The Book of the Rhymers' Club [and] The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club,
by YEATS, W.B. (contributes)
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About This Item
Elkin Mathews, then Elkin Mathews and John Lane, London., 1892;1894. First editions. Small octavo. Two volumes: pp xvi, 94; xvi, 136. At the rear of the second volume is a 16-page publishers' catalogue dated 1894. As well as Yeats, contributors include Ernest Dowson, Lionel Johnson, Richard Le Gallienne, Victor Plarr, Ernest Rhys, Arthur Symons, et al. These were the Club's only anthologies, printed in editions of 450 and 650 respectively. It continued to hold its informal meetings, with a somewhat opaque membership, until 1904.First volume: short tear to fore-edge of title-page; free endpapers lightly tanned; spine label a bit dull; very good in the original glassine dustwrapper which is torn and chipped. Second volume: on the front pastedown is the bookplate of Patricia Milne Henderson; very good indeed; no dustwrapper.
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- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- YEATSWBC010510
- Title
- The Book of the Rhymers' Club [and] The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club,
- Author
- YEATS, W.B. (contributes)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews, then Elkin Mathews and John Lane, London.
- Date Published
- 1892;1894
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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