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INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY T.S. ELIOT

ELIOT, T.S. On Poetry and Poets. London, 1957.

First edition of this collection of Eliot's essays on the subject most dear to his heart, inscribed and signed by the poet in the year of publication, "To M— C— with cordial good wishes from T.S. Eliot. 13.ix.57." $7500.

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ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES OF T.S. ELIOT'S TRIBUTE TO HIS LONGTIME FRIEND AND PUBLISHER GEOFFREY FABER

ELIOT, T.S. Geoffrey Faber 1889-1961. London, 1961.

Rare limited first edition of Eliot's tribute to his longtime friend and publisher, number 76 of only 100 numbered copies produced for private distribution, signed by Eliot on the limitation page. This copy has been additionally inscribed on the colophon by printer Susan Mahon to Eliot's fellow Faber & Faber employee Rosemary Goad, who would go on to become the first female director of the fabled publishing firm: For dearest Rosie with love from Sue, December 26 1961." $6800.

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INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY T.S. ELIOT

ELIOT, T.S. What Is a Classic? London, 1945.

First edition, ordinary issue, presentation copy, of this presidential address delivered to the Virgil Society in 1944, inscribed in the year of publication to Eliot's beloved first spiritual counselor, a longtime Anglican vicar who served at St. Stephen's in Kensington, where the deeply religious Eliot worshipped and served as churchwarden during the final decades of his life: "To Fr. Eric Cheetham from T.S. Eliot. Ash Wednesday 1945." $5200.

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THE FIRST 31 ARIEL POEMS, DELIGHTFULLY ILLUSTRATED, HANDSOMELY BOUND TOGETHER IN ONE VOLUME

ELIOT, T.S.; YEATS, W.B.; HARDY, Thomas; SASSOON, Siegfried; CHESTERTON, G.K.; et al. Ariel Poems 1-31. London, 1927-1931.

First editions of the first 31 (of 38) of Faber & Faber's esteemed "Ariel Poems" series, each a small booklet featuring a poem by a renowned poet of the early 20th century, such as T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Thomas Hardy, Siegfried Sassoon, D.H. Lawrence, Edith Sitwell, Edmund Blunden, and G.K. Chesterton, delightfully illustrated, usually in color, the series handsomely bound together in one volume by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. $3500.

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PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND INITIALED BY ELIOT IN 1955

ELIOT, T.S. Goethe as the Sage. Hamburg, 1955.

First edition of this volume commemorating the awarding of the Hanseatic Goethe Prize in 1955 to T.S. Eliot, including the poet’s address, in English and German—presentation copy inscribed by Eliot on the front wrapper, "To M— C— from T.S. Eliot." $3400.

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