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The Waste Land (Folio Society Limited Ed)
by Eliot, T S
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- New Book
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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A$3,667.07A$2,933.66
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About This Item
Folio Society, 2022. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New Book. Signed by Illustrator. ~~Folio Society Limited Edition #145/350, signed by artist Tom Phillips~~New 2022 Folio Society limited Centenary edition, housed in clamshell box. Stunningly produced and illustrated oversize edition, as new in original packing box. Hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders Half-bound in vellum blocked in 22-carat gold Cloth sides printed with a design by Tom Phillips Colorplan Damask Amethyst endpapers 84 pages set in Walbaum Printed letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper by Hand & Eye Letterpress 11 colour plates giclée printed by Pureprint on Symbol Tatami Ivory paper and hand-tipped on to the Zerkall paper Limitation page signed by Tom Phillips Gilded top edge with natural deckle retained on fore and bottom edges. A beautiful and tactile aesthetic achievement. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Poetry; Signed by Illustrator. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091618..
Synopsis
The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot is one of the most famous poems of the 20th century and is 434 lines long, divided into 5 sections: The Burial of the Dead, A Game of Chess, The Fire Sermon, Death by Water and What the Thunder Said. Considered obscure and often abstract, the poem interweaves a number of legends and mythologies of both eastern and western influence in a variety of voices. Originally published in the 1922 issue of The Criterion (a U.K. magazine which was founded and edited by Eliot), it later appeared the subsequent month in the Dial magazine as its first U.S. appearance. The Wasteland first appeared in book form in 1922, published by Boni and Liveright in New York in an edition of 1000 copies. The first 500 copies were bound in a flexible black cloth, while the remaining copies were bound in a more traditional cloth hardcover. Both were issued in beige printed dust jackets. The first state is noted by the appearance of a dropped letter "a" on page 41 in the word mountain; the second issue has the word misprinted as "mount in." In nice condition, the first issue might be had in a jacket for $25,000 and up. The first U.K. book edition was published the following year in the U.K by Hogarth Press in an edition of 450 copies . Also of note is the second NY edition on 1923, also published by Boni and Liveright and highly collectible. - -
Reviews
On Dec 13 2016, a reader said:
This was the "let there be light" moment for 20th Century poetry. The intellectual chiropractic it worked on literature obliterated that bequeathed to us thereafter. Poetry became the moral spotlight. And one man made it happen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 091618
- Title
- The Waste Land (Folio Society Limited Ed)
- Author
- Eliot, T S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New Book
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Date Published
- 2022
- Keywords
- BZDB14 Poetry; The Waste Land Folio Society Limited Ed Eliot T S
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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