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  • Yeats (William Butler) Poems, 1927 & others, Yeats and Lady Gregory (c.50)
    Feb. 20, 2025

    Yeats (William Butler) Poems, 1927 & others, Yeats and Lady Gregory (c.50)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Poems, original cloth, a little faded and marked, 1927; On the Boiler, original wrappers by Jack B. Yeats, a little toned, yapp edges a little creased, Cuala Press, Dublin, 1938; Cathleen Ni Houlihan, original wrappers, slightly splitting down spine, a little faded, Bullen, 1909; and c.45 others, Yeats and Lady Gregory, v.s. (c.50) 

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Lake Isle of Innisfree, [one of 450 copies], San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1924.
    Feb. 20, 2025

    Yeats (William Butler) The Lake Isle of Innisfree, [one of 450 copies], San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1924.

    Est: £100 - £150

    Yeats (William Butler) The Lake Isle of Innisfree... also an Appreciative Note by George Sterling, [one of 450 copies], printed in red and black, borders decorated in green and gilt, tipped in manuscript facsimile frontispiece, original green boards, spine worn and coming away but still largely intact, chip to head, light surface rubbing, [Wade 143], folio, San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1924.   ⁂ Scarce Yeats item. 

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  • William Butler Yeats Collection. Yeats Interviews and Recollections. Mikhai
    Oct. 16, 2024

    William Butler Yeats Collection. Yeats Interviews and Recollections. Mikhai

    Est: €40 - €80

    William Butler Yeats Collection. Yeats Interviews and Recollections. Mikhail; Yeats a Life by Coote; Adventures in the Deep Mind. The Cuchulainn Cycle of Yeats; The Yeats Companion with a biographical portrait by O’Connor; Collected Poems.1937; Poems. [1929] and Yeats’s Vision and the Later Plays by Vendler. 7 hardback books, 6 in djs

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  • William Butler Yeats collection. Commentary on Collected Plays by Jeffares
    Oct. 16, 2024

    William Butler Yeats collection. Commentary on Collected Plays by Jeffares

    Est: €40 - €80

    William Butler Yeats collection. Commentary on Collected Plays by Jeffares and Knowland; The Drama of Yeats. Irish Myth and the Japanese Nó by Taylor; Yeats. Na and Poet by Jeffares; Yeats and his Contemporaries by Fletcher; W. B. Yeats Memoirs edited by O’Donoghue; Yeats and the Theatre by O’Driscoll and Reynolds and An Excited Reverie a Centenary Tribute 1865-1939. 7 hardback books, 6 in djs.

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  • William Butler Yeats collection. His Poetry and Thought by Stock; Letters o
    Sep. 25, 2024

    William Butler Yeats collection. His Poetry and Thought by Stock; Letters o

    Est: €50 - €100

    William Butler Yeats collection. His Poetry and Thought by Stock; Letters on Poetry from Yeats to Dorothy Wellesley; The Masterpiece and the Man. Yeats as I knew him by Monk Gibbon; Autobiographies; Yeats and the Writing of the Player Queen; Yeats Man and Poet; Yeats the Playwright by Ure and W. B. Yeats and Irish Folklore by Theunte. 8 books all in djs.

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  • William Butler Yeats collection. The Cuchulain Plays of W. B. Yeats by Sken
    Sep. 25, 2024

    William Butler Yeats collection. The Cuchulain Plays of W. B. Yeats by Sken

    Est: €50 - €100

    William Butler Yeats collection. The Cuchulain Plays of W. B. Yeats by Skene; The Poetry of Yeats by MacNeice. 1941; Yeats, Ireland and Fascism by Cullingford; A Commentary of the Plays of Yeats by Jeffares and Knowland; Yeats and the Idea of a Theatre by Flannery; Yeats and Tradition by Wilson Later Poems by Yeats. 1931 and Collected Poems of Yeats. lovely copy. 8 hardback books, 5 in djs.

