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The Second Coming (Again)
by Yeats, William Butler
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Seattle: Aubergine Atelier, 2019. Fenton, Jodee. Oblong 24mo. 36(ff)., + 14 Japanese kozo-paper leaves painted on both sides in gouache, tempera, watercolor, and polyacrylic varnish. From an edition of thirty copies, this is one of ten bound in half leather with decorative paper over boards. Each copy in the edition contains unique paintings by Jodee Fenton. These, distributed throughout as full leaves, cutouts, and paste-downs, encourage a new perspective on Yeats' seminal poem. Originally composed as a reaction to the pain of the early twentieth century-the aftermath of the First World War, the onset of the Irish War of Independence, and the 1918-1919 flu pandemic-Yeats' verses use apocalyptic allegory to capture the fear, brutality, and destruction of the era. Here, Fenton presents the poem as a series of images, mirrored on both sides of each painted sheet, and verses, broken apart by line and by word. The arrangement thus asks the reader to pause and draws insistent parallels between Yeats' time, with its nationalism, anarchy, and destruction, and today. Top edge red-orange. Fine, in clamshell box. Prospectus laid in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30615
- Title
- The Second Coming (Again)
- Author
- Yeats, William Butler
- Illustrator
- Fenton, Jodee
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Aubergine Atelier
- Place of Publication
- Seattle
- Date Published
- 2019
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Illustrated Books; Fine Printing;
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
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- New
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Leaves
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