The Poems. by YEATS, W. B - 1949

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1949. First and signed limited variorum edition, number 64 of 375 copies signed by the author, published by Macmillan as a Definitive Edition of his work, as stated in the prospectus, which is loosely inserted in this copy. The edition was personally overseen by Yeats's widow, George, the publisher Harold Macmillan, and the publisher's reader Thomas Mark. 2 volumes, tall octavo. Original green cloth over bevelled boards, gilt lettered spines, author's monogram in gilt on front covers, top edges gilt. With the original slipcase. Photogravure portrait frontispieces of Yeats by Emery Walker after John Singer Sargent and Augustus John with tissue guards. Spot of discolouration to spine ends, contents largely unopened with lightly foxed edges and a small ink stain to fore margin of pp.59-60 in Vol II. A very good set. Wade 209 & 210.