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  • William Butler Yeats. Poems of W. B. Yeats by Jeffares; Correspondence of R
    Sep. 25, 2024

    William Butler Yeats. Poems of W. B. Yeats by Jeffares; Correspondence of R

    Est: €50 - €100

    William Butler Yeats. Poems of W. B. Yeats by Jeffares; Correspondence of Robert Bridges and Yeats; The Senate Speeches of Yeats. 1960. First edition; J. B. Yeats. Letters to W. B. Yeats 169-1922; Letters on Poetry from Yeats to Dorothy Wellesley; W. B. Yeats Memoirs; The Dramatic Imagination of Yeats by Parkin and Images of a Poet by Yeats. 8 books, in djs

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, 1928 & others, including another in Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding (4)
    Sep. 19, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, 1928 & others, including another in Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding (4)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, few pages unopened, original pictorial cloth, brightly gilt, spine lightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed, 1928; Last Poems and Plays, first American edition, dark green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, morocco turn-ins, spine lightly faded otherwise a very attractive copy, New York, 1940; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Collected Works in Verse and Prose, 8 vol., Shakespeare Head Press, 1908.
    Sep. 19, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) The Collected Works in Verse and Prose, 8 vol., Shakespeare Head Press, 1908.

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    Yeats (William Butler) The Collected Works in Verse and Prose, 8 vol., 4 photogravure frontispieces, light browning to endpapers, original vellum backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, a fine and bright set, 8vo, Shakespeare Head Press, 1908.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, one of 700 copies signed by the author, New York, The Fountain Press, 1929.
    Jul. 18, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, one of 700 copies signed by the author, New York, The Fountain Press, 1929.

    Est: £500 - £700

    Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, one of 700 copies signed by the author, decorative title, endpaper margins a little discoloured, original cloth, roan spine labels, very slight fading to spine, slight chipping to spine labels, light rubbing to spine tips, but an excellent example overall, [Wade 164], 8vo, New York, The Fountain Press, 1929.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) A Vision..., one of 600 copies signed by the author, 1925.
    Jul. 18, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) A Vision..., one of 600 copies signed by the author, 1925.

    Est: £500 - £700

    Yeats (William Butler) A Vision..., one of 600 copies signed by the author, portrait, plate and illustration by Edmund Dulac and printed on brown paper, prospectus loosely inserted with limitation number altered by hand, prospectus for another work loosely inserted, original parchment-backed boards, uncut, paper label to spine, browning to spine and head of covers, spine bumped at foot, [Wade 149], 8vo, 1925.

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  • William Butler Yeats. Autobiographies. Reveries over Childhood and Youth an
    Jun. 26, 2024

    William Butler Yeats. Autobiographies. Reveries over Childhood and Youth an

    Est: €50 - €100

    William Butler Yeats. Autobiographies. Reveries over Childhood and Youth and the Trembling of the Veil. Macmillan. 1926; Later Poems. 1931; Plays. 1931; The Land of Heart’s Desire and The Countess Cathleen. 1925 in dj and Selected Poems. Lyrical and Narrative. Macmillan. 129 in dj. 5 hardback books

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  • Yeats (William Butler).
    Jun. 20, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler).

    Est: £300 - £400

    Yeats (William Butler). Yeats (William Butler). The Wanderings of Oisin and other Poems, 1st edition, first issue, London: Kegan, Paul, 1889, [1], viii, 155 pp. original publisher's black cloth gilt, lower cover with publisher's device in blind, a very good unblemished copy, 8vo, 17.5 x 11.5 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 ins) QTY: (1) NOTE: Wade 2. First edition, first issue of Yeats' first trade book preceded only by the privately printed Mosada (published in 1886 in the Dublin University Review). 500 copies were printed, financed by Kegan Paul but with guarantees from subscribers arranged with the help of John O'Leary. When subscriptions weren't as forthcoming as hoped, Kegan Paul sold the remaining 98 copies to Fisher Unwin.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, 1933.
    May. 09, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, 1933.

