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TREMBLING OF THE VEIL
by YEATS, W. B
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1922. YEATS, W. B. THE TREMBLING OF THE VEIL. London: Privately Printed for Subscribers only by T.W. Laurie, Ltd., 1922. First edition: limited, on hand-made paper, and signed by the author. This copy is 617 of 1000. Frontisp. portrait, [2, viii], 248 pp. Octavo, publisher's binding of light blue paper boards with cream parchment back, cream spine label printed in brown; matching light blue endpapers; edges untrimmed. (Wade 133). Laid-in at the front of the volume, though previously tipped-in, is an 8 x 5 inch sheet signed by W. B. Yeats and dated April 4 1887. There is slight residue from removal of cello tape at top edge of the sheet and on the ffep. The book is fine, clean fresh, but for a small rubbed spot on upper board. In the publisher's light blue dust-jacket, with cream spine label printed in brown, that has darkened slightly, with shallow chipping at crown, and (cleanly) split along the upper spine fold.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89453
- Title
- TREMBLING OF THE VEIL
- Author
- YEATS, W. B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1922
Terms of Sale
Boston Book Company
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About the Seller
Boston Book Company
Biblio member since 2006
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Welcome!
Helen Kelly
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James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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