Selected poems.

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Contributors: Yeats Family, donor.
In collection: W. B. Yeats Library
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: New York : The Macmillan Company, 1921.
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Notes:"Published May 1921; collected edition published 1921"--Title page verso.

Frontispiece portrait from a charcoal drawing by John S. Sargent.

YL 2417: Inscribed on front free endpaper "Not to be lent or given as it contains corrections / W. B. Yeats / 4 Broad St. / Oxford." Numbers inserted in pencil and ink next to poems on contents page [possibly galley notations]. Manuscript revisions on pages 137, 145, 157, 158, 261, 269, 289 and 296.

YL 2417a: Imperfect: pages 301-306 partially torn out. Pencil marks on contents page. Manuscript notes on front free endpaper and back flyleaves.

YL 2417b: Imperfect: pages 5-6 and 9-10 torn out. Pencil marks on contents page.

YL 2417c: Inscribed on front free endpaper "'only the wasteful virtues earn the sun' / WBY Yeats / Jan 1925."

Physical description: 5 preliminary leaves, 3-308 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 20 cm.

Citations/References: Wade, Allan. A bibliography of the writings of W. B. Yeats. 1968, 128

Citations/References: A descriptive catalog of W. B. Yeats's library, Edward O'Shea. - New York ; London : Garland, 1985, pages 360-361.

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YL 2417
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YL 2417a
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YL 2417b
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YL 2417c
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