AH, SWEET DANCER: A Correspondence. by Yeats. W.B. and Margaret…

AH, SWEET DANCER: A Correspondence. by Yeats. W.B. and Margaret Ruddock; Roger McHugh, editor. < >

AH, SWEET DANCER: A Correspondence.

Edition: First US printing.

New York: Macmillan, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of these letters between Yeats and Ruddock - 31 from Yeats and 36 from Ruddick - which form a moving record of an intimate relationship between the ageing poet, who was 69 when they met and his 27 year old beautiful protegee. These reveal Yeats' views on poetry, mysticism, and life. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Ruddock and other photographs. Bibliography, index. 144 pp.

Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, gift inscription)

Book ID: 85685
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