    Est: £400 - £600

    Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, extremities fractionally bumped, dust-jacket, price-clipped, fading to spine and upper panel top edge, light chipping to extremities, neatly splitting 1" down upper joint, still sharp and intact, 8vo, 1933.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, number 262 of 700 copies signed by the author, New York, The Fountain Press, 1929.
    May. 09, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, number 262 of 700 copies signed by the author, New York, The Fountain Press, 1929.

    Est: £300 - £500

    Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, number 262 of 700 copies signed by the author, decorative title, endpapers discoloured, both hinges broken, original cloth, spine sunned, spine head worn, otherwise lightly scuffed, [Wade 164], New York, The Fountain Press, 1929.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Selected Poems, first edition, 1929 & others, Yeats (5)
    May. 09, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) Selected Poems, first edition, 1929 & others, Yeats (5)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Selected Poems, cloth extremities a little rubbed, otherwise excellent, 1929; Last Poems and Plays, ownership inscription on browned front free endpaper, 1940, first English editions; and 3 others, Yeats, including Cuala Press facsimile reproductions, 8vo (5)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, 1928.
    May. 09, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, 1928.

    Est: £400 - £600

    Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, bookplate on front free endpaper, very faint scattered spots to first few pages, bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, blind-stamped and gilt by T. Sturge Moore, spine ends slightly frayed but else fine and remarkably brightly gilt, dust-jacket, uncut, half-title unopened, jacket in two pieces split along lower joint, upper joint starting, 3" triangular closed tear on upper panel, light pen mark to upper panel, extremities chipped, 8vo, 1928. *** One of 2000 copies. The Tower was Yeats' first major volume of poetry to appear as Nobel Laureate (he had been awarded the Nobel Prize five years earlier in 1923). It is considered one of the poet's most important volumes, and firmly established his place in the Modernist canon.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Poems, first revised edition, 1908 & others, mixed modern literature (11)
    Feb. 15, 2024

    Yeats (William Butler) Poems, first revised edition, 1908 & others, mixed modern literature (11)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Poems, first revised edition, prize bookplate, light browning and spotting to endpapers, original decorative cloth, gilt, uncut, spine ends and extremities a little bumped but very bright in general, 1908 § le Carré (John) The Night Manager, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to top edge, 1993 § Onions (Oliver) Collected Ghost Stories, first edition, very light fading on endpapers, original decorative cloth, spine a little bumped, 1935 § Ford (F.M.) No More Parades, first edition, bookplate partially removed from pastedown, foxing to peripheral pages, original cloth, light spotting to fore-edge, otherwise excellent, 1925; and 7 others, mixed modern literature, 8vo (11)

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  • William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W. B. Yeats’) t
    Dec. 15, 2023

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W. B. Yeats’) t

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W. B. Yeats’) to Frank Harris, 82 Merrion...

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  • William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W.B. Yeats’) to
    Dec. 15, 2023

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W.B. Yeats’) to

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W.B. Yeats’) to Florence Farr...

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  • William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Series of 30 autograph letters and two le
    Dec. 15, 2023

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Series of 30 autograph letters and two le

    Est: £15,000 - £20,000

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Series of 30 autograph letters and two letters signed ('W.B. Yeats') to...

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  • William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W B Yeats’) to
    Dec. 15, 2023

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W B Yeats’) to

    Est: £1,800 - £2,500

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Autograph letter signed (‘W B Yeats’) to [D. J.] O’Donoghue,...

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  • William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Typescript signed ('W.B. Yeats') of The C
    Dec. 15, 2023

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Typescript signed ('W.B. Yeats') of The C

    Est: £4,000 - £6,000

    William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Typescript signed ('W.B. Yeats') of The Countess Cathleen with extensive...

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  • Dun Emer Press.- Yeats (William Butler) In the Seven Woods, [one of 325 copies], original natural linen, Dundrum, 1903.
    Oct. 05, 2023

    Dun Emer Press.- Yeats (William Butler) In the Seven Woods, [one of 325 copies], original natural linen, Dundrum, 1903.

