The Waste Land: A Facsimile And Transcript Of The Original Drafts Including The Annotations Of Ezra Pound.
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. Quarto. Publisher's original full red buckram, Eliot’s facsