The Wind Among the Reeds
by Yeats, William Butler
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited, 1903. First published in 1899. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the Fourth Edition (stated). Green/gray paper-covered boards titled in black; tan cloth spine with a paper label. Clean text; vii, 108 pp., rough-cut. Thirty-page publisher's catalog in the rear; dated 1904-5; paper of the catalog is of lesser-quality and is tanned. Second free endpaper has been removed. Contemporary (1906) gift inscription on the FFEP. Endpapers spotted. Mildly bumped and chipping to the paper spine label (still readable). While still a solid copy, surface soiling and darkening around the margins give this book a grubby appearance, hence the Minus grade. In an archival plastic protector.. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005854
- Title
- The Wind Among the Reeds
- Author
- Yeats, William Butler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...