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Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1951 first edition. Size octavo, 8.75" tall, 35 pages. Red cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, lower page edge unevenly trimmed, no dust jacket. Condition good plus, corners hinges and spine ends rubbed, spine and inner margins of covers faded. Cambridge University Library stamp to front paste-down and small label on front cover, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean throughout.
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T.S.. Poetry and Drama. faber and faber london 1951, 1951.
Price: US$9.08 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Octavo hardcover VG (book sellers stamp inside front board,owners name unobtrusive on front end paper,foxing to end papers) in VG d/w (rubbed,sl wear to upper edges,price clipped)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Eliot, T S:. Poetry and Drama.. London: Faber, 1951.
Price: US$10.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 35p cloth, spine faded, an excellent copy of the first edition without dustjacket Language: English
Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T.S.. Poetry and Drama. Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$10.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 35pp, red cloth, hardcover,d/w, V.G. *The Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture, Harvard University, November 21st, 1950.
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$10.99 + shipping
Description: 35 p 23 cm. Encuadernación en tela editorial sin sobrecubierta. Estado de conservación: Bien
Seller: Dedalus-Libros, Madrid, MAD, Spain
Eliot, T.S.:. Poetry and Drama. London, Faber & Faber LTD, 1951.
Price: US$13.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 35 Seiten roter Leinenband mit Goldtitelprägung und Orig.-Schutzumschlag; letzterer leicht gebrauchsspurig, sonst sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1
Seller: ACADEMIA Antiquariat an der Universität, Freiburg, Germany
ELIOT, T.S.:. Poetry and Drama.. Faber&Faber,London,, 1951.
Price: US$14.28 + shipping
Description: 35 S. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0
Seller: Hübner Einzelunternehmen, Hamburg, HH, Germany
Eliot, T.S.. Poetry and Drama. Faber and Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover, in unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges of covers. Dust jacket slightly rubbed and toned. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. The first edition, first printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
T.S. Eliot. The Cocktail Party. Faber And Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$15.44 + shipping
Description: Major issues with jacket rear and front of jacket completely separated, large patches of loss, chipping, several closed tears, browning to spine, coffee stains to front. Binding tight. Contents clean. Overall poor. 166pp
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T.S.. Poetry and Drama. Faber & Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: NEAR-FINE (CLEAN, TIGHT, VERY SLIGHT WEAR AT LOWER SPINE END) IN VERY GOOD DUST JACKET WITH 7s6d PRICE AND SMALL CHIP. The Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture, November 21, 1950.
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.01 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles; 35pp., untrimmed on laid paper. Mild wear; board edges a little rubbed; spine extremities softened; text block edges toned and top edge dusted; offset to the endpapers; retailer's bookplate to the front pastedown; previous owner's ink inscription to the flyleaf; light scattered foxing throughout. Price-clipped dustwrapper is rubbed and edgeworn with some marks; light chipping and some small tears to the spine panel extremities and flap-turns. Good to very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Price: US$21.97 + shipping
Description: 35 S. Original-Leinenband Erste Ausgabe. - Rücken verblasst. Gewicht (Gramm): 166
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Eliot, T. S.. Poetry and Drama. Faber and Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$26.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 35 pp. The Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture given at Harvard University, November 21, 1950. Light edgewear, spine slightly faded otherwise a very nice copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$27.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition T.S. Eliot. HB in red cloth. 8vo, 35pp. From Yale VIth Form College; stamp on tp another page and rear page. Vg condition; v.slight spine fading and wear to spine ends. Printed on laid paper. Eliot sets out the ideal of poetic drama. Clean text throughout. Size: 8vo
Seller: Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. A handsome bookplate and ownership signature on the front endpapers (as well as a bookseller's label), some light scattered foxing, o/w very good in like price-clipped dustjacket with a few small professionally closed tears. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $3 ($6 overseas), so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards when the order is processed by the bookseller.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
Gallup, Donald. T.S. Eliot _ A Bibliography. Faber & Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$32.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: gray cloth, red label on the spine, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 177 pp covers lightly worn spine is slightly cocked Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Price: US$36.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1951. Octavo; cloth slightly marked; top edge, endpapers and adjacent leaves slightly foxed; flyleaves lightly offset; pencilled ownership signature, and charming ink gift inscription; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper slightly creased and sunned.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Eliot, T.S.. Poetry and Drama.. Faber and Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in red cloth, in a Near Fine blue dustwrapper printed in dark burnt red, not price-clipped. Slight loss to spine-ends of jacket, upper tips, but no fading. Slight offsetting to endpapers. 35pp. Text of a lecture delivered at Harvard in 1950. Q07382
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T.S.. Poetry and Drama.. London: Faber:, First edition,, 1951.