    Est: £400 - £600

    Dun Emer Press.- Yeats (William Butler) In the Seven Woods: being Poems chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age, first edition, [one of 325 copies], printed in red & black, additional paper label loosely inserted, unopened, endpapers lightly browned, original natural linen, paper label printed in red to upper cover, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, spine browned, corners slightly worn and bumped, [Miller 1; Wade 49], 8vo, Dundrum, Dun Emer Press, "finished the sixteenth day of July, in the year of the big wind", 1903. ⁂ The first book printed and issued by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, sister of W.B.Yeats, at the Dun Emer Press which later became the Cuala Press. James Joyce refers to the press in Ulysses, parodying the colophon, "Five lines of text and ten pages of notes about the folk and the fishgods of Dundrum. Printed by the weird sisters in the year of the big wind."

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, 1933.
    May. 25, 2023

    Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, 1933.

    Est: £400 - £600

    Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, very light scattered spotting to endpapers, original decorative green cloth, gilt, lower cover very lightly marked, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and edges, slight creasing to extremities, small closed tear to upper panel, light chipping to upper edge, but overall a lovely copy, 8vo, 1933.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Trembling of the Veil, one of 1000 copies signed by the author, 1922.
    May. 25, 2023

    Yeats (William Butler) The Trembling of the Veil, one of 1000 copies signed by the author, 1922.

    Est: £500 - £700

    Yeats (William Butler) The Trembling of the Veil, one of 1000 copies signed by the author, original paper-backed boards, spine lightly bumped, dust-jacket, browned and slightly discoloured, still overall an attractive copy, 8vo, 1922.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Ballylee. The Tower, one of 150 copies, Lewisburg (PA), Press of Appletree Alley, 1983.
    Feb. 23, 2023

    Yeats (William Butler) Ballylee. The Tower, one of 150 copies, Lewisburg (PA), Press of Appletree Alley, 1983.

    Est: £250 - £350

    Yeats (William Butler) Ballylee. The Tower, one of 150 copies, illustrations by John DePol, original morocco-backed cloth, spine sunned, Lewisburg (PA), Press of Appletree Alley, 1983 § Kipling (Rudyard) 'Proofs of Holy Writ', number 51 of 125 copies, bookplate, original wrappers, slipcase, Edinburgh, Tragara Press, 1981 together with 'The Proofs of Holy Writ' in The Strand Magazine, 8pp. (pp.350-358), illustrations, half calf, 1934 § O'Connor (Frank) Three Tales, number 17 of 250 copies, original cloth-backed boards, slight sunning to edges, glassine dust-jacket, a few small tears, Cuala Press, 1941 § Greene (Graham) The Revenge, original green printed wrappers, privately printed, 1963; and a quantity of others, including: 6 items signed by author; private press and limited edition pamphlets, poetry, short works etc.; related ephemera, v.d., v.s. (qty)

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  • Cuala Press.- Yeats (William Butler) A Selection from the Love Poetry, one of 300 copies, Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1913.
    Sep. 29, 2022

    Cuala Press.- Yeats (William Butler) A Selection from the Love Poetry, one of 300 copies, Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1913.

    Est: £400 - £600

    Cuala Press.- Yeats (William Butler) A Selection from the Love Poetry, one of 300 copies, Dun Emer device on title, colophon printed in red, scattered spotting, most to last few leaves and blanks, previous owner's pencil inscription dated 1916, near contemporary green crushed morocco ruled in gilt with small gilt leaves and inlaid red morocco hearts by Hatchards, light rubbing to joints and spine extremities, [Wade 106], 8vo, Dundrum, The Cuala Press, 1913.

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  • "THE VARIORUM EDITION OF THE POEMS OF W.B. YEATS"
    Aug. 27, 2022

    "THE VARIORUM EDITION OF THE POEMS OF W.B. YEATS"

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    William Butler Yeats (Irish 1865-1939), "The Variorum Edition of The Poems of W.B. Yeats", published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1957, signed by author on a tipped in plate and numbered 84 of 825. Octavo, tan and red board cover with gilt lettering to spine, with cover. This item has been certified by James Spence Authentication. Certificate available upon request. Approx. h. 9.5" , w. 6.5".

