Lot 130
Yeats, W.B.
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
A book of Irish verse. London: Methuen, 1895. First edition, 8vo., publisher's green buckram, fore-edges uncut, a little rubbed, fore-edges darkened, (Wade 225); [Idem] Poems. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904. 4th English edition, 8vo., portrait frontispiece, dark blue cloth, with design in gold on front cover (by Althea Gyles), edges uncut, (Wade 19); [Idem] The land of heart's desire. Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1905. 4th edition, small 8vo., publisher's paper boards, printed paper labels, edges uncut, (Wade 13); [Idem] The Shananchie: an illustrated Irish miscellany. Vol. 1 1906. Dublin: Maunsel & Co. Ltd., 1906. 4to., frontispiece, plates, publisher's buckram, edges uncut, covers stained, Wade p. 77, contains the first appearance by Yeats of The Song of the Woman under the title Against Witchcraft; [Idem] Reveries over childhood & youth. London: Macmillan, 1916. First edition thus, 8vo., coloured frontispiece, 2 plates, publisher's dark blue cloth, upper cover with design in gold by Sturge Moore, binding faded and with hinges and edges rubbed, (Wade 113); [Idem] Responsibilities and other poems. London: Macmillan, 1916. First edition thus, 8vo., publisher's dark blue cloth with design in gilt on the front cover by Sturge Moore, uncut, spine rubbed and binding generally faded, half-title discoloured, blind stamped "presentation copy" on the title-page, (Wade 116) (6)