Price: US$61.75 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 35pp, orig. cloth gilt. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. (Gallup A57b).
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.32 + shipping
Description: [Literary Criticism] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.35 [5]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the red and blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. A large selection of contemporary news cuttings and other articles folded and inserted loose to preliminaries. Moderate wear to jacket spine and edges, with some chips. Very good.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Eliot, T.S.. POETRY AND DRAMA.. LONDON: FABER. 1951, 1951.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First British Edition. Near fine in a Nf. dj. (Trace of foxing at top edge. Couple tiny chips at spine ends. Mild age toning to spine) 5000 copies printed. (B)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. Poetry And Drama. Faber and Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: 35 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 7s. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. This address presented at The Theodore Memorial Lecture Harvard University November 21, 1950. Clean, crisp copy. Orig. red cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at backstrip head
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition. Red cloth a bit faded on top edge, otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket which is a little aged but still very good, with tape reinforcements on verso at top of folds.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Eliot, T. S.. POETRY AND DRAMA. , 1951.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: The Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture. Harvard University. November 21, 1950. London: Faber & Faber, (1951). Original red cloth, with dust jacket. First English Edition, published about six months after the one by the Harvard University Press. This is a fine copy, in a dust jacket that is very good (one unnecessary internal mend, very slight edge-wear, price-clipped). Gallup A57b.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$111.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. 35. An excellent copy in red cloth (former owners bookplate on front free-endpaper). in very good unclipped dw. (head & foot of spine chipped). First English Edition.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
MOORE, Marianne. COLLECTED POEMS. London: Faber and Faber., 1951.
Price: US$122.21 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first printing (in its bibliographically complex second state). Original orange cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt fresh, the contents clean and bright throughout. In the very near fine dustwrapper with just a touch of rubbing to the upper spine tip and the merest fading to the spine (far less than usual). Not price-clipped (12s 6d net). An unusually sharp and bright example. The 1951 collected edition of Marianne Moore's poems has a complex pedigree. In a 1973 letter to Moore's bibliographer, Craig Abbott, one P. F. du Sautoy of Faber and Faber explains (in Abbott's own account) that "Faber printed its first impression and also printed and bound for Macmillan, New York, an impression of 1,500 copies. When these arrived in New York, presumably in time for a projected publication date of November 1951, they were seized by U.S. customs officialsnot, however, before part of the shipment had been released to Macmillan. Of those released, about forty copies were inscribed by Moore for presentation and a few others were sent out as review copies. [.] To avoid the loss of American copyright, Macmillan returned to Faber the rest of the copies, including those seized. Faber replaced the dust jacket, retained the Macmillan binding, supplied a cancel title page and copyright page [which doesn't mention of any of this], and issued these copies after it sold out its first impression." Abbott, confusingly, describes the resulting UK edition as the second impression, but as the sheets and binding are simultaneous with the first UK copies, it is more accurately described as the second state of the first printing. This copy has Abbott's first state wrapper (with the original 12s 6d price rather than the clipped, re-priced second state variant). The precedence in appearance (and production) of the UK edition may be explained by the high regard in which Moore was held by T. S. Eliot, who was then in charge of the Faber poetry list. In a preface to the 1935 Faber Selected Moore, he stated his "conviction, for what it is worth [.], that Miss Moore's poems form part of the small body of durable poetry written in our time." (Abbott A 10.a2b) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T. S.. POETRY AND DRAMA. London: Faber and Faber., 1951.
Price: US$128.64 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper which is lightly toned and nicked to the spine and flap folds and has a short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel and front flap fold. Not price clipped (7s. 6d. to the bottom of the front flap). A lecture given by Eliot at Harvard in 1950 in memory of his friend Theodore Spencer, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard, which examines the use of poetry for dramatic purposes, and the effect of the dramatic purpose upon the poetry. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Ridler, Anne.. The Golden Bird and other Poems.. London: Faber & Faber. 1951., 1951.
