Presentation Copy to W. Stevens, with A.L.s. Yeats (W.B.) T...

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Presentation Copy to W. Stevens, with A.L.s.

Yeats (W.B.) The Shadowy Waters, roy 8vo New York (Dodd Mead and Co.) 1901. First American Edition. Hf. title, [64]pp., orig. grey boards with red & black printed label, variant binding not noted by Wade. The spine held tight by d.w.??  Wade 31.
* Inscribed on front loose blank, 'W. Stevens from W.B. Yeats with all good wishes 1901,' also with A.L.s. from 18 Woburn Buildings, Euston Road, to ... Dear Mr. Stevens from W.B. Yeats.'  Yeats finishes letter 'You were I think the first editor in England who ever published verse or prose of mine.' Sm. hole on front blank where letter was pinned. (2)