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    By W. B. Yeats
    London   Lawrence and Bullen
    8" by 6" xi [1], 1-265 [2]pp
    The beautifully bound first edition, first issue of W. B. Yeats's late nineteenth century prose collection, illustrated with plates from his brother.
    By W. B. Yeats

    1897 The Secret Rose

    London   Lawrence and Bullen
    8" by 6" xi [1], 1-265 [2]pp
    The beautifully bound first edition, first issue of W. B. Yeats's late nineteenth century prose collection, illustrated with plates from his brother.
    £975.00
    : 1kgs / : 932F14
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first edition, first issue, with the correct 'Lawrence & Bullen' to the back strip tail.

    In the publisher's original cloth binding, with decorative gilt detailing designed by Althea Gyles. 

    Illustrated with a frontispiece and six further plates from J. B. Yeats, the author's brother. Collated, complete.

    One of Yeats's best known prose collections, with tales rooted in Irish folklore, mysticism, and symbolism, and in Celtic mythology.

    Former owner's inscription to head of front free endpaper.
     
    A wonderful first edition from the Irish poet, dramatist and writer, a foremost figure of twentieth century literature.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to head of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of light spotting to leaf fore edges, and pages facing plates.

    Very Good Indeed

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