THE VARIORUM EDITION OF THE POEMS OF W. B. YEATS

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very mild sunning to the spine. Just about Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Original two-color buckram with gilt lettering on the spine; 884 pages. Edited by Peter Allt and Russell K. Alspach. Copy #449 of 825 numbered copies SIGNED by the author on the limitation leaf of this definitive collection of Yeats's poetry. Yeats was the first Irish writer to win the Nobel Prize. Laid in is the original letter from Kroch & Brentano's offering the book and explaining how they are able to offer an autographed copy nearly 20 years after the death of Yeats.