London: The Bomb Shop / Hendersons, 1919. A wonderful collection of all six volumes of this short-lived literary journal focusing on modernist poetry. Aldous Huxley and Conrad Aiken were editors and contributors. T.S. Eliot's poem, "A Cooking Egg" was first published herein. No. 6/7 contains a previously unpublished Oscar Wilde.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. American advance copy with a slip laid in. A series of lectures given at the University of Virginia. Eliot maintains that the weakness of modern literature, indicative of the weakness of the modern world in general, is a religious weakness. Some chips and.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1940-42. Four quartets in original wrappers. Condition varies. Two quartets have extensive notes by John F. Danby, a Shakespeare scholar whose study of King Lear was published by Faber and Faber. Sold as a set.
London: Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1927. First printing, in wraps. Number 8 of The Ariel Poems. Features drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. A single poem from Eliot, featured alongside a list of the Ariel Poems 1-8. Front and back wrapper are separated, both from each other and from inside pages.....
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. Later printing. Dust jacket over orange cloth boards with black spine titling. A collection of poems featuring verses that T.S. Eliot wrote and sent to his friends anonymously over the years, all featuring humorous descriptions of different types of cats and their mannerisms.....
London: Queen Anne Press, 1952. First printing, in wraps. One of 500 copies printed. "On the occasion of his assuming the office of President of the Library. Delivered at the Annual General Meeting of Members in the Reading Room, 22 July 1952". Slight discoloration to wraps with.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. First American edition. Grey publisher's jacket over tan cloth boards with red spine label. "Written for performance at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28 May - 9 June 1934 on behalf of the forty-five churches fund of the Diocese of London." Some.....