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First edition. One of 2000 copies (Wade 158). Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine and cover stamped in illustrated gilt with design by Thomas Sturge Moore. Includes the poems Sailing To Byzantium, Youth and Age, and Leda and the Swan. A gorgeous copy that retains the lustre of the gilt design. Bookplate of previous owner on front paste-down endpaper. Minor wear at extremities. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 110 pages plus a double-sided leaf of ads at rear.

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.