Poems by W. B. Yeats - 1912

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. An exceptionally lovely copy of this beautifully bound collection from Irish poet, dramatist and writer William Butler Yeats. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.A beautiful early twentieth century edition of the poetry of this foremost figure of twentieth century literature, in the preface to this edition, Yeats, writing in the third person, remarks 'this book and 'The Wind Among the Reeds' contain all of his published poetry which he cares to preserve'.Based upon the revised edition of 1899, this is the sixth impression of that edition.In the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth binding, decorated by Althea Giles. In the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Bumping to spine head and tail. Spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed