History of Nolan County, Texas
by YEARS, E. L.; Hooper Shelton
Sweetwater, TX: Shelton Press, 1975. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Black textured paper over boards, in brown dust jacket printed in black; color cartographic endpapers; 256pp; black and white illustrations. Clean and stable, with discoloration to endpapers: Very Good. Jacket lightly rubbed, else Very Good. [62034].
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FURTHER LETTERS OF JOHN BUTLER YEATS, Selected by Lennox Robinson
by Yeats, John Butler (lettters); Lennox Robinson (editor)
Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1920. First edition. Linen-backed blue paper-covered boards, with spine label; 8vo; 81pp. Small binder sticker on pastedown. Front hinge tender, label lightly worn; a bit toned and dusty, but quite nice and certainly Very Good. Excerpts from letters to his Brother W. B. Y. The Cuala Press was run by W. B. Yeats' sister Eleanor.... Read More
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The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
by YEATS, W.B.
London: Macmillan, 1955. Second Edition, 2nd Imp. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 564pp.; [1]. Some light bumping and scuffing to spine ends and extremities, tight and strong, internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown, inscription to recto front flyleaf with a further inscription to verso half title, red topstain, isolated pencil annotation;... Read More
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A Vision
by YEATS, W.B.
London: Macmillan, 1962. Reprint. Octavo. 20.5cm. Publisher's maroon cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 305pp. Clean and sharp with some minor bumping and scuffing to edges and spine ends, tight and solid; internally clean and fresh; in a strong example of the cream and maroon dustjacket with some light soiling in places and some minor toning to the... Read More
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LAST POEMS AND PLAYS
by Yeats, W. B.
London: Macmillan, 1940. First Edition. One of 2000 copies. Green cloth, blind stamped design w/ gilt spine lettering; large 8vo. Gilt rubbed, shaken, interior a bit soiled, about Very Good; lacking dustwrapper. Combines with different ordering and in some cases titling of two Cuala Press limited editions. Includes many of the poet's finest poems. WADE 203.
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Dramatis Personae, 1896-1902 / Estrangement / The Death of Synge / The Bounty of Sweden
by YEATS, W.B.
[London]: Macmillan & Co.L Ltd, 1936. First Thus. Octavo (22.5cm.); original cloth-backed decorative boards in white printed dust jacket; vii,[1],189pp.; frontispiece and five plates. Jacket a bit dust-soiled, jacket and cloth spines darkened, small chip at crown, else a Very Good or better copy.
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The Winding Stair and Other Poems
by YEATS, W.B.
New York: Macmillan Company, 1933. First American Trade Edition. Small octavo (20cm.); original blue blind-tooled cloth, gilt-lettered spine; ix,[1],100pp. Minor shallow dampstain to first few leaves else Near Fine.
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Plays in Prose and Verse Written for an Irish Theatre, and Generally with the Help of a Friend
by YEATS, W. B.
London: Macmillan and Co, 1922. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in tan decorative dust jacket; ix,[1],445pp. Jacket a bit brittle (as usual), loss with subsequent chipping to jacket spine foot, some minor shelf wear to cloth extremities, cloth spine a hint faded, else Very Good in a Good or better jacket.
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Tribute to Thomas Davis
by YEATS, W.B.
Oxford: Cork University Press, 1947. First Edition. Slim octavo; navy blue cloth, with white title label printed in black affixed to front panel; 22pp. Some trivial rubbing to title label, else Fine. An account of the Thomas Davis centenary meeting held in Dublin on 20th November 1914.
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Autobiographies
by YEATS,W.B.
London: Macmillan, 1956. Reprint. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's emerald green buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [vii]; 591; [1]. Scuffing and bumping to corners and spine ends, bright and clean; internally clean, bookplate to front pastedown and some neat pencil annotations (particularly to the final leaves); in a somewhat worn dustjacket with some fraying and shallow loss to spine... Read More
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The Herne's Egg: A Stage Play
by YEATS, W.B.
London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1938. First UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo; maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 73pp, [1]. Faint offset along gutter at half title and final page, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, gently sunned at spine, with a tiny splashmark to base of same, small chip to lowrer rear panel, and a... Read More
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A Full Moon In March
by YEATS, W.B.
London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1935. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo; hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 70pp. Two very shallow bumps to board edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, gently sunned at spine, with some light wear along the edges; Near Fine.
