The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats
Yeats, W. B.100 USD
Date
1957
Category
Poetry
Description
Although issued posthumously, the signed limited Variorum edition contains limitation sheets that were signed by Yeats before his death. Edited by Peter Allt and Russell Alspach. First edition, trade issue. Advance Uncorrected proof. Tall and thick octavo. Unbound sewn signatures laid into the finished dustwrapper. Publication date stamped on the title page "Oct 28, 1957". Limited to 825 numbered copies containing the signature of Yeats on sheets signed before his death. Specially printed on paper produced by the Oxford Paper Company. Yeats revised his work frequently and this volume presents the variations along with comments by the poet and others.
Excerpt
And I would find myself and not an image.
That is our modern hope, and by its light
We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind
And lost the old nonchalance of the hand.
Whether we have chosen chisel, pen or brush
We are but critics, or but half create,
Timid, entangled, empty and abashed,
Lacking the countenance of our friends.
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