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22. ELIOT, T.S. POEMS 1909-1925 Faber & Gwyer, 1925 [46743] First edition. Large paper issue, num- ber 37 of 85 copies, printed on hand- made paper and signed by the author. Original white buckram, lettered in gilt to the spine. A near fine copy, with a touch of tanning to spine and offsetting to the endpapers. Internally crisp, partially unopened. $20,000 The rare large paper issue of Eliot’s im-
portant early collection which marked the start of his associ- ation with Faber, and collects all the key early works includ- ing Prufrock, The Waste Land and The Hollow Men. It was the first of Eliot’s works to be
issued in a limited edition and, due to the light colouring of the buckram is now seldom encountered in presentable condi- tion. Gallup A8b
24. [ELIOT, T.S.]; FABER & FABER; FREEDMAN, Barnett; BAWDEN, Edward; ARDIZZONE, Edward FABER CHRIST- MAS CARDS Faber & Faber, 1945-1958 [46531] Ten official Faber Christmas cards, each signed by T.S.Eliot and given by him to his friends, Michael and Janet Richards. Each card designed and illustrated in lithograph by a Faber illustrator, including Barnett Freedman, Edward Bawden, Edward Ardiz- zone, Alan Howard, André François and Gerald Rose. Generally in very good condition indeed with occasional dustiness to the covers and odd marks. $11,500 An extensive collection of early Faber cards signed and given by T.S.El- iot. Faber began producing a consistent series of Christmas cards in 1945 to celebrate the end of the Second World War. The first five cards (1945+1950, no card issued in 1947) were all illustrated by Barnett Freed- man and finely printed on rag paper by the Curwen Press. The 1948 card designated them as, “for the directors and members of Messrs. Faber & Faber to send to their friends”.
INSCRIBED TO SPENDER 23. ELIOT, T.S. THE ELDER STATESMAN A Play Faber, 1959 [45952]
First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s red cloth, gilt titles to spine, in original dust jacket printed in red and black. Inscribed by Eliot to friend and fel- low-poet Stephen Spender on the front free endpaper: “For Stephen Spender / with the affection of / the author. / Tom.” A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with a chip to the head of the spine not impeding the text, and one or two short closed tears to folds. Housed in green cloth folding case. $6,750 Stephen Spender (1909-1995) was a re-
nowned poet, critic, and good friend of T. S. Eliot. Eliot, who worked for the publishing house Faber & Faber for forty years, was responsible for publishing many important English poets, Spender among them.
All five of the inital Freedman cards are present in this collection as well as 1952 illustrated by Edward Bawden, 1953 by Edward Ardizzone, 1956 by Alan Howard, 1957 by André François and 1958 by Gerald Rose.
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