A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus and upon Certain Doctrines Attributed to Kusta Ben Luka
Language: English
Published by T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., London, 1925
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Ludintel Bibliotheca, Bucuresti, RomaniaLudintel Bibliotheca
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YEATS, William Butler. A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus and upon Certain Doctrines Attributed to Kusta Ben Luka. London: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only by T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1925. First edition, signed limited issue. Number 184 of only 600 copies, numbered and signed by W. B. Yeats on the limitation leaf. Octavo, xxiv, 256 pp. With portrait frontispiece of Giraldus, the full-page “Great Wheel”, the mounted unicorn design, numerous diagrams throughout the text, and the “Historical Cones” diagram printed in red and black. Illustrations after designs by Edmund Dulac. In the publisher's original quarter parchment over pale blue-green paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label, pale green endpapers, and untrimmed deckle edges. Preserved in the original plain green dust jacket with printed spine label, professionally restored, and housed in a later protective slipcase. A complete and well-preserved copy. Binding sound, with light age-toning and minor signs of handling. Contents clean and attractive. The original dust jacket shows age-toning and wear and has been professionally restored. All required illustrations, plates and diagrams present. Wade 149. A Vision is Yeats's most extensive exposition of the esoteric system that developed from the automatic-writing sessions undertaken with his wife, Georgie Hyde-Lees, incorporating astrology, occult philosophy, cyclical theories of history and the celebrated system of lunar phases and gyres. The privately printed 1925 edition represents the original form of the work and differs substantially from Yeats's extensively revised 1937 edition. A particularly desirable association of first edition, signed limitation and surviving original dust jacket, housed in a protective slipcase.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus and upon Certain Doctrines Attributed to Kusta Ben Luka
- Author
- Yeats, William Butler
- Publisher
- T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., London
- Publication year
- 1925
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 700 grams
- Dimensions
- 15.5 centimeters width by 23.5 centimeters height by 3 centimeters depth
Ludintel Bibliotheca
Bucuresti, Romania
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Ludintel Bibliotheca grew out of a long-standing family tradition of bibliophilia and collecting. My interests centre on French books of the 19th and early 20th centuries, occultism and esotericism, curiosa and clandestine literature, bibliography, and carefully selected works by classical and modern authors. I also handle illustrated books, books with interesting provenance, bindings and ex-libris, as well as selected earlier European printed works. Each book is individually researched and described, with particular attention to edition, issue, collation, illustration, provenance and bibliographical references. Cataloguing is supported by an extensive working library of French and European bibliographies, historical booksellers’ catalogues and auction references. Ludintel Bibliotheca aims to combine serious bibliographical research with clear, accurate and transparent descriptions.…
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