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(Santa Rosa, CA): Ferriss Editions, 1995. First edition. One of 65 copies signed by Yau & Winkfield. With prospectus laid in. As new. 4to, cloth-backed illustrated boards with printed spine label. As new.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1934. First edition (400 copies printed). Wade 179. Small dampstain at base of spine, sliver chip in edge of spine label, otherwise a fine, unopened copy. 8vo, original linen-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Small dampstain at base of spine, sliver chip in edge of spine label, otherwise a fine, unopened copy.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1929. First edition (425 copies printed). Forrest Reid's copy, with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Reid, Irish novelist and literary critic, wrote W. B. Yeats: A Critical Study (Martin Secker, 1915), the second book devoted entirely to Yeats's work. Wade 163. Spine tanned, free endpapers very faintly browned, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Spine tanned, free endpapers very faintly browned, otherwise a very good copy.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1932. First edition (450 copies printed). Wade 168. Hayward 296. One of Yeats' best collections, containing "Byzantium", "Vacillation", "Coole Park 1929" & "Coole Park and Ballylee 1932", "Mohini Chatterji" and the sequence of poems which includes the marvelous Crazy Jane poems. Small dampstain at base of spine, otherwise a fine, unopened copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Small dampstain at base of spine, otherwise a fine, unopened copy.

Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1914. First edition (400 copies printed). Wade 110. Connolly 100, 24. Includes "September, 1913", "To a Friend whose Work has come to Nothing" and "The Cold Heaven", among other poems. Laid in is a small card with a passage from the prefatory poem in Responsibilities, "only the wasteful virtues earn the sun", signed by Yeats. A very fine, unopened copy of a scarce book. 8vo, original linen-backed paper over boards. A very fine, unopened copy of a scarce book.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1924. First edition (500 copies printed). Wade 145. Some light browning to free endpapers, otherwise a fine, unopened copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Some light browning to free endpapers, otherwise a fine, unopened copy.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1926. First edition (2820 copies printed). Wade 151. Upper fore-tip of back cover bumped, a few foxmarks early and late, otherwise a fine, partly unopened copy in jacket with a very narrow band of darkening at the head of the spine panel. 8vo, frontispiece portrait by J. B. Yeats, four illustrations including one tipped-in colorplate, original green cloth stamped in blind on front cover, dust jacket. Upper fore-tip of back cover bumped, a few foxmarks early and late, otherwise a fine, partly unopened copy in jacket with a very narrow band of darkening at the head of the spine panel.

Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1914. First edition. One of 400 copies printed. Wade 110. Connolly 100, 24. Signed by Yeats on the title-page. Includes "September, 1913", "To a Friend whose Work has come to Nothing" and "The Cold Heaven", among other poems. Authentic signatures of Yeats in Cuala Press editions are rare. Spine faintly sunned, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original linen-backed paper over boards. Spine faintly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.

London: Macmillan, 1922. First edition. One of 1500 copies printed. Wade 134 (not recording the dust jacket). Connolly 100. Front inner hinge strained, former owner's signature, otherwise a very good copy in the rare jacket, which is chipped at extremities.. 8vo, blind-stamped green cloth designed by Charles Ricketts, plain brown printed dust jacket. One of 1500 copies printed. Wade 134 (not recording the dust jacket). Connolly 100. Front inner hinge strained, former owner's signature, otherwise a very good copy in the rare jacket, which is chipped at extremities.

Dublin: Dolmen Press; London: Oxford University Press; Chester Springs,PA: Dufour Editions, 1968. First edition. Limited to 850 copies signed by the editor. Dust jacket a trifle rubbed, but a fine copy. 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. Dust jacket a trifle rubbed, but a fine copy.

London and Dublin: A. H. Bullen / Maunsel & Co., Ltd, 1906. First edition. Wade 64. Francesca Law French's copy with her ownership inscription on a preliminary blank: "Francesca Law French / from Nora / Dec. 12th 1906. Head of spine slightly rubbed, lower extreme fore-tips a bit bumped, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, original dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine (after Althea Gyles's design for The Secret Rose) and front cover. Head of spine slightly rubbed, lower extreme fore-tips a bit bumped, otherwise a fine copy.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1925. First edition (2908 copies printed). Wade 147. Some foxmarks early and late, front hinge strained, otherwise a very good copy in a rubbed dust jacket with a short sliver chip in the upper spine portion of the back panel. 8vo, original cloth, front cover stamped in blind, dust jacket. Some foxmarks early and late, front hinge strained, otherwise a very good copy in a rubbed dust jacket with a short sliver chip in the upper spine portion of the back panel.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1935. First edition (400 copies printed). Wade 183. Fine copy in glassine jacket which is chipped (with loss) in a few places. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy in glassine jacket which is chipped (with loss) in a few places.

(Dublin): The Cuala Press, 1919. First edition (400 copies printed). Wade 123. Light overall use, extreme fore-tips bumped and abraded, otherwise a good copy. 8vo, original linen-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Light overall use, extreme fore-tips bumped and abraded, otherwise a good copy.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1900. First edition. Wade 30. Signed by Yeats in pencil at the end of the prefatory poem "I walked among the seven woods of Coole" on page 9. The rest of the text consists of the play "The Shadowy Waters. Rear cover lightly stained near the top edge, corners a bit rubbed, otherwise a very good copy. Small 4to, original dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, design stamped in gilt on front cover, t.e.g. Rear cover lightly stained near the top edge, corners a bit rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.

London: Macmillan, 1927. First edition, in variant red binding (also bound in blue cloth). One of 1885 copies printed. Wade 157. First trade publication of Yeats' poem, "Sailing to Byzantium. Light offset on free endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, otherwise a fine copy. (McGUINNESS, Norah). 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial red cloth, dust jacket. Light offset on free endpapers delimited by jacket flaps, otherwise a fine copy.

London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1935. First edition. One of 2000 copies printed. Wade 182. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Lennox Robinson on the front endpaper: "For Lennox from WBY, November 28, 1935."A Full Moon in March was published on November 22. Robinson, the Irish playwright, was manager of the Abbey Theatre from 1909 until 1914, and was associated with the theatre from 1918 until his death as producer and director. In July 1934, he directed the premier performance of Yeats's The King of the Great Clock Tower, the play that Yeats reconceived and revised in A Full Moon in March. A superb association copy, in fine condition. 8vo, original green cloth, dust jacket. A superb association copy, in fine condition.

London: Macmillan, 1928. First edition of Yeats' single most important collection of poems, containing "Sailing To Byzantium", "Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen", "Leda and the Swan", "Among School Children" & "All Souls' Night", among other masterpieces. One of 2000 copies printed. Wade 158. Connolly 100, 56a. A very fine unopened copy, virtually as new. Small 8vo, original gilt-decorated cloth by T. Sturge Moore, dust jacket. A very fine unopened copy, virtually as new.

Dublin, Ireland: Cuala Press, 1940. First edition. One of 450 copies. Wade 205. Fine copy in glassine slightly worn along the top & bottom edges.. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy in glassine slightly worn along the top & bottom edges.

Dublin: Cuala Press, 1939. First edition. One of 500 copies. Wade 200. Last Poems includes "Under Ben Bulben", "Long-Legged Fly", "A Stick of Incense", "John Kinsella's Lament for Mrs. Mary Moore. Discrete ownership signature on first blank page, bottom corner slightly bumped, otherwise a very fine unopened copy in the original glassine. 8vo, cloth-backed blue boards, printed spine label, glassine dust jacket. Discrete ownership signature on first blank page, bottom corner slightly bumped, otherwise a very fine unopened copy in the original glassine.