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YEATS (W.B.) Poems, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 6 OF 25 COPIES ON JAPAN PAPER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895
24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
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YEATS (W.B.)
Poems, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 6 OF 25 COPIES ON JAPAN PAPER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, wood-engraved title, slight browning of endpapers and at edges, untrimmed in publisher's pictorial vellum boards gilt by H. Granville Fell, a little minor soiling, slight bumps to spine ends, preserved in clear wrapper, cloth chemise and morocco slipcase with gilt panelled spine [Wade 15; Grolier/Irish, p.7], 8vo, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895
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ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES SIGNED BY YEATS.
Provenance: John Lumsden Propert (1834–1902, surgeon, art critic, etcher and collector of miniatures), pictorial bookplate by Aubrey Beardsley.





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