The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems (Revised)

DEFINITIVE: SPLENDID: EXTRAORDINARY: EXQUISITE: COMPELLING: CLASSIC: NEAR FINE to FINE First Edition hardcover (1989), printing unstated: The complete, standard edition of the Nobel laureate's verse, including poems from the plays & essays, edited by internationally esteemed scholar Richard J. Finneran: NEAR FINE handsomely-designed mylar-protected jacket showing slightest wear to edges & corners & w/ inside flyleaf corners uniformly clipped 0.25" on the diagonal, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior showing slightest shelf-dust soiling of top edge, VERY GOOD cover w/ black linen wrapping spine & extending 1.36" onto front & back panels covered in EXCELLENT dark chocolate paper w/ "WBY" elegantly gilt-stamped on front panel & titles gilt-stamped on slightly creased spine & w/ excellent edges & corners (w/ one slight nick on bottom front), AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tightly gathered signatures & blue-gold-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, pristine cream-white card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 5.74" x 8.75" x 1.96", 0.96 kg, xxviii+751 (779) pp. * CONTENTS: Contents (iv), Preface (xxv), The Poems (1-588), Appendix A: Yeats' Notes in "The Collected Poems" (1933) (591), Notes to Appendix A (602), Appendix B: Music from "New Poems" (1938) (611), Notes to Appendix B (614), Explanatory Notes (615), Textual Notes (713), Index to Titles (723), Index to First Lines (737) * ABOUT THIS EDITION: This DEFINITIVE collection of "The Poems" (1989)--the first of the 14 volumes of "The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats"--is a revision of "The Poems: A New Edition" (1983) & provides accurate texts of all the poems by Yeats published in his lifetime or scheduled for publication as of his death on January 28, 1939, including poems omitted from earlier collections. Textual notes provide a full record of the copy-texts employed & any emendations admitted to the poems. This SPLENDID collection reveals the EXTRAORDINARY breadth of Yeats' verse, ranging from skillful retellings of ancient Irish myths & legends to passionate meditations on the demands & rewards of youth & old age. The EXQUISTE, occasionally whimsical songs of love, nature, & art stand in dramatic contrast to the somber & angry poems of life in a nation torn by war & uprising. And, in the rich & recurrent imagery of the rose, the gyre, & the tower, the reader can trace Yeats' quest to unite intellect & artistry in a single COMPELLING vision. Now, more than 80 years after his death, Yeats' verse continues to speak w/ clarity & eloquence through these timeless creations of a master craftsmen. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Richard J. Finneran served as General Editor w/ George Mills Harper of "The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats" & was editor of "Yeats: An Annual of Critical & Textual Studies". He held the Hodges Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) & published widely in the field of Anglo-Irsih literature. * SHIPPING: Mnemosyne custom wraps, labels & packages this splendid volume w/ our greatest care for secure prompt FREE shipment via USPS Media Mail within the United States & to international destinations at our posted rates. …