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Yeats, W. B.; Curtis, Jared (Editor).
The Land of Heart's Desire.
Publisher: Cornell University Press, USA;
Date of Publication: 2002
Stock Code: 11964
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xxxiv, 273. Illustrated throughout with copies of Yeats’ manuscripts. Publisher’s navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt Yeats’ signature to upper board, in an unclipped, navy dust-jacket with white titles; bright blue endpapers. Near fine with just a touch of light soiling to rear white panel of dust-jacket. Part of the Manuscript Materials set. This edition “...includes transcriptions and photographs of the surviving holograph manuscripts of Yeats’ own notes and revisions, and other materials related to stage productions and the resulting changes he made to the text.” Scarce. £45.00