Lot 323: *YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER, ed. The Books of the Rhymers' Club [and] The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club. London, 1892,1894

Name: *YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER, ed. The Books of the Rhymers' Club [and] The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club. London, 1892,1894
Brand: Hindman
SKU: 4b5dc12b80

Est: $200 USD - $400 USDSold:

HindmanChicago, IL, USAugust 09, 2011

Item Overview

Description

YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER, ed.
The Book of the Rhymers' Club. London: Elkin Matthews, 1892.

12mo, original yellow buckram, pastedown spine label, title page in black and red. One of 450 copies of which 350 were offered for sale. Includes six poems by Yeats. Some light soiling to boards; a bit of loss to spine label.

Together with The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club. London: Elkin Matthews; New York: Dodd, Mead, 1894. 12mo, original brown buckram lettered in gold to spine, uncut. One of 500 copies printed, of which 150 were offered for sale in the U.S. and 350 were offered for sale in England. Contains first printings of Dowson's Cynara and Extreme Unction, along with poems by Yeats, Lionel Johnson, Le Gallienne and others.

Artist or Maker

William E. Butler

Notes

Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa

Auction Details

Fine Books and Manuscripts

Hindman

August 09, 2011, 12:00 PM CST

1338 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, US

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