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W.B. Yeats: A New Biography
by [YEATS, W. B. ] Jeffares, A. Norman
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374285888
- ISBN 13
- 9780374285883
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1989. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First published in 1989 by Century Hutchinson Ltd, London. Stated that this is the First American Edition, 1989. No other printings noted. Hard cover in fine condition with green boards and gold gilt spine lettering and 5"" intricate decorative devise. Decorative End pages titled ""Poems (?1895)"" by Althea Gyles. (See photos.) Frontispiece of Cover or Title Page of Yeats ""Poems, 1895."" Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains black & white photographs and black line drawings throughout. Dust jacket in fine condition; shiny & bright; not price clipped. * From the Introduction, ""This new biography is intended as a study of Yeats's life rather than a blend of biography and a critical assessment of the writings. It does draw freely, however, upon the published and unpublished poetry, the plays and the prose - his autobiographies, essays, introductions, fiction, letters, diaries and manuscripts - to illuminate the life. . . . ""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001058
- Title
- W.B. Yeats: A New Biography
- Author
- [YEATS, W. B. ] Jeffares, A. Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374285888
- ISBN 13
- 9780374285883
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Biography, W B Yeats - 1865-1939- Biography, William Butler Yeats, Irish Poets - 19th Century - Biography, Irish Poets - 20th Century - Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Biography;
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Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
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