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YEATS, William Butler. A Vision. An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus and upon Certain Doctrines attributed to Kusta Ben Luka, London: Privately Printed for Subscribers only by T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1925. 8° (225 x 140mm). Half title, frontispiece portrait of Giraldus, diagram of "The Great Wheel" and small woodcut design of a unicorn pasted to foot of p.8 all printed on brown paper after designs by Edmund Dulac, diagrams, prospectus for the work loosely-inserted with limitation corrected by hand. Original parchment-backed blue paper-covered boards, printed lettering-piece on spine, uncut, dust-jacket, printed lettering-piece on backstrip (sections of wrapper and backstrip lightly discoloured). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 336 OF 600 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A FINE COPY. Wade 149.
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