Letters to the New Island
by Yeats, William Butler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Edited with Introduction by Horace Reynolds. Preface by Yeats. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1934. First Edition. 8vo. [xiv],222 pages. Illustrated green cloth designed by T. Sturge Moore, stamped in black, three swans on front cover, elaborate design on front and spine. Near fine condition, no owner's name. Dustjacket moderately toned and soiled, edges have tiny chips, price of $2.50 intact. [xvi],222 pages. Frontis portrait of Yeats at age 23. Early work by Yeats written mostly from London where he was living, for the Boston Pilot and Providence Sunday Journal from 1888 to 1892. From dj: "They allow us to see into the mind of the young Yeats when, full of race and vision, he was beginning his own work and at the same time dreaming of how he might rebuild the literature of a nation." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3742
- Title
- Letters to the New Island
- Author
- Yeats, William Butler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- First Editions, Irish Literature, British Literature, Ireland
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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