Olivia Shakespear and W.B. Yeats: After Long Silence

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. T2 - A first US edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, crease and few tiny tear on the edges and corners, some scattered scratches, rubbing and scuffing, tanning, and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, wrinkling on the spine edges, previous owner's label info adhered on the front fixed endpaper, water soiled patch/wrinkled on the top of some inside pages, lightly darkened endpapers, light tanning and shelf wear. 8.75"x5.75", 218 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Olivia Shakespear and W.B. Yeats began their relationship as lovers, and remained close friends for nearly forty-five years. This book, based on unpublished material never before available, is both a full study of their relationship and a biography of a remarkable woman. An important aspect of Yeats's life is presented in depth for the first time, in a way that will alter current conceptions of his life and work. Olivia Shakespear's own career as a novelist is described in detail; her relationship with her difficult son-in-law, Ezra Pound, also emerges from the shadows. This study is essential regarding for anyone interested in literary biography.. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.