Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional Modern Library Edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Waste Land and Other Writings by T. S. Eliot. Modern Library Edition stated, 2001 Modern Library. First Printing with full number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1.
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with spotless, cloth boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, strong spine ends, no edge wear, and one bumped corner. The interior of the book is in Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making this an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, the price intact on the front flap. L
First published in 1922, “The Waste Land” is T.S. Eliot’s masterpiece, and is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century. A richly allusive pilgrimage of spiritual and psychological torment and redemption, Eliot’s poem exerted a revolutionary influence on his contemporaries, summoning forth a rich new poetic language, breaking decisively with Romantic and Victorian poetic traditions.
As influential as his verse, T.S. Eliot’s criticism also exerted a transformative effect on twentieth-century letter, and this new edition of The Waste Land and Other Writings includes a selection of Eliot’s most important essays.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