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Explorations [Review Copy]
by YEATS, W.B.; Mrs. W.B. Yeats, ed
London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cloth in buff decorative price-clipped dust jacket; viii,452pp.; frontispiece. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed, the whole rather dust-soiled, spine toned, brief tape reinforcement to spine foot verso, else Near Very Good; portion of textblock unevenly toned due to varying stock quality, else interior about fine. Review copy with... Read More
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The Variorum Plays of W.B. Yeats
by YEATS, W.B. (plays); ALSPACH, Russell K. (editor)
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1966. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24.25cm); navy blue cloth, blocked and titled in red and gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket and publisher's paper-covered slipcase; xxvi,1336,[2]pp. Tiny creases to margins of a few pages, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £12 12s net), showing light wear to extremities... Read More
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Uncollected Prose: First Reviews and Articles, 1886-1896
by YEATS, W.B. (text); FRAYNE, John P. (editor)
London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1970. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24.25cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[5],6-437,[1]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, with light finger-soil to right edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £8), edgeworn, dust-soiled, with a few small tears and attendant creases;... Read More
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The Tower
by YEATS, W.B. (William Butler)
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. Second printing of the American edition (January, 1929). Octavo (19.75cm); green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; viii,110,[10]pp. Light wear to extremities, hint of sunning to rear board edges, with a tiny contemporary ink name to upper margin of titlte page, else a fresh, Near Fine... Read More
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THE YEATS FAMILY AND THE BOOK CIRCA 1900
by [Yeats, William Butler] McC Gatch, Milton
New York: Grolier Club, 2002. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies designed by Jerry Kelly, printed at the Stinehour Press, and signed by the curator/author Milton McC Gatch. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards; paper spine label; 8vo; 82pp. with addendum of colored plates. Very Fine. Sensational catalogue of a major Yeats exhibition at the Grolier in 2000. Modeled on a... Read More
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Ideas of Good and Evil
by YEATS, William Butler
London: A.H. Bullen, 1903. Stated Second Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's ribbed blue cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 341pp. Light scuffing and fraying to corners and spine ends, a little dulling to the gilt of the spine panel; internally clean, pencil ownership to title page, some very sparse pencil marginalia, fore-edge untrimmed. A very good, strong... Read More
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Clos Camardon [with an original lithograph by Dorothea Tanning]
by YENSER, Stephen; Dorothea Tanning (illus)
N.p.: Sea Cliff Editions, 1985. First, Limited Edition. Number 19 of 120 hand-numbered copies, signed by author and artist and including an original lithographic frontispiece by Dorothea Tanning. Tall octavo (29cm). Patterned wrappers; 16pp. Fine. This copy additionally inscribed in blue ink on title page, "For David [Jackson], from James [Merrill] with love [...] and with love also from... Read More
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The Garfield Honor
by YERBY, Frank (novel); William R. Meinhardt (design)
New York: The Dial Press, 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth spine over marbled paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 357pp. Light shelf-soil, with faint tanning to upper edge of textblock, and light offsetting to pastedowns; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, designed by Julian Paul, unclipped (priced $3.95), lightly spine-faded, with light rubbing to... Read More
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Bride of Liberty
by YERBY, Frank (novel); Diana Klemin (design)
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth spine over black paper-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and silver on spine and front cover; blue topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; map illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 219pp. Slight spine lean, with small dampstain to front cover; Very Good. Dustwrapper, with painting by Daniel... Read More
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Africa in the War [cover title]
by YERGAN, Max
New York: Council on African Affairs, [1942]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; unpaged. Minor dust-soiling to wrappers, else Fine. World War II-era colonial Africa.
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Светлой Рамяти Великой Ермоловой народной артистки ресрублики 1853-1928 [= In Loving Memory of the Great Yermolova, People's Artist of the Republic]
by [RUSSIAN THEATRE] [MARIA YERMOLOVA]
Moscow: Russian Theater Society, N.d. [1928]. Octavo (23cm). Bifolium, with cover portrait and 2pp text within a black border; final page blank but for imprint. Slightly toned; trivial wear at corners; Very Good or better. Text entirely in Russian cyrillic. A memorial tribute to the legendary Russian actor Maria Yermolova, likely (from context) printed to be handed out... Read More
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A DOVE IN SANTIAGO: A Novella in Verse
by Yevtushenko, Yevgeny; D. M. Thomas (trans.)
New York: Viking Press, 1983. First American edition. An uncorrected proof in orange printed wrappers. Fine.
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AZORES: Poems [Inscribed]
by Yezzi, David
Athens: Swallow Press, 2008. First Edition. Octavo; light blue cloth; dustjacket; 49pp. Warmly inscribed and signed "David" on the title page to another poet associated with New Formalism. Three tiny ink marks marking lines; Fine in a Fine dustwrapper.
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