). Light rubbing at extremities of spine and tips of two corners, front hinge a bit tender (slightly over-opened), else a near fine, bright copy. 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. `. Hatch 710; Wade 12; the entire "Privately Printed" edition was limited to only 32 numbered copies

Details

Title

The Land of Heart's Desire

Author

Yeats, William Butler

Binding

[cxvi], 28, [3]pp. 12mo

Condition

Near Fine

Publisher

PRIVATELY PRINTED {by Thomas B. Mosher]: Poertlnd, Maine

Date

1903

Edition

First American revised edition, "Privately Printed" issue, limit


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