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The poetical works / of William B. Yeats. In two volumes.
LIBRA 821 Y3PO.3 v.2
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LIBRA 821 Y3PO.3 v.2
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC9 Y3452 906p 1911 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston), 1859-1926 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy).
- Local Subjects:
- Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston), 1859-1926 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy).
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 20 cm
- Manufacture:
- Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. : J. S. Cushing Co. - Berwick and Smith Co.
- Other Title:
- Plays revised and enlarged W. B. Yeats
- Poetical works of William B. Yeats
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1911-1912.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Lyrical Poems: Early poems: I. Ballad and lyrics; Early poems: II. The wanderings of Oisin; Early poems: III. The rose; The wind among the reeds; In the seven woods; The old age of Queen Maeve; Baile and Aillinn
- v. 2. Dramatic Poems: The Countess Cathleen (Revised version of 1912); The land of heart's desire (Revised version of 1912); The Shadowy waters; On Baile's Strand; The King's Threshold; Deirdre; Appendix I: The legendary and mythological foundations of the plays and poems; Appendix II: The dates and places of performance of the plays; Appendix III: Acting version of The Shadowy Waters; Appendix IV: The work of the National Theatre Society at the Abbey Theatre, Dulbin: A statement of principles.
- Notes:
- Half-title has Macmillan's monogram on verso.
- Vol. 1: "Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1906. Reprinted October, 1908; December, 1911.
- Vol. 1 has [2] p. of publisher's advertisements.
- Edition varies. Vol. 2: "New and revised edition. Set up and electrotyped. Published September 1907. Reprinted June, 1909; August, 1911. New Edition, August, 1912."
- Issued in dark blue cloth with lettering and design by Althea Gyles in gold on spine.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Henry H. Bonnell.
- Cited in:
- Wade, A. Bibl. of the writings of W. B. Yeats (3rd ed.), 65, 98
- OCLC:
- 2207481
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