YEATS, William Butler. The Book of the Rhymers' Club. London: Elkin Mathews, 1892; The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894. Together 2 volumes, 8°(160 x 125mm.). Limitation leaves, half-titles, the Second Book with 15pp advertisements. Original yellow and green cloth (one book-label slightly chipped). FIRST EDITIONS limited to 450 and 500 copies. Wade 291;294. Celtic Twilight. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. 8°(163 x 95mm.). Half-title, frontispiece, 1p advertisements. Original green cloth (spine faded), uncut. FIRST EDITION Wade 8; The Land of Heart's Desire. London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1894. 8°(180 x 125mm.).Half-title, 1p advertisements. Original pictorial wrappers (lightly soiled, upper wrapper detached). Wade 10; Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry: edited and selected by W.B.Yeats. London: Walter Scott, 1888. 8°(175 x 115mm.). Half-title, errata slip and 6pp advertisements bound in at end. Original cloth (spine slightly chipped at head and foot), uncut. Wade 212; Plays for an Irish Theatre. London: A.H.Bullen, 1903-7. Volumes 1-3 and 5, 8°(190 x 125mm.). Half-titles (occasional light spotting). Original green cloth-backed boards, uncut (lightly stained or rubbed). Wade 44;53;56;78. The Trembling of the Veil. London: privately printed for subscribers only by T.Werner Laurie, 1922. 8°(220 x 135mm.). Half-title, portrait. Original parchment-backed boards, uncut, dust-jacket with spine label (dust-jacket slightly torn at head). LIMITED EDITION, number 376 of 1000 copies signed by the author; and 17 other works written or edited by Yeats. (27)

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YEATS, William Butler. The Book of the Rhymers' Club. London: Elkin Mathews, 1892; The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894. Together 2 volumes, 8°(160 x 125mm.). Limitation leaves, half-titles, the Second Book with 15pp advertisements. Original yellow and green cloth (one book-label slightly chipped). FIRST EDITIONS limited to 450 and 500 copies. Wade 291;294. Celtic Twilight. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. 8°(163 x 95mm.). Half-title, frontispiece, 1p advertisements. Original green cloth (spine faded), uncut. FIRST EDITION Wade 8; The Land of Heart's Desire. London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1894. 8°(180 x 125mm.).Half-title, 1p advertisements. Original pictorial wrappers (lightly soiled, upper wrapper detached). Wade 10; Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry: edited and selected by W.B.Yeats. London: Walter Scott, 1888. 8°(175 x 115mm.). Half-title, errata slip and 6pp advertisements bound in at end. Original cloth (spine slightly chipped at head and foot), uncut. Wade 212; Plays for an Irish Theatre. London: A.H.Bullen, 1903-7. Volumes 1-3 and 5, 8°(190 x 125mm.). Half-titles (occasional light spotting). Original green cloth-backed boards, uncut (lightly stained or rubbed). Wade 44;53;56;78. The Trembling of the Veil. London: privately printed for subscribers only by T.Werner Laurie, 1922. 8°(220 x 135mm.). Half-title, portrait. Original parchment-backed boards, uncut, dust-jacket with spine label (dust-jacket slightly torn at head). LIMITED EDITION, number 376 of 1000 copies signed by the author; and 17 other works written or edited by Yeats. (27)

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