Poems 1909-1925 - Number 1 of the eighty-five signed copies of the limited edition containing: Prufrock (1917), Poems (1920), The Waste Land (1922), and "The Hollow Men" (1925)

Eliot, T.S.

Published by London: Faber & Gwyer LTD,, 1925

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing. Number 1 of the signed limited edition of eighty-five copies, seventy-five of which were for sale. Eliot signed and numbered these copies from 1 to 85, so the 10 copies that were not for sale do not differ when it comes to numbers. Spine slightly darkened, else a fine copy on hand-made paper in fine original white buckram with title and author lettered in gilt on the spine, sides bordered in blind and all edges uncut (the first opening even unopened). Collected in this volume are: Prufrock (1917), Poems (1920), The Waste Land (1922), and "The Hollow Men" (1925) in its first ever printing as a completed poem. Where to begin with this copy of this book? Well, you rarely get to buy Number 1 of any limited edition, let alone one of such impact. Cyril Connolly writes in The Modern Movement - 100 Key Books from England, France and America 1880-1950: "30(b) . . . (The Waste Land) Becoming as hard to obtain as 'Prufrock'; it is better to search for the Poems 1909-1925, perhaps his most important book." Eliot's first publication in full of "The Hollow Men" maybe the most quoted of Eliot's poetry: "This is the way the world ends / This is the way the world ends / This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper.". Seller Inventory # 008004

Bibliographic Details

Title: Poems 1909-1925 - Number 1 of the ...

Publisher: London: Faber & Gwyer LTD,

Publication Date: 1925

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Neu

Dust Jacket Condition: Ohne Schutzumschlag

Signed: Signatur des Verfassers

Edition: 1. Auflage