The Variorum Plays of W.B. Yeats

  • London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1966
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 and two small abrasions at mid-spine; Very Good+. Slipcase shows some light wear and dustiness; Very Good+.

"The present volume brings together for the first time all the work Yeats did on his plays. It records the revisions he made in the successive editions and printings of his plays, beginning with 'The Island of Statues' (1885) and ending with 'The Death of Cuchulain' (1939) (from front flap).

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