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The book of the Rhymers' Club.
LIBRA - Special PR1223 .R48 1892
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rhymers' Club (London, England)
- Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900, author.
- Ellis, Edwin John, author.
- Greene, G. A. (George Arthur), 1853-1921, author.
- Johnson, Lionel, 1867-1902, author.
- Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947, author.
- Plarr, Victor, 1863-1929, author.
- Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946, author.
- Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920, author.
- Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945, author.
- Todhunter, John, 1839-1916, author.
- Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--19th century.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Pettit, Edith (autograph) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xv, 94 pages ; 17 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Manufacture:
- Edinburgh : J. Miller and Son, Printers.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Elkin Mathew, at the sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo Street, 1892.
- Notes:
- Publisher's device on title page.
- "Four hundred and fifty copies of this edition printed, of which three hundred and fifty are for sale"--Page [iii].
- Reprinted in part from various periodicals.
- List of members of the Rhymers' Club follows title page.
- Poems by Ernest Dowson, Edwin J. Ellis, G.A. Greene, Lionel Johnson, Richard Le Gallienne, Victor Plarr, Ernest Rhys, T.W. Rolleston, Arthur Symons, John Todhunter, and W.B. Yeats.
- "The first book appearance of many poems by such authors as Downson, Lionel Johnson and Yeats. It is not generally acknowleged that in this volume first appeared in book form Yeats' most famous poem, 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree', antedating 'The Countess Kathleen', where it also may be found, by some seven months." See Magee, D. Victoria, R.I., page 15.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy signed "Edith Pettit, October 6th, 1894" on front flyleaf.
- Cited in:
- Magee, D. Victoria R.I., entry 92
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rhymers' Club (London, England). Book of the Rhymers' Club.
- OCLC:
- 10498198
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