Lot 198
  • 198

Eliot, T. S.

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • The Waste Land. New York: Boni and Liveright, [1923] — Pound, Ezra, ed. Catholic Anthology 1914–1915. London: Elkin Mathews, 1915
  • paper, ink
Together, 2 volumes. The Waste Land: 8vo (7 5/8 x 5 in.; 193 x 127 mm). Publisher's black buckram boards, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, uncut and unopened. Original salmon-colored dust-jacket lettered in black; spine lightly faded, inner glassine jacket called for in Gallup not present. — Catholic Anthology: 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 in.; 190 x 127 mm, uncut). Minor foxing on title and last few leaves.  Publisher's gray paper boards, spine and upper cover lettered in black, covers with decorative design in black by Dorothy Shakespear Pound; spine lightly browned; minimal wear at edges, foxing at upper edge of lower endpapers.

Literature

Gallup A6b, B1

Condition

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Catalogue Note

COPY 594 OF 1000 NUMBERED COPIES OF THE SECOND EDITION (I.E., SECOND IMPRESSION) OF THE WASTE LAND.

FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF POUND'S CATHOLIC ANTHOLOGY 1914–1915; ONE OF 500 COPIES. The collection includes "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady," and three other poems by Eliot, all reprinted from American periodicals published earlier in 1915. Other poets include Pound himself, W. B. Yeats, Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, and William Carlos Williams.