Prufrock

And Other Observations

by T.S. Eliot 

First edition.  London:  The Egoist Ltd., 1917  

Softback is overall in VERY GOOD condition, in a custom case.

• Buff wraps have printed title. 
• Wraps show some toning, creases, edgewear including tiny chips to corners.  Corners are softened and a little worn.  See photos.  
• Spine shows some wear and is toned, with chipped ends.  See photos.  
• Binding is secure. 
• End papers  have some light foxing, staining along front edge. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some marginal toning, scattered foxing, light edgewear.  See photos.
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Wraps have a Mylar overwrap.
• Custom portfolio and slipcase, tan cloth with one quarter black calf.  Black ribbon pull tab, raised bands, blind tooled ornament, and gilt titles to spine.  See photos.  
• PS2026.0422

40 pages. 4 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches

First Edition.  Publisher's buff wraps with black printed titles.  Wrappers show exposure, similar to other exemplars, front and rear covers are creased and show tiny chips at corners.  Interior is gently toned, with light foxing and toning to opening edge.  A famously fragile edition of five hundred copies.  This copy is housed in a handsome custom built case made up of a portfolio wrap and slipcase.  Cloth boards have ornamented calf wrapping the spine.  Condition is overall Very Good. 

This is the first publication, outside of school, and the first major work by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965).  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" was first published in Poetry Magazine in 1915 at the urging of Ezra Pound.  "Prufrock" has been called "the first masterpiece of 'modernism' in English; nothing like the first three lines of 'Prufrock' had previously appeared in English poetry." (Allen Tate)  The manuscript of Eliot's poetry collection initially was turned down by English publishers, but Harriet Shaw Weaver of The Egoist printed 500 copies, once again at Pound's insistence.  

First edition of 500 copies.  Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood, London.

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