The Book Of The Rhymers' Club
by Yeats, William Butler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. mustard cloth. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. mustard cloth. Very good. 94 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition, one of 450 copies. John Quinn's bookplate front cover paste-down. Original contributions by Yeats (6 poems), Richard Le Gallienne, Arthur Symons, and other Rhymer's Club members. Purportedly, Yeats proposed this collection because "I wanted to have copies of Dowsons poems. He had read them to us at the Cheshire Chease." WADE 291. Laid-in a play bill from the Grand Opera House, Chicago (33 x 12.5 cm) for "Final Performances The Irish Players from the Abbey Theater, Dublin dated March 12, 1912. Five plays noted, three by Lady Gregory, one each by Yeats and Doyle with complete casts for each. Crease to front and back covers, backstrip extremities worn, spine paper label faded.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22208
- Title
- The Book Of The Rhymers' Club
- Author
- Yeats, William Butler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. mustard cloth. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama; Poetry;
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ardsley, New York
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