A vision : an explanation of life founded upon the writings of Giraldus and upon certain doctrines attributed to Kusta ben Luka / by William Butler Yeats.

Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Contributors: Yeats Family, donor.
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In collection: W. B. Yeats Library
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Privately printed for subscribers only by T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1925.
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Notes:"This edition consists of six hundred copies numbered and signed." YL 2433b is no. 385; YL 2433c is no. 498.

YL 2433b: With bookplate of George Yeats on front pastedown, but her name has been cancelled in ink at top. Also, above the bookplate, a note possibly an inscription is largely torn out. Manuscript revisions on pages 36, 202 and 206.

YL 2433c: Covered in brown oilcloth. Inscribed on front cover by George Yeats: "Keep clean / W. B. Yeats / 'A Vision' / Book A".

YL 2433c: Inscribed on front free endpaper by Yeats: "This copy must not be given to any body or any excuse however plausible / WB Yeats / George Yeats."

YL 2433c: Inscribed on verso of list of privately printed books: "Extracts for new Vision to be taken from this book & as corrected here / W. B. Y."

YL 2433c: Heavily revised and corrected copy.

The frontispiece is a woodcut portrait of Giraldus; also a woodcut 'The Great Wheel' faces page xv and a small woodcut design of a unicorn is pasted on at foot of page 8. These are all printed on brown paper and are by Edmund Dulac.

Publisher's advertisements: 1 page preceding half title page.

Physical description: 4 preliminary leaves, vii-xxiii, [1], pages, 1 leaf, 3-256 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, diagrams ; 23 cm.

Citations/References: A descriptive catalog of W. B. Yeats's library, Edward O'Shea. - New York ; London : Garland, 1985, pages 367-370.

Citations/References: Wade, Allan. A bibliography of the writings of W. B. Yeats. 1968, 149

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YL 2433b
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YL 2433c
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Yeats Library