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YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER, 1865 to 1939

William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and playwright.

Books: 6
Editions tracked: 6
First editions: 3
Nationality: Irish Free State

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Earliest first editionGitanjaliPrinted at the Chiswick Press for the India Society, 1912 Most editions trackedA Vision1 edition

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Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

William Butler Yeats · first published 1890

W. R. Scott1890 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

The Celtic Twilight

William Butler Yeats · first published 1893

Lawrence & Bullen1893 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Poems

William Butler Yeats · first published 1895

Unwin1895 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Gitanjali

Rabindranath Tagore, William Butler Yeats · first published 1912

1st Printed at the Chiswick Press for the India Society1912 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

A Vision

William Butler Yeats · first published 1925

1st Priv. print. for subscribers only by T. Werner Laurie1925 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

Mythologies

William Butler Yeats · first published 1959

1st Macmillan1959 Hardback Not yet valued Log in to want this

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When was William Butler Yeats born?

William Butler Yeats was born in 1865 and died in 1939.

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We track 6 books by William Butler Yeats across 6 editions, 3 of them first editions.

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