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YEATS, William Butler (1865-1939). The Tables of the Law AND The Adoration of the Magi. London: Privately Printed, 1897. 8° (191 x 125mm). Frontispiece portrait by J[ohn] B. Yeats (title and preliminaries spotted). Printer's red buckram (2" tear to upper hinge, spine faded, corners worn). FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 80 OF 110 COPIES. A note on the verso of the title-page reads: 'These stories were originally intended to follow 'Rosa Alchemica' in 'The Secret Rose'. Wade 24.
The Secret Rose. Dublin: Maunsel and Co, 1905. 8° (189 x 128mm). Frontispiece and six additional black-and-white plates by J[ohn] B. Yeats (endpapers spotted with some separation at gutters, neat single-line ink inscription in Irish on half-title). Publisher's blue green-cloth (discoloured at edges). Dublin Edition, comprising the sheets of the original English edition (Lawrence & Bullen, 1897) with a replacement title and a four-page catalogue of Maunsel titles at rear. Wade 23. (2)
The Secret Rose. Dublin: Maunsel and Co, 1905. 8° (189 x 128mm). Frontispiece and six additional black-and-white plates by J[ohn] B. Yeats (endpapers spotted with some separation at gutters, neat single-line ink inscription in Irish on half-title). Publisher's blue green-cloth (discoloured at edges). Dublin Edition, comprising the sheets of the original English edition (Lawrence & Bullen, 1897) with a replacement title and a four-page catalogue of Maunsel titles at rear. Wade 23. (2)
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