W. B. Yeats
50 copies for sale · $20–$5,000 · 13 first editions · 4 signed
Notable copies for sale
New Poems (first edition, signed) — James Arsenault & Company$400
Later Poems (signed) — Swan's Fine Books$1,600
Essays and Introductions (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Later Essays (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
The Wanderings of Oisin: Dramatic Sketches, Ballads, & Lyrics — Michael Pyron Books$1,000
Where There is Nothing; Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre — Swan's Fine Books$700
The Shadowy Waters — Jonkers Rare Books£600
Poems — Jonkers Rare Books£150
Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland — Bauer Rare Books$35
Memoirs; Autobiography—First Draft Journal — Bauer Rare Books$35
Collected Poems — Bauer Rare Books$35
Oxford Book of Modern Verse; 1892-1925 — Bauer Rare Books$30
Works on the market
SELECTED POEMS3 copies · $20–$47
The Land of Heart's Desire2 copies · $500–$2,000
The Shadowy Waters2 copies · £600–£750
STORIES OF RED HANRAHAN: THE SECRET ROSE: ROSE ALCHEMICA2 copies · $475–$600
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF W. B. YEATS2 copies · $73–$125
The Tower1 copy · $5,000
Leda and the Swan1 copy · $4,500
Later Poems1 copy · $1,600
Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose1 copy · $750
Plays in Prose and Verse Written for an Irish Theatre, and Generally with the Help of a Fr1 copy · $500
The Herne's Egg: A Stage Play1 copy · $400
New Poems1 copy · $400
Selected Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca1 copy · $350
The Shadow Waters1 copy · $300
THE POEMS OF W.B. YEATS; Easton Press1 copy · $298
SELECTED POEMS OF W.B. YEATS; Easton Press1 copy · $273
LAST POEMS & PLAYS1 copy · $250
Market context
12 copies of W. B. Yeats's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $72 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Poems, 1904 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£460
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