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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Yeats, William Butler

RESPONSBILITIES AND OTHER POEMS

Published: Macmillan, London, 1916

Edition: First Edition

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London: Macmillan, 1916. (First Edition) Pages vii, 188. Very good copy. Beautiful gilt decorated front cover and spine, designed by Sturge Moore.

Head/heal are a bit bumped, also has some rubbing along the edges and on the corners. Slight wear to edges. Spine discolored but still legible. No DJ. (1000 copies printed).

Thomas Sturge Moore [1870 1944], English author, poet and wood engraver especially noted for his bookplate designs.  

He designed several bindings for Yeats. Relatively insignificant discolouring of pages. A handsome, tight and attractive copy in rather good condition.

Yeats is considered amongst the great poets in English literature and was the first writer from Ireland to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1923).

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 197 x 135 mm
  • Sold By: Bookdealers cc
  • Contact Person: Doron Locketz
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0114407936
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  • Trade Associations: South African Bookdealers Association


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