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YEATS, William Butler. The Poems, London: Macmillan, 1949, 2 vols., 8°, limited to 375 copies signed by the author, front free endpaper of vol. I inscribed "John Rogerson, with all good wishes from Harold Macmillan," 2 engraved frontispiece portraits after John Singer Sargent and Augustus John, unopened, original buckram gilt, t.e.g., original slipcase. [Wade 209, 210] (2)
Issued posthumously. A publisher's note in the prospectus for this edition describes how, for some time before his death, W.B. Yeats was engaged in revising the text, for which he had signed the special page to appear at the beginning of the first volume.
Issued posthumously. A publisher's note in the prospectus for this edition describes how, for some time before his death, W.B. Yeats was engaged in revising the text, for which he had signed the special page to appear at the beginning of the first volume.