Price: US$128.64 + shipping
Description: First edition, Presentation Copy, inscribed to front free endpaper: 'To John Hayward/with gratitude for his criticism/Anne Ridler/9.x.51'. The final book (No. 96) in the Bodleian Exhibition of 'Wordsworth to Robert Graves and beyond' Nov 1983-Jan1984. 8vo. (224x143mm), pp:[i-vi],7-65,[1], with book labels of Simon Nowell-Smith and Judidth Adams Nowell-Smith pasted to top of front pastedown endpaper, yellow cloth red lettered to spine in yellow dustwrapper worn to extremities & lightly rubbed to spine, otherwise very good.'Since 1939 Anne Ridler has published severals collections of poems, verse plays and opera libretti as well as scholarly editions of George Darley and James (B.V.) Thomson. Her early work was much influenced by T. S. Eliot whose secretary she was at Faber & Faber in the 1940's. John Hayward is best known to book collectors for the bibliographical catalogue of the English poetry exhibition which he organised for the National Book League in 1947. His wider claims to fame are as editor and anthologist and for T. S. Eliot's publicly avowed gratitude for help with writings in progress.'
Seller: Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United Kingdom
Eliot, T.S.. Poetry and Drama.. London:Faber and Faber. 1951. Hardcover., 1951.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. new-fine. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Eliot, T. S.. Poetry and Drama. Faber and Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 35 pages. First edition, first printing. His lecture at Harvard on November 21st, 1950 for the Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture. He spoke about the use of poetry for dramatic purposes and the effect of the dramatic purpose upon the poetry. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with hint of tanning to the spine. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T.S.. Poetry and Drama.. London: Faber & Faber (1951)., 1951.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 35 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. The Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture, delivered at Harvard University 21 November 1950. Gallup A57b.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T.S.. Poetry and Drama. London: Faber & Faber, 1951, 1951.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: First English Edition. Contemporary owner's inscription; very good in a price-clipped dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T. S.. Poetry And Drama. Faber, London, 1951.
Price: US$192.96 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 35. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Printed dustwrapper. Light age-toning to text block, but a near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, closed tears to spine ends and some wear at corners. First UK edition of this lecture, first delivered at Harvard University the previous year. NEVILL COGHILL'S COPY, WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The literary scholar Nevill Coghill [1899-1980] was Tutor of English Literature at Exeter College, Oxford, for more than thirty years, and wrote introductions and notes for many editions of Eliot's work. A splendid association. Gallup A57b
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T.S.. Poetry and Drama.. London Faber & Faber, 1951.
Price: US$211.75 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; half-title, endpapers slightly browned, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, unclipped dustjacket printed in blue and red, top edge and spine of dustjacket slightly sunned, otherwise in very good condition, corners slightly rubbed, overall a very good copy; 31, [5, blank]pp. An very good first edition of T.S. Eliot's Poetry and Drama, a publication of his address delivered at Harvard University in November 1950. Its theme is the use of poetry for dramatic purposes, and the effect of the dramatic purpose upon the poetry.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T. S. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). 20 December 1951, London, 1951.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: One-page single-spaced letter on Faber & Faber stationery SIGNED by the poet. Addressed to Charles Ede of The Folio Society Limited thanking him for suggesting a special edition of some of Eliot's poems. "But the copyright in my work is controlled by Messrs. Faber & Faber Limited, and my Board see no reason why they should licence any other editions than those which they are prepared to undertake themselves." Eliot joined the publishing firm of Faber and Faber in 1925 and remained there for the rest of his life, becoming a director. The Folio Society published an edition of THE FOUR QUARTETS in 1968, three years after Eliot's death. Two holes punched in left margin, ink stamp in upper right. About Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Offsetting to rear blanks from a clipping, boards sunned and offset, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper. However, Inscribed by Eliot "To Dorthea Merriman from T.S. Eliot. 21. ix. 51." The recipient was the wife of distinguished Harvard historian and diplomat Roger B. Merriman.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.