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The Winding Stair
by Yeats, W.B
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good. Signed limited edition of The Winding Stair by William Butler Yeats, published in 1929 by The Fountain Press.. Octavo, [6], 25pp, [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, author's name in gilt over small red morocco label. Light wear to cloth, with some faint spotting and sunning to the spine. Internally clean, free of marks or notations. Bookplate from American author Frank C. Reilly on front endpaper. This work was designed by Frederic Warde and printed on Kalmar Paper at the printing house of William Edwin Rudge. (Wade, 164) From a limited edition of 600 copies, this being number 157. This copy is signed by William Butler Yeats on the half title. "The Winding Stair" is a collection of poems by the renowned Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Yeats reflects on the passage of time, love, and the complexities of human relationships, using a winding stair as a metaphor for life's journey. Through his lyrical and introspective verses, Yeats explores themes of nostalgia, aging, and the ever-changing nature of existence. This work is a follow-up to The Tower, first published in 1928.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14693
- Title
- The Winding Stair
- Author
- Yeats, W.B
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of The Winding Stair by William Butler Yeats, published in 1929 by The Fountain Press.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Fountain Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- the winding stair and other poems, wb yeats signed limited, signed book WB Yeats, signed limited edition WB Yeats, The Poems of Yeats, Six Dreams Yeats, The Variorum Edition Poems Yeats, Seven Poems Yeats, Early Poems Yeats,
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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