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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated green boards and quarter parchment, yapp edges. Teg. Very good in fine folding chemise and green morocco backed slipcase backstrip evenly faded to brown. 141 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece by T.J. Nettleship. The present volume represents Yeats's second collection of poetry. In addition the play The Countess Kathleen, the collection includes some of Yeats' finest early lyrics, including "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," "When You Are Old," and "The Man Who Dreamed of Faeryland." The work is dedicated to his long-time love, Maud Gonne, and many of the poems reflect Yeats's burgeoning interests in alchemy and esotericism. WADE 6: "500 copies were published in September 1892." Front and back free endpapers toned, owner inscription front free and quotation from Sir Philip Sydney, "An Apology for Poetry." Backstrip toned.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. New paper spine (as on original) with spine lettering reproducing original lettering. New end papers. Top edge gilt; other edges uncut. Frontispiece. Traces of pencil erasure on verso of title page. Four-digit numeral inkstamp on lower margin of dedication leaf. Collation: frontispiece (with tissue guard), 141, [3 (printer's slug on page 2).. Original Green Boards. Very Good.