Last Poems & Plays
by W. B. Yeats
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$601.12NZ$541.01
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. The first US edition of this posthumously published collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats. The first US edition, first printing. In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.A posthumously published collection of the poems and plays of major Irish writer W. B. Yeats, the poems dating from 1936-1939.The two plays included in this volume are 'Purgatory' and 'The Death of Cuchulain'.With the inscription of Robert J. Lohan to the head of the front free endpaper.An attractive example of this celebrated collection. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of rubbing to head of front joint, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with small tide mark to head of back strip and front wrap. Small closed tear to head of front wrap, with a minor loss to the head of the rear wrap. Two handling marks to fore edge of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned to perimeters, otherwise clean and bright. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 896F26
- Title
- Last Poems & Plays
- Author
- W. B. Yeats
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- yeats leda and the swan irish literature leda and the swan
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Fore Edge
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