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Eliot, T.S.
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Eliot, T.S.
- Prufrock and Other Observations. The Egoist, 1917
- paper
8vo, FIRST EDITION OF ELIOT'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE-PAGE, original buff wrappers, in blue chemise and cloth slipcase, traces of minor and very expert repair to spine
Provenance
Donald S. Friede, publisher and collector (bookplate); Vincent Starrett, writer, Sherlockian, and bibliophile (ownership inscription on half title)
Literature
Connolly 30(a); Gallup A1; Hayward 331
Catalogue Note
"..Something new in English verse..."
A fine copy of a highly important book: the combined effect of Eliot's early poems, considerably influenced by the French Symbolists, was "unique and compelling, and their assurance staggered contemporaries privileged to read them in manuscript" (Oxford DNB).
Gallup records that there were 500 copies of the first edition. Signed copies are rare on the market.