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Eliot, T.S.; McKnight, Kauffer. Journey of the Magi. Faber & Gwyer Ltd, 1927.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Faber & Gwyer, 1927. 12mo, original sewn yellow wraps with flaps, with McKnight illustration on front wrap and tritone frontis plate by him as well. No. 8 in the Ariel Poems series printed by the Curwen Press. Chip to top edge front wrap, with lower corner of front wrap chipped away; rear panel detached from book, wraps soiled, else VG-. Gallup A9a.
Seller: Marc J Bartolucci, Hudson, MA, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.; Kauffer, E. Mcknight (illus). Journey of the Magi. Faber & Faber, London, 1927.
Price: US$219.78 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: wraps with flaps, unpaginated front cover half detached from the top Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Eliot, T. S.. Journey of the Magi; Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. Faber & Gwyer Ltd, London, 1927.
Price: US$480.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 (183 x 120 mm). Cover title, 4 pp, including one color illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer. Stab-stitched yellow paper wrapper printed in black on pages i (color frontispiece) and iv (series title and no.), folded over heavy blanks; back wrapper neatly separated at the seam, but wrapper clean and crisp. No. 8 of the Ariel Poems [Gallup A9a]. This is one of the early "Ariel Poems" series published by Faber & Gwyer (later ones by Faber & Faber) which included each one poem by T. S. Eliot accompanied by a color illustration done by one of several artists who contributed to the series. Each was printed in a run of 3000 to 5000 copies. From the estate of Robert Cecil Bald (1901 -1965), an Australian scholar of English Literature, who moved to the US to teach at Cornell University in 1937 and was then a professor at the University of Chicago from 1952 to 1965.
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. Journey of the Magi. Faber and Gwyer, London, 1927.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paperback. First Edition. Darkened and rubbed overall, discreet split at top two inches of the spine, tiny spot of loss to the bottom corner of the front, else very good in publisher's French fold wraps. Two page poem with cover and preceding illustration by McKnight Kauffer. Number 8 of the Ariel Poems. Gallup A9a.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. Journey of the Magi [Ariel Poems Number 8]. Faber & Gwyer Limited. Curwen Press, 1927.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Softcover booklet. Bright yellow wraps with black lettering. The wraps are neatly split at the crease. Small chip missing from bottom edge of rear. Small sewn booklet inside in very good condition. No date or traditional title page. Three tone illustration by E. Knight Kauffer on the first page. Eliot's poem on the middle two pages. List of the other Ariel Poems (8 of them) on the next page. Scarce. Please email with questions or to request photos.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$513.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: no date, 1927. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated yellow wraps. 4 pp. Frontis illustration, and cover, by E. McKnight Kaufer. A single poem by T.S. Eliot printed in this somewhat limited edition format. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning, soiling and wrinkling to the covers.
Seller: Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA, Dover, NH, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. Journey of the Magi. Drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer.. Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1927.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gallup A9a. A Very Good or better copy in sewn yellow decorated wrappers, as issued. 5000cc. Thread a little pulled. Starting along spine-fold. Very light soil. Two page poem, with cover design and first page designs by Kauffer. Issued as #8 in Faber's "Ariel Poems" series. Clean, with no writing or foxing or other defacements. Scarce. Q17856
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Eliot, T. S.. JOURNEY OF THE MAGI. Faber & Gwyer, [London, 1927.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Pictorial yellow boards. Illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Very slight sunning and dust smudging to boards, otherwise about fine. First edition, limited issue. One of three hundred and fifty numbered copies, printed on Zanders handmade paper and specially bound. Published as Ariel Poem 8. Unlike the majority of titles in the Ariel Poems, the deluxe issue of this title was not issued signed by Eliot. GALLUP A9b.
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.