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Plays in Prose and Verse, first edition, 1922; and 7 others, poetry, including another first edition Yeats (8)
    Jun. 09, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) Plays in Prose and Verse, first edition, 1922; and 7 others, poetry, including another first edition Yeats (8)

    Est: £200 - £300

    NO RESERVE Yeats (William Butler) Plays in Prose and Verse, light browning and spotting to endpapers, dust-jacket, lightly browned, extremities a little creased and lightly rubbed, 1922; Poems 1899-1905,1906, first editions, original cloth, spine ends bumped and creased, second cloth a little marked; and 7 others, poetry, including a set of Poems by Sturge Moore in the original publisher's box, 8vo (8)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Per Amica Silentia Lunae, first edition, 1918; and 2 others by the same (3)
    Jun. 09, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) Per Amica Silentia Lunae, first edition, 1918; and 2 others by the same (3)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Per Amica Silentia Lunae, scattered spotting, faint ink ownership inscription to endpaper, light sunning to spine, light rubbing, 1918; Poems 1899-1905, light browning to endpapers, spine tips and corners a little rubbed and bumped, 1906, first editions, original cloth, [Wade 120 & 64]; and another by the same, 8vo (3)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities and other Poems, first edition, 1916.
    Jun. 09, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities and other Poems, first edition, 1916.

    Est: £500 - £700

    NO RESERVE Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities and other Poems, first edition, embossed presentation stamp on title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket slightly frayed and chipped, half-inch piece missing from foot of spine, a couple of small splits at fold of front flap, [Wade A115], 8vo, 1916. ⁂ The presence of the rare dust-jacket has ensured that the pictorial cloth beneath, designed by T. Sturge Moore, remains in beautifully bright and clean condition.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, first edition, 1916.
    Jun. 09, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, first edition, 1916.

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, first edition, mounted colour frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats, tears to backing of frontispiece, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very light sunning to spine, dust-jacket priced at 6/-, browning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, light spotting and soiling to panels, extremities rubbed, [Wade 113], 8vo, 1916. ⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace no other example at auction.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Poems of Place, number 74 of 175 copies signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry, Tern Press, 1991; and 6 others, Yeats (7)
    Jun. 09, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) Poems of Place, number 74 of 175 copies signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry, Tern Press, 1991; and 6 others, Yeats (7)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Poems of Place, number 74 of 175 copies signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry, illustrations by Nicholas Parry, printers' catalogue and A.L.s. loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to spine, Tern Press, 1991; Ballylee. The Tower, number 109 of 150 copies, illustrations by John DePol, original morocco-backed cloth, spine faded, Lewisburg, PA, The Press of Appletree Alley, 1983; On A Child's Death, one of 90 copies on Japanese Hoso for Colin Smythe, signed presentation inscription from Smythe, stitched spline, 1978; and 4 others, Yeats, 8vo & 4to (7)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose, first edition, 1927.
    Jun. 09, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose, first edition, 1927.

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose, first edition, plates, decorations and illustrations by Norah McGuinness, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, gilt, very light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, slight darkening to spine, short tear to head of upper joint, light creasing to head, some light marking to upper panel, but a near-fine copy generally, [Wade 157], 8vo, 1927.

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  • Yeats (William Butler), G. Bernard Shaw, S. O'Sullivan, Lady Gregoy, Padraic Colum and others, contributors. The Shanachie, nos. 1-6 in 2 vol., Dublin, 1906-7; and c.45 others, Irish Literary Revival …
    Jun. 09, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler), G. Bernard Shaw, S. O'Sullivan, Lady Gregoy, Padraic Colum and others, contributors. The Shanachie, nos. 1-6 in 2 vol., Dublin, 1906-7; and c.45 others, Irish Literary Revival …

