YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Tower, London, 1928, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt after a design by Thomas Sturge Moore. A FINE BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Wade 158: "2,000 copies."

YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939).  The Tower. London: Macmillan and Co., 1928. 8vo (194 x 130mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (second page of advertisements lightly browned). Original green pictorial cloth gilt, the upper cover stamped in gilt after a design by Thomas Sturge Moore depicting Thoor Ballylee in County Galway, Ireland, reflected in water, uncut (wrinkle to lower cover, without the very scarce dust-jacket). A FINE BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. In addition to the title poem, this important collection includes "Sailing to Byzantium", "Meditations in Time of Civil War" and "Leda and the Swan". Wade 158 A Bibliography of the Writings of W. B. Yeats: "2,000 copies".