YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER | The Celtic Twilight; [and] Poems 1899-1905

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YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER

The Celtic Twilight; [and] Poems 1899-1905 

The Celtic Twilight. London: A.H. Bullen, 1902. 8vo (4 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; 125 x 190 mm). Half-title, frontispiece portrait, title printed in red and black; a few stray spots. Original dark blue cloth covered boards, upper board lettered in gilt and with gilt moon device, spine gilt lettered with elaborate Celtic motif in gilt after that of The Secret Rose; slight rubbing to extremities. Revised and enlarged edition, one of 2,000 copies printed. Wade 35. Bernard Corder (bookplate to front pastedown) — Poems, 1899-1905. London: A.H. Bullen, Dublin: Maunsel & Co., Ltd., 1906. 8vo (4 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; 125 x 190 mm). Half-title, title printed in red and black; minor toning. Original dark blue cloth covered boards, upper board lettered in gilt, spine gilt lettered with elaborate Celtic motif in gilt after that of The Secret Rose; slight rubbing to extremities; minor foxing to edges. First edition, contains the first printings of Yeats’ love poems “Old Memory” and “Never Give All the Heart.” Wade 64. Marie Clay (bookplate to front pastedown)

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Together two bright copies