Ash-Wednesday.
London: printed for Faber and Faber at the Curwen Press, 1930. First printing: Signed Limited edition. Hardcover. 28pp. Copy #72 of the 200 copies signed by Eliot which were printed for Great Britain, a further 400 being printed for the Fountain Press in America. 20.5x15cms, in the original binding of blue cloth, titled and decorated in gilt. With its glassine dust jacket with plain paper ends to retain the flaps: this is slightly wrinkled, has small closed tears at the spine head, and a small tear with loss to the spine foot, which have resulted in some very slight fading to the spine ends, as can be discerned in the photograph. The book itself is fine and bright throughout, though with some toning to the inner portion of the free endpapers which had not been in contact with the flaps of the jacket. It has been kept in its battered and split, and presumably original, tan slip-case, which has protected it well. Unusual to have the jacket and case still present, however the 90+ years have treated them. A beautiful copy. Fine / poor. Item #19302100
Price: £1,400.00