Easton Press: WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS: IRISH POEMS: EASTER 1916: WILD SWAN

Description: Easton Press leather edition of "The Poems of William Butler Yeats," a COLLECTOR'S edition, Selected, edited and introduced by WILLIAM YORK TINDALL, Illustrated by Robin Jacques, one of the 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN series, published in 1976. Bound in pea green leather, the book has camel tan French moire silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. William Butler Yeats, who lived from 1865 – 1939, was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a driving force behind the IRISH LITERARY REVIVAL and, helped found the ABBEY THEATRE, where he served as its chief during its early years. In 1923, he was awarded the NOBEL PRIZE in LITERATURE as the first Irishman so honored for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." Yeats was born in Sandymount, Ireland, and educated there and in London; he spent his childhood holidays in COUNTY SLIGO. He studied poetry in his youth and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. From 1900, Yeats's poetry grew more physical and realistic. He largely renounced the transcendental beliefs of his youth, though he remained preoccupied with physical and spiritual masks, as well as with cyclical theories of life. 135 pages, including an Index of First Lines----in a GORGEOUS binding! I offer Combined shipping.

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