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ELIOT, T.S. The Waste Land. 1922. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 552 of 1,000 copies.
Estimate: $600-$800
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$1,200
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Description
ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1945). The Waste Land. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1922.
8vo. Original cloth gilt (rubbing, very light spotting).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 552 of 1,000 copies. Mixed issue with misprint "mount in" in line 12 on p. 41, colophon measuring 5mm, and bound in flexible boards. "Of The Waste Land I will say nothing but that we should read it every April. It is the breviary of post-war disillusion" (Connolly, The Modern Movement 43). Gallup A6a.