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Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker and T. Fisher Unwin, 1901 - 1908 7 volumes. Volumes 3 - 7 illustrated with frontispieces. Publisher's brown wrappers, printed in black. Near fine set, with some small closed tears and creasing to edges of wrappers, light chipping to spine ends of Vol. 1, "The City College" bookplate to insides of front wrappers, and uncut pages. Overall, a clean and complete set of the influential periodical. Housed in a custom blue folding chemise. In 1899, W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and Edward Martyn - with a shared vision of establishing a national theater for Ireland - founded the Irish Literary Theatre. The theater closed in 1901, but from its ashes rose the Abbey Theatre in 1904. As part of their theatrical mission, Yeats and his friends created the short-lived periodical Beltaine (1899 - 1900), followed by Samhain, which ran from 1901 - 1908. In the first issue of Samhain, Yeats writes, "I have called this little collection of writings Samhain, the old… Read More

London: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1925 With frontispiece by Giraldus, and with two woodcut designs of The Great Wheel and a unicorn by Edmund Dulac. One of 600 copies, numbered and signed by Yeats, this being number 596. Publisher's pale blue paper boards with parchment half-binding with white paper label, pale blue endpapers matching binding, all edges untrimmed; pale blue dust jacket with white paper label printed in brown to spine. About fine, very light toning to front board extremities, and front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers, tiny smudge on the top of front board; dust jacket has a bit of smudging on the front panel, two small closed tears on the rear panel near the spine, a bit of creasing and a few small closed tears at the bottom of the front panel. A beautiful copy. Wade 149. A Vision is an ambitious work composed by W. B. Yeats that maps out an original and complex cosmology. The book received crucial contributions from his wife at the time, Georgie-Hyde Lees, through her… Read More

New York: The Fountain Press; London: Chatto & Windus, 1929 First edition, first printing. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the author on the half-title. Publisher's dark blue cloth, with gold spiral patterns stamped in gilt to the boards, spine lettered in gilt with two red morocco labels, top edge gilt, fore-edges and bottom edges uncut, purple endpapers flecked with gold and lined in white, printed on Kalmar paper. A very good or better copies, light wear to the extremities, a few minor spots to the cloth, spine gilt a bit dimmed, lower spine label chipped; internally, very clean with only some fading to the endpapers and pastedown, minor dampstain to upper inner margin. Overall, a very attractive copy. Wade 164. The Winding Stair is a collection of six poems: "In Memory of Eva Gore Booth and Con Markiewicz," "Death," "A Dialogue of Self and Soul," "Blood and the Moon," "Oil and Blood," and "A Woman Young and Old." Like his… Read More

Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1922 First edition, first impression. One of 500 copies. Signed and inscribed by Yeats: "W. B. Yeats. Jan 14, 1924." to title page. Publisher's quarter buff linen cloth and gray paper-covered boards, lettered in black to front board, gray endpapers, edges untrimmed. A very good copy with some toning and wear to extremities, paper slightly rubbed away from the boards at the corners, front hinge starting, small sticker to rear free endpaper, tiny hole to second free leaf. Wade 132. Seven Poems and a Fragment is a collection of poetry by the Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats. It includes "All Soul's Night," "A Prayer for my Son," and "Thoughts Upon the Present State of the World," among others. Notably, the first edition was published by the Cuala Press, a private press owned by the author's sister, Elizabeth Yeats. Focused on providing employment opportunities for women in Ireland, the press produced fine… Read More

New York Yankees, 1981 First edition. Signed by Don Larsen on the front cover. Original printed tri-fold wrappers printed in blue. A fine copy. Published for the 35th New York Yankees' Old Timers Game to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. The front cover is a reproduces the headline from the October 9, 1956 New York Chronicle's headline, "LARSEN PEFECT GAME/ 1st SERIES NO-HITTER". Larsen is still the only pitcher to have pitched a perfect game in the World Series. . Signed. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine.