Last Poems & Plays
by W. B. Yeats
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$494.05$444.65
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this posthumous collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats. The first edition, first printing.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.A posthumously published collection of the poems and plays of important 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'.Bookplate of Ivor Samuels to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with light marks to the extremities. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookplate and ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, heavier to the head of the spine. Spine and extremities of the wraps are age-toned. Some light marks to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 879P18
- Title
- Last Poems & Plays
- Author
- W. B. Yeats
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- 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 5.5"
- Keywords
- Last Poems & Plays w. b. yeats poems play w. b. yeats
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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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Publisher's cloth
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