Four Quartets by Eliot, Signed (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. TITLE: Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot, Printed by the Officina Bodoni (Verona) for Faber and Faber (London), 1960.____DESCRIPTION: No 124 of 290 copies. 11 7/8 x 7 7/8" (30.3 x 20.3 cm), [1]. 53 pp, [1] colophon leaf. Quarter vellum with green and tan marbled paper over boards. Spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Matching marbled paper covered slipcase. Handsomely printed by Giovanni Mardersteig in Dante type on handmade paper by Fratelli Magnani in Pescia using a 19th century handpress at the Officina Bodoni in Verona. Colophon with Officina Bodoni device printed in red. Signed by T. S. Eliot in ink.____CONDITION: Book: Fine condition. Vellum spine clean and bright, gilt titling sharp and well preserved. Text block firm and square, all hinges intact. Small ex-libris (6.5 x 3.5 cm or 2 1/2 x 1 3/8") on front pastedown. Rubbing to lower corner tip of front cover. Otherwise a fine copy throughout. Slipcase: VG+. All seams intact, small bump at foot of spine, head of spine and corner tips very lightly rubbed, small areas of paper loss at lower front and upper rear corners of slipcase and base of slipcase, otherwise well maintained.____DISCUSSION: Four Quartets is the defining work of the second half of Eliot's career and his most important work after The Waste Land. The four meditations reflect both Eastern and Western influence combined with Eliot's brand of Catholicism. The quality, book design and style are identical to the Officina Bodoni edition of The Waste Land with Four Quartets being slightly taller in height. A highly collectible copy with very minor flaws as described and photographed.____NOTE: Estimated international shipping cost with USPS International Priority EXPRESS Mail with tracking to most locatopms in the United Kingdom and Europe is $ 65 U.S. dollars. Shipping cost to more distant locations may incur additional cost. Please read my comments regarding USPS international shipping and tracking in my Abebooks storefront. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Four Quartets, TS Eliot (1943), TRUE FIRST EDITION. 1st State DJ with 9 blurbs on rear panel and 2.50 price intact. Condition: Book is near fine. Jacket is good with some restoration work and slight split to rear hinge. Looks good in brodart. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, Signed/Limited. "Text Typeface Ink Paper Binding," the five essential elements of book design according to Giovanni Mardersteig (1892-1977), the finest small press printer of the 20th century. The Four Quartets (1943) was Eliot's favorite and final collection of poetry written over the course of 6 years. "At the still point of the turning world", the place where our beginnings and our endings meet, the song of the poet is meditative, musical, mesmerizing. The beauty of the book is Mardersteig's enduring achievement, his work is simple and sublime and always true to the text. His lovely typeface Dante, printed on a Dingler handpress on Fratelli Magnani paper and bound by Chelsea Bindery, here is a place where words and music move, a true collector's choice. The name Officina Bodoni (1922-1977), located in Verona for most of its lifespan, was an homage to Gianbattista Bodoni (1743-1813) best known for his namesake typeface and revered as "the sovereign printer among those of his kind." Signed by T.S. Eliot. Limited to 290 copies, of which this is #189. Very near fine with a few light, small specks spine in near fine publisher's slipcase, with light rubbing to extremities. Marbled paper-covered boards over white vellum spine, in matching publisher's slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In grey jacket with red and black titling over tan boards with gilt spine titling, 8vo, 44pp. (shelfwear and toning/darkening to outer jacket extremities, upper edge and spine; hints of foxing to endpapers; name to endpaper) Laid-in is a short typed letter on Faber and Faber letterhead signed by Eliot in blue ink; dated 1945. The letter is addressed to E.J. Rendle with the text: "Thank you for your letter of 2nd, November. I think that it will certainly spur me to read the poems of Sidney Keyes. Yours sincerely, T.S. Eliot". The letter is housed in original envelope tipped into the rear cover and folded three times.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A beautiful copy SIGNED by T.S. Eliot. This is number 229 of 290 copies printed on the hand-press of the Officina Bodoni in Verona and signed by the author on the limitation page. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy with the ORIGINAL publisher's slipcase with an acetate dustcover to protect the book. We buy SIGNED T.S. Eliot First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. LIMITED EDITION of 290 copies printed. This copy is authentically SIGNED by T.S. Eliot. The book is in great shape and is bound in the original publisher's white vellum with marbled boards. The binding is tight with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. The publisher's slipcase is ORIGINAL with light wear to the edges. A sharp copy in collector's condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine set of the Quartets. Little Gidding is a 1st issue and is signed in ink and dated by TS Eliot, Burnt Norton is a third impression, East Coker is a third issue, and The Dry Salvages is a 4th issue al stated on recto of title pages. A mixed issue set but fine and signed. Each stiff wrapper is a different color, lovely hand made paper, rare in war time. TS Eliot's final masterpiece. Nobel Prize for poetry and literature. A native of St. Louis, this set has a rare St. Louis provenance. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Rep Ed. Near Fine in like price-clipped dust jacket. A collection of four long poems--'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' & 'Little Gidding'. SIGNED by the Author on title page. Association copy with the signature of Boston College professor John J. McAleer, Edgar award-winning biographer of Rex Stout on front endpaper. Poetry, Signed. Signed by Author(s).

London: Faber and Faber, 1960. Slim folio, 56pp. Original quarter vellum and marbled boards, gilt top, slipcase, as new in marbled slipcase. § Limited to 290 copies signed by T.S. Eliot, this is #96. Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni. By far the finest printing of Eliot's late masterpiece which ranks with "The Waste Land" as one of the greatest poems of the 20th century. Gallup A43c. Signed.

Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited edition, number 38 of a limited 290 copies signed by T.S. Eliot. Bound in publisher's original parchment-backed marbled boards single ruled and lettered in gilt; top edge gilt. Light rubbing to spine else Fine. Housed in a Near Fine publisher's slipcase with light wear at the extremities. A beautiful limited edition of T.S. Eliot's four symbolic and allegorical poems.