BAUMAN RARE BOOKS 4 01ELIOT, T.S. Prufrock and Other Observations. London, 1917. 12mo, original stiff buff paper wrappers, custom chemise and slipcase. $125,000 Rare first edition of T.S. Eliot’s first book, one of only 500 copies printed, inscribed by Eliot less than one year before his death., “Inscribed for William S. Gray by T.S. Eliot 19.v.64.” One cannot overestimate the significance of this slender volume; this was the first great volume of poetry from a writer who transformed English poetry. Copies are exceedingly rare—only 500 copies in total were printed, and signed or inscribed copies are extraordinarily so. “The guiding spirit behind Eliot’s first book of poetry had been that of Ezra Pound. He first broached the idea “Let Us Go Then, You And I…”: Extremely Rare Inscribed First Edition Of Eliot’s Prufrock, His First Book And “The Birth Of Modern Poetry In English”
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