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Rare copy in fine dust jacket. second impression. p.p. 110 + 2. Extremely rare dust jacket mirroring the cover s iconic design. D.J. is not price clipped, showing the original 6/- net price. Regrettably price has increased slightly since 1928. In 1928 - the year he turned 63 - the then-world-famous poet William Butler Yeats published a slim, beautifully-produced volume called The Tower. Yeats has received the Nobel Prize in 1923, and the book was awaited with considerable anticipation. The book s title referred explicitly to Thoor Ballylee , a derelict Norman stone tower located near Coole Park, the estate owned by Yeats s friend Lady Gregory. Yeats had purchased Thoor Ballylee in 1917. After the tower was restored, it became a summer home for himself and his wife, Georgie Hyde-Lees. T. Sturge-Moore s beautiful image on the cover of The Tower shows Thoor Ballylee reflected in the still water below it.

The Tower is a book of poems by W. B. Yeats, published in 1928. The collection is viewed as one of the poet's most important, containing some of his most famous poems, such as 'Sailing to Byzantium,' 'Leda and the Swan,' and 'Among School Children.' The Tower furthered Yeats's meditations on aging, the creative process, and the nature of the physical and the spiritual world.