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Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Containing Songs of Many Moods by poet and activist Muna Lee, alongside Ezra Pound s Three Cantos III (the third of the urcantos , later revised) and Pound s review of T. S. Eliot Prufrock and Other Observations, which had recently appeared in The Egoist. Revelant Gallup indexes are C272, C273. Back cover very faintly marked with a minor crease, some loss to spine, else a great copy, internally fine.
Seller: de Beaumont Rares, London, United Kingdom
T.S. Eliot. Prufrock and Other Observations. The Egoist Press, London, 1917.
Price: US$20000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The 1917 true 1st edition, limited to 500 copies, of T.S. Eliot's first published book. A slim, fragile volume physically but one that set the poetry world ablaze upon publication. Seen as a seminal bridge toward Modernism, Eliot's voice in this debut work is an exemplar of stream of consciousness and foretells his exalted place --along with that of Ezra Pound's-- in Modernist sensibilities. Solid and VG in its unassuming beige wrappers, with one small closed tear and very light scuffing and soiling along the panels. Light chipping as well --with about 30% loss-- along the spine. Internally, the text is very clean, the pages bright-white. Small, neat signature at the foot of the title page ("Mitchell Dawson", Chicago poet and patron of the arts, 1890-1956), otherwise no markings internally to speak of. 12mo, 40 pgs. Also includes a handsome custom box (blue cloth, green leather title label).
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Eliot, T. S.. Prufrock and Other Observations. The Egoist Ltd, London, 1917.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 40 pp. Bound in publisher's stiff wraps printed in black. From the library of Modernist poet and publisher John Rodker, with laid in typed correspondence between Rodker's daughter Joan and a British bookseller regarding the sale of some of Rodker's books, with an attached list including Prufrock. Rodker was a friend of Eliot's, and is best known for founding the Ovid Press. Though this endeavor was short-lived (1918-20), its roster boasted a who's who of Modernist luminaries, publishing hand-printed works by Eliot, Ezra Pound, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Wyndham Lewis, Edward Wadsworth, Clive Bell and Roger Fry. In 1922, Rodker worked with The Egoist Press to publish the first London edition (or, more precisely, the second impression of the first edition) of James Joyce's Ulysses. Very Good. Covers toned, with light wear at spine ends and creasing to the rear cover. Small smudge to verso of title page. Hinge exposed at page 24. Light crease and soiling to top corner of pages 37 and 40. The titular poem was first published in a 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, then here as part of this twelve-poem pamphlet. It is seen as a pivotal moment in which poetry shifted from late 19th-century Romantic verse and Georgian lyrics, catapulting toward Modernism. A nice copy of this fragile production with a great association between two very important figures in the Modernist movement.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. Prufrock. Egoist Press, 1917.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing in the original buff color wrappers with light restoration. One of only 500 copies printed. This copy is in nice shape with some wear to the edges and panels. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean. There is no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a collectable copy of this scarce title. We buy T.S. Eliot First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T.S.. Prufrock and Other Observations.. London The Egoist Ltd, 1917.
Price: US$27225.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's buff wrappers printed in black, strip of toning to the lower wrapper, small scuff to the middle of the back strip, some tiny loss to the foot, rear hinge repaired, otherwise a distinctly superior copy of a cornerstone collection by any standards, of any era; housed in a quarter leather, cloth box. Egoist - under the direction of Ezra Pound - produced in wartime conditions just 500 copies. They were not built to last and copies in unrestored condition are genuinely uncommon. Gallup A1; Connolly, The Modern Movement 30a; Hayward 33.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T. S.. PRUFROCK AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS. London: The Egoist Ltd., 1917.
Price: US$44914.29 + shipping
Description: First edition of Eliot's monumentally influential first poetry collection. Publisher's original buff card covers printed in black. A superb fine copy, the binding square and tight with just the slightest of rubbing and toning at the extremities, the spine intact with light creasing. The contents are bright and fresh throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Housed in a bespoke cloth solander case, suede lined with recess and cloth chemise, to the inner cover of which has a tipped in card, signed by T. S. Eliot in blue ink. A stellar example of a notoriously fragile production, rare in fine original condition. The author's first book, collecting The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; Portrait of a Lady; Preludes; Rhapsody on a Windy Night; Morning at the Window; The Boston Evening Transcript; Aunt Helen; Cousin Nancy; Mr. Apollinax; Hysteria; Conversation Galante; La Figlia che Piange. The title poem, a dramatic monologue written as a stream of consciousness, is one of the founding texts exploring modernist themes and aesthetics. 500 copies printed. (Gallup A1; Connolly, The Modern Movement 30a). 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