    Est: £200 - £300

    Yeats (William Butler), G. Bernard Shaw, S. O'Sullivan, Lady Gregoy, Padraic Colum and others, contributors. The Shanachie, nos. 1-6 in 2 vol. (all published), illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, Hugh Thomson and others, some scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial buckram, some light marking, Dublin, 1906-7; The Shanachie, no.1, signed presentation inscription from Seamus O' Sullivan to upper cover, original wrappers, Dublin, 1906 § Russell (Violet) Heroes of the Dawn, illustrations by Beatrice Elvery, original cloth, light sunning to spine, Dublin, [1918]; and c.40 others, Irish Literary Revival, including a good, broken run of The Gael, v.s. (c.45)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Where There Is Nothing. Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre, first edition, number 47 of 100 copies on japan vellum, New York, 1903.
    Jun. 09, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) Where There Is Nothing. Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre, first edition, number 47 of 100 copies on japan vellum, New York, 1903.

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Where There Is Nothing. Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre, number 47 of 100 copies on japan vellum, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, some light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing, but a clean and excellent example overall, [Wade 45], 8vo, New York, 1903. ⁂ This edition referred to by Wade as the large paper first American public edition. Rare.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Ideas of Good and Evil, first edition, 1903.
    May. 19, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) Ideas of Good and Evil, first edition, 1903.

    Est: £100 - £150

    NO RESERVE Yeats (William Butler) Ideas of Good and Evil, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, scattered faint spotting, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, slight chipping to spine label, 8vo, 1903.

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  • * Yeats (William Butler, 1865-1939). Early Autograph Letter Signed, 'W. B. Yeats’
    Apr. 06, 2022

    * Yeats (William Butler, 1865-1939). Early Autograph Letter Signed, 'W. B. Yeats’

    Est: £600 - £800

    * Yeats (William Butler, 1865-1939). Early Autograph Letter Signed, 'W. B. Yeats’ Yeats (William Butler, 1865-1939). Irish poet. Early Autograph Letter Signed, 'W. B. Yeats’, 3 Blenheim Road, Bedford Park, Chiswick, July 23/4 (the 4 written over the 3) 1894 (postmark), to Miss Allport, regretting having not written and thanking her for the work she has done and mentioning money, 1 page, 8vo Qty: (1) Footnote: April 1894 saw the publication of Yeats’s play The Land of Heart’s Desire. It is, however, more likely that the ‘typewritten copies’ referred to, were of the second of two anthologies (also published in 1894) of the ‘Rhymers’ Club, a group of London-based poets who met regularly in Fleet Street to recite their verse; Yeats had founded the Club in 1890. Miss Allport lived close to the Yeats family in 4 Marlborough Rd, Bedford Park and did typing on a part-time basis with Yeats frequently calling upon her services in the 1890s. Apparently unpublished: not in The Letters, where there are two later letters to Miss Allport, relating to the same subject matter.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) In the Seven Woods, first edition, one of 325 unnumbered copies, Dundrum, The Dun Emer Press, 1903.
    Mar. 10, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) In the Seven Woods, first edition, one of 325 unnumbered copies, Dundrum, The Dun Emer Press, 1903.

    Est: £300 - £500

    Yeats (William Butler) In the Seven Woods, first edition, one of 325 unnumbered copies, unopened, lightly browned endpapers, original cloth, printed paper label to upper cover, additional paper label loosely inserted, spotting, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Wade 49], 8vo, Dundrum, The Dun Emer Press, 1903.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, number 7 of 110 copies, 1897.
    Feb. 10, 2022

    Yeats (William Butler) The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, number 7 of 110 copies, 1897.

    Est: £400 - £600

    Yeats (William Butler) The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, first edition, number 7 of 110 copies, portrait frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats, tissue-guard, light browning to endpapers, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, an excellent example, [Wade 24], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1897. ⁂ The true first edition of this rare publication containing two short stories written by Yeats at the height of his fascination in occultism.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus upon Certain Doctrines attributed to Kusta Ben Luka, one of 600 copies signed by Yeats, 1925.
    Dec. 02, 2021

    Yeats (William Butler) A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus upon Certain Doctrines attributed to Kusta Ben Luka, one of 600 copies signed by Yeats, 1925.

