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Eliot, T.S.
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Eliot, T.S.
- Two Poems. [Cambridge]: Privately Printed [Frederic Prokosch], Christmas 1935
- paper
small 12mo pamphlet (165 x 115mm.), first edition, LIMITED TO 22 COPIES PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, OF WHICH THIS IS COPY "d" OUT OF FIVE ON BREMEN, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY ELIOT ("Greetings | from | T.S. Eliot"), original decorated silver birch wrappers, grey label on upper covers (spare label loosely inserted), sewn with black thread, in original autograph envelope addressed to Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Faber (postmarked 16 December 1935"), collector's black cloth clamshell box
Literature
Gallup A30
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
GEOFFREY FABER'S COPY.
This is one of Prokosch's authentic poetical pamphlets printed by him at the Cambridge University Press in October 1935 for distribution by Eliot at Christmas that year. The poems are 'Cape Ann' and 'Usk', and were later included in the Collected Poems of 1936. Gallup calls for the five on Bremen to be in green paper wrappers, but Prokosch is known to have varied the colour and type of his wrappers on his pamphlets.