ID 859212
Lot 182 | T. S. ELIOT (Thomas Stearns Eliot, dit, 1888-1965) et John DRYDEN (1631-1700)
Estimate value
€ 1 000 – 1 500
Of dramatick poesie. Preceded by a Dialogue on poetic drama by T.S. Eliot.
Londres : Frederick Etchells et Hugh Macdonald, 1928.
Exemplaire de tête, signé par T.S. Eliot, de la bibliothèque de Louise Hanson-Dyer, philanthrope et éditrice australienne. En 1932, Louise Hanson-Dyer fonde à Paris les éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre, spécialisées dans les éditions savantes de musique ancienne et les enregistrements musicaux, avant de déménager à Oxford pendant la guerre.
In-4 étroit (295 x 190 mm). Édition originale de la préface de T.S. Eliot. Tirage limité à 580 exemplaires, l'un des 55 exemplaires de tête sur Millbourne à la main, celui-ci le n° 9, signé par T.S. Eliot. Envoi autographe signé à l'encre au titre : "To my Michou from his Louise, April 6th 1940, Amersham - Oxford". Reliure de l'éditeur : demi-vélin et toile cirée crème avec ornements dorés, lettre dorée au dos. Non coupé.
Provenance : Louise Hanson-Dyer (née Smith, 1884-1962, envoi)
One of 55 copies signed by T.S. Eliot, in the original editor binding, from the library of Louise Hanson-Dyer, an Australian editor and philanthropist
295 x 190 mm.
Artist: | Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 - 1965) |
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Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
Artist: | Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 - 1965) |
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Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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