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138pp. 8vo. Original grey boards with black cloth spine, illustration to upper board in black, titles to upper board and spine in black. Edges bumped. Black stain on rear board. Interior is very good. Keywords: Drama; Yeats
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1921
SKU
KHS0044670
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 520.00

Hardcover. "Original quarter cloth over boards binding, minor rubbing to edges and dust dulled spine, pages slightly browned but remain clean and crisp". Keywords: Plays - Ireland - Theatre
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
A. H. Bullen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1904
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0033747
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 85.00

Hardcover. "4th Reprint, October, 1911. 113pp. A fine copy in blue cloth with gilt title and bands on spine, blind pressed border on front and rear boards, spine ends and corners starting to show sign of wear, front inner hinge cracked otherwise tight binding, very minor foxing to front endpapers. Name inscribed on front end board." Keywords: Plays
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Macmillan Company, New York.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1911
SKU
KHS0070883
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 60.00

Paperback. This edition contains some of his best-known pieces, including the elegiac 'Easter 1916', the apocalyptic "The Second Coming" and the reflective and spiritual "Sailing to Byzantium". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494412
ISBN
9781847494412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. 200pp. Good copy in original dark green cloth with gilt title on spine and front board, very slight suggestion of sun dulling to cloth at spine and edges, well defined edges and tight firm binding, clean and crisp pages, worn and torn top edge on dust jacket. Keywords: Biography - Yeats - Ireland - Authors and playwrights
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Macmillan Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1936
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0036981
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 220.00

Hardcover. An illustrated collection of forty of Yeats' best-loved works, on topics including Love, Politics, Old Age, Myth and Legend includes people, places and events that were important to him. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Mairead Ashe. Num Pages: 96 pages, 5 black & white halftones, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847171481
ISBN
9781847171481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Hardback. W B Yeats (1865-1939) was not only Ireland's greatest poet but one of the most influential voices in world literature in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Heaney, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main - 80th anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571247349
ISBN
9780571247349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. From the publication of his first poems at the age of twenty, to his Nobel Prize in 1923, the author grew from an aspiring poet by the mystical life, to an Irish senator crafting modernist poetry around a complex system of symbolism. This volume proffers lush images of western Ireland full of faeries and otherworldly beings. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107644
ISBN
9780143107644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. In Print and the Poetics of Modern Drama, W. B. Worthen asks how the print form of drama bears on how we understand its dual identity. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780521602693
ISBN
9780521602693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in original cloth with clean dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1938
Edition
First American Edition
SKU
KEX0278926
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. This manga recreation of Shakespeare's play transfers the action from ancient Rome to a future Iraq, once again facing dictatorship after its prolonged struggle to establish a democracy. Illustrator(s): Mahbub, Mustashrik. Series: Manga Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 black & white illustrations, 9-page colour section. BIC Classification: DDS; FXA; FXL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352. Series: Manga Shakespeare. 208 pages, 200 black & white illustrations, 9-page colour section. Illustrator(s): Mahbub, Mustashrik. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DDS; FXA; FXL. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight: 342.
Publisher
Turnaround
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955285653
ISBN
9780955285653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. W.S. Merwin is arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century - an artist who has transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. This new collection written in his late-80s finds him deeply immersed in reflection on the passage of time and the frailty and sustaining power of memory. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373157
ISBN
9781780373157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Suitable for those beginning an MA in Literature, this resource provides an introduction to research techniques, methodologies and information sources relevant to the study of literature at postgraduate level. Editor(s): Owens, W. R.; Correa, Delia da Sousa. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415485005
ISBN
9780415485005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Herbert, W. N. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 307 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Smokestack Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993454752
ISBN
9780993454752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Comprehensive anthology of contemporary Chinese poetry. Editor(s): Herbert, W. N.; Lian, Yang; Holton, Brian. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781852248956
ISBN
9781852248956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Hardcover. 228pp. Grey boards, with cloth spine. Bumped, sunned. Edges uncut and dusty. Pages and text very clear. Previous owner's signature on ffep
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
A H Bullen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1913
Edition
First Thus Edition
SKU
KHS1006790
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 125.00

Paperback. By turns joyful and despairing, this title presents some of the twentieth century's greatest verse on fleeting youth, fervent hopes and futile sacrifice. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780241251515
ISBN
9780241251515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.27

Paperback. W B Yeats' life spanned the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, and his poetry reflects all the turmoil, fervour, traditions and revolutions of that period. This collection shows the impact of a great poet whose startling relevance to our own times grows more and more evident. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 31. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099723509
ISBN
9780099723509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.79

Hardcover. 126pp. First American Edition. Dark green cloth stamped in gilt at spine, in blind [design] on front, in pale green jacket printed with same design as book in pale lavender, fading to light green along spine panel. Keywords: Literature - Irish - Rare Books - Yeats- Poetry - Drama - Plays
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1940
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0068079
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 795.00

Hardcover. 222pp. Bound in green cloth with black titled spine, and decorated front cover. Keywords: Poetry, Drama & Criticism
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1934
Edition
First Printing
SKU
KHS0039974
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 125.00

Hardcover. 447pp. A good copy in green cloth with blindstamped design on front, with gilt title, and gilt and blindstamped bands on spine. Stain on back cover, sunned spine, spine ends starting to show signs of wear, bottom corners slightly bumped, slight foxing to endpapers and page edges, edges uncut. Picture depicting a unicorn, a fountain, a bird, the moon and stars on front and back endboards. Keywords: Plays
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macmillian
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KHS0071138
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 135.00

Hardcover. 477pp. First edition. Tissue protected portrait on frontispiece from a drawing by his father J.B. Yeats. Other illus. by J B Yeats. Green olive covers, gilt lettering and dividers on spine. Dustjacket, geometrical design on front, titles by Yeats on back. Some spots on first few and last two pages. Some pages uncut. A beautiful copy. Keywords: Irish Literature - Rare Books - Jack B Yeats - Biography
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1926
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0014862
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 540.00

Hardback. 4 leaves, col. frontis. Single poem with full-page illustration. Very lightly stained wrappers with illustration to front, very minor edge wear. Drawings by Gilbert Spencer. Ariel Poems Series, No. 18. Keywords: Irish Poetry
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KHS0076457
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. 64pp. First US edition
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1942
Edition
1st American ed
SKU
KHS1004243
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 60.00

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