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London: Macmillan, 1919. First edition thus, and first trade edition. ix, 115 pp. Blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, design by Sturge Moore. Corners and head and tail of spine slightly rubbed, spine gilt dulled, first gathering a bit loose. Browning to preliminary and concluding leaves, and pp. 14-15 from previously laid-in newsprint. The Cuala Press limited edition was published two years earlier; this collection is much revised and expanded, and includes two of Yeats' most important poems, "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory" and "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," not included in the original publication. Bookplates of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Bliss of Dumbarton Oaks on the front pastedown.

Macmillan & Co. LIMITED LONDON, Printed at R.& R. Clarke, Ltd, Edinburgh, 1919 HARDBACK NODustjacket,1919 on Title pg, 1st edition, First Trade Edition After Privately Printed Edition of 400 Copies By the Author's Sister on Her Own Press (Exceedingly Scarce) ,VG+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, 114 pages + with concluding note by Yeats, NO ads at Rear, Text block is clean and tight; binding firm, original blue gilt Sturge Moore designed cover , edges untrimmed. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 in. Gilt faded from spine cvr, INTERIOR NICE TIGHT CLEAN LIGHT WEAR, FOX, , In addition to the 29 poems first published in the limited 1917 Cuala Press edition of the same name, this edition of The Wild Swans at Coole includes the first book appearances of "In Memory of Major Robert Gregory" and "An Irish Airman foresees his Death", two of Yeats's most important poems, both concerning the death of the son of Lady Augusta Gregory, Yeats's patroness and the chatelaine of Coole Park. The collection… Leer más