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Author: Yeats, W[illiam] B[utler]
Title: Poems
Place: London
Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin
Date: 1895
Item # : 189554
Sale Number   377
Lot Number   206
Sale Name    
Fine Literature; Beats, Bukowski & the Counter Culture; Sci-Fi & Detective Fiction
Sale Date   04/03/2008
Price realized   $ 4200
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Description:
286, [1] pp. Illustrated title page. 7½x5, original wrap-around gilt illustrated tan-beige cloth, lettered in gilt, page edges untrimmed. First Edition.
Scarce and early Yeats title; one of only 750 copies of this original first print run. Lovely Art Nouveau wrap-around gilt-stamped design. Wade 15.
Condition:
Spine slightly darkened, ends a bit crimped, light soiling; front hinge tender; about fine overall. Still a gorgeous copy; rarely seen (if ever) in better condition!
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