11-17-201311-17-2013
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November 17, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965) Three Signed Limited Edition Titles.

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$840$700
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2687BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 17, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965) Three Signed Limited Edition Titles.
Animula, London: Faber & Faber, Ltd., 1929, illustrated with wood engravings by Gertrude Hermes, large paper edition, on English hand-made paper, number 382 of 400, signed by Eliot on the limitation page, in publisher's yellow boards, slightly sunned, minor wear, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Dante, London: Faber & Faber, [1929], copy number twenty-one from a limited edition of 125, signed by Eliot on the limitation page, in publisher's blue cloth and blue cloth slipcase, t.e.g., spine sunned, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
[and] Marina, London: Faber & Faber, 1930, with drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer, copy number 74 of 400 copies, signed by Eliot on the limitation page, in publisher's blue paper-covered boards, with a glassine and Mylar jacket, somewhat sunned, faded along the spine, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. each both with the blind embossed stamp of Kenneth Anderson on the title. (3)
Estimate $500-700


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Keywords

London, Faber & Faber Ltd., Gertrude Hermes, Kenneth Anderson