THE UNICORN FROM THE STARS and Other Plays
by YEATS, W.B. And LADY GREGORY
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No d/w
- Seller
-
Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1908. Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition Thus.. xii + 210pp; Containing three plays: "The Unicorn From The Stars" by Yeats and Lady Gregory, and "Cathleen Ni Houlihan" and "The Hour-Glass" by W.B. Yeats; Shelf wear to head and tail of spine and to corners though generally a bright copy with attractive gilt decoration to spine (Wade 73); 4pp book catalogue to rear is loose but intact; Previous owners' signatures to front pastedown and ff.e.p. plus pencil notes to front e.p.s; Also some pen annotations to some pages of Cathleen ni Houlihan-it appears that book has been used for a performance of the play with stage directions added by hand; Digital photos available on request; Size: 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002361
- Title
- THE UNICORN FROM THE STARS and Other Plays
- Author
- YEATS, W.B. And LADY GREGORY
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- YEATS; LADY GREGORY; IRELAND; THEATRE;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Weathered Stone Books
Biblio member since 2018
Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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- First Edition
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- Tail
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- Gilt
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