The Tower
by W. B. Yeats
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$3,093.28A$2,783.95
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Good Only. 8" by 5.5". Thomas Sturge Moore. The second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. The second impression of the first edition of this work, published only one month after the first impression. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.'The Tower' was Yeats's first major collection as Nobel Laureate after receiving the Nobel Prize in 1923. The collection includes a number of Yeats's most celebrated poems, including "Sailing to Byzantium," "Leda and the Swan," and "Among School Children".With an advertisement leaf to the rear.In the original dust wrapper and cloth designed by T. Sturge Moore. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with gilt detailing, and price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper front wrap detached from rear wrap and back strip. Back strip age toned, with small losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Horizontal closed tear towards head of back strip. Small light tide mark towards tail of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 899F16
- Title
- The Tower
- Author
- W. B. Yeats
- Illustrator
- Thomas Sturge Moore
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- The Tower W. B. Yeats William Butler Yeats Leda and the Swan W. B. Yeats
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...