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The Celtic Twilight

W. B. Yeats

First published 1902
Publisher A. H. Bullen
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages x+235
Price 6/-


Expanded 1902, about twice the length of 1893 collection The Celtic Twilight: Men and Women, Dhouls and Faeries (see).

"a miscellany of tales, Fables and sketches showing the relationship between humankind and the Fairies" (underscore represents linked cross-reference) --SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), biographical entry by Mike Ashley

Wikipedia does not cover the work (May 2020), except as a listing in its Yeats bibliography, noted as "poetry and nonfiction".

  • "Revised and Enlarged Edition" --so described in publisher advertisements
  • Publication date (inferred) and price from listing in "This Week's Books", Saturday Review 1902-07-05 p26; supported by a brief review in "New Editions", The Scotsman -07-09 p2 (Bullen "has published a new edition"), and publisher advertisement in "A. H. Bullen's Publications", The Spectator -08-02 p169.
  • HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy without original cover: -- half-title verso:   Printed 1893   Reprinted with additions 1902 -- title page Contents, p.ix-x, lists 40 items not including two poems, pages [vi] and vii. The last is a poem printed on unnumbered p[235]. P[236] is the printer statement (two lines) "Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London & Bungay."

    Almost all of the new items, 19 of 40, are dated at the end, such as "1901." (flushright, p234).

No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Celtic Twilight 2003 Project Gutenberg eBook Collection 10459
The Celtic Twilight Cover 2004 Cosimo Classics Trade Paperback Collection 236
The Celtic Twilight Cover 2015 Martino Fine Books Trade Paperback Collection x+118
The Celtic Twilight Cover 2017 Dancing Unicorn Books eBook Collection