Oct 14, 2010 - Sale 2225

Sale 2225 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ELIOT, T. S. [Four Quartets]. First Separate issues. East Coker (1940); Burnt Norton (1941); The Dry Salvages (1941); and Little Gidding (1942). Thin 8vo, original printed wrappers in various colors; faint darkening or slight fading to margins, occasional tiny chips or bumps to edges; small wrinkles and scuff marks to top rear cover of Little Gidding, which also has a previous owner's name and note on inside front wrapper as well as a crossed-out signature on front free endpaper, bookseller's price sticker on rear covers of all but Little Gidding; housed together in a custom blue cloth chemise and 1/4 navy morocco and marbled slipcase with gilt-lettered spine, faded. true first editions, first printings. London: Faber and Faber, (1940-42)