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Eliot, T.S. | A collection of four works

Lot 12
08.12.2023 12:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Sold
$ 2 540
AuctioneerSotheby´s
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1105459
Lot 12 | Eliot, T.S. | A collection of four works
Estimate value
$ 2 000 – 3 000
Eliot, T.S.
A collection of four works

Lot includes: John Dryden: The Poet, The Dramatist, The Critic. New York: Terence & Elsa Holliday, 1932. 8vo. Marbled boards over quarter cloth, spine gilt. Special limited edition, one of 110, signed by the author — What is a Classic? London: Faber & Faber, [1944]. 8vo. Blue cloth, spine gilt; upper and outer edges and spine sunned. Dust jacket; edges worn with some small chips and tears, adhesive tape repairs, spine toned — The Dark Side of the Moon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. 8vo. Blue cloth, spine gilt; edges and spine sunned. Dust jacket; head and foot a little chipped, marginal tear to upper cover, rear cover a little soiled — The Complete Poems and Plays. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. 8vo. Blue cloth, lettered in silver to upper cover and spine; spine lightly sunned with some small marks to covers. Dust jacket; chipped and scuffed at lower edges. Signed by T.S. Eliot, inscribed by L. Clayton Willis in pencil and ink, 1954.

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