Dante

Eliot, T.S.

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1929

About this Item

1929. First edition. 69pp. This is the second volume in the publisher's 'Poets on the Poets' series - a series of essays by contemporary poets on their predecessors. This essay by T.S. Eliot is not an academic 'introduction'; it is a personal account of the way in which the author, over many years, arrived at his understanding and appreciation of Dante. The book is bound in the original grey paper covered boards with black titling and black titling and decoration by Rex Whistler on the front board. The case of the book is in very good plus condition with light bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with partial offsetting to the free endpapers. There is a neatly written inscription dated 1930 on the front free endpaper. The unclipped dustwrapper bears the same design by Rex Whitstler as on the front board of the book and has some shelf wear with light soiling and the spine is browned. The top edge is rubbed with some creasing and small pieces are missing from the corner tips. Pieces are missing from the bottom spine corners and up to about 1/2" is missing from the top of the spine. The edges have a few small tears, mostly around the top of the spine, and the larger of these have been repaired on the reverse with tape.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dante
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 1929
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Modern Firsts
  • Poetry