    Est: £500 - £700

    Yeats (William Butler) A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus upon Certain Doctrines attributed to Kusta Ben Luka, one of 600 copies signed by Yeats, portrait frontispiece, plate and illustrations by Dulac printed on brown paper, original parchment-backed boards, sunned spine as usual, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1925.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) The Lake Isle of Innisfree, [one of 450 copies], San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1924.
    Dec. 02, 2021

    Yeats (William Butler) The Lake Isle of Innisfree, [one of 450 copies], San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1924.

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) The Lake Isle of Innisfree... also an Appreciative Note by George Sterling, printed in red and black, borders decorated in green and gilt, tipped in manuscript facsimile frontispiece, original green boards, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, [Wade 143], folio, San Francisco, John Henry Nash, 1924. ⁂ Scarce.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities and other Poems, first edition, 1916.
    Dec. 02, 2021

    Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities and other Poems, first edition, 1916.

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities and other Poems, first edition, embossed presentation stamp on title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket slightly frayed and chipped, half-inch piece missing from foot of spine, a couple of small splits at fold of front flap, [Wade A115], 8vo, 1916. ⁂ The presence of the rare dust-jacket has ensured that the pictorial cloth beneath, designed by T. Sturge Moore, remains in beautifully bright and clean condition.

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities: Poems and a Play, 1914; and 2 others similar (3)
    Dec. 02, 2021

    Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities: Poems and a Play, 1914; and 2 others similar (3)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities: Poems and a Play, printer's woodcut device to title, occasional very light spotting, [Wade 110], 1914; Essays by W B Yeats 1931 to 1936, title vignette, adhesive tape remains to endpapers, unopened, [Wade 194], 1937; § Yeats (John Butler) Early Memories: Some Chapters of Autobiography, printer's woodcut device to title, 1923, original cloth-backed boards, some toning and soiling, Dublin, The Cuala Press, 8vo (3)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Richard Le Gallienne, Ernest Rhys, Arthur Symons and others, contributors. The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club, first edition, 1894; and 4 others (5)
    Dec. 02, 2021

    Yeats (William Butler) Richard Le Gallienne, Ernest Rhys, Arthur Symons and others, contributors. The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club, first edition, 1894; and 4 others (5)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Yeats (William Butler) Richard Le Gallienne, Ernest Rhys, Arthur Symons and others, contributors. The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club, first edition, light marginal toning, unopened, light sunning to spine, 1894; The Wild Swans at Coole, first trade edition,very short marginal tear to half-title, ink ownership inscriptions to endpaper, spine a little darkened, 1919,voriginal cloth, [Wade 294 & 124]; and 3 others, Yeats, 8vo (5)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) On the Boiler, second printing (as usual), Dublin, Cuala Press, [1939]; and 3 others (4)
    Dec. 02, 2021

    Yeats (William Butler) On the Boiler, second printing (as usual), Dublin, Cuala Press, [1939]; and 3 others (4)

    Est: £120 - £180

    Yeats (William Butler) On the Boiler, second printing (as usual), ink ownership inscription, original printed wrappers, creasing to extremities, Dublin, Cuala Press, [1939] § Yeats (W. B., editor) Irish Folk and Fairy Tales, first illustrated edition, plates by James Torrance, scattered spotting, original light pink cloth lettered in gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped else fine, [1893]; and 2 others, Yeats, 4to & 8vo (4)

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  • Yeats (William Butler) Autobiographies, presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author, New York, 1927.
    Nov. 25, 2021

    Yeats (William Butler) Autobiographies, presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author, New York, 1927.

    Est: £300 - £400

    Yeats (William Butler) Autobiographies, presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author, plates, original cloth, covers partially sunned and spine dulled, 8vo, New York, 1927. ⁂ The inscription, on the front free endpaper, reads: "Stephen Williams from W. B. Yeats, June 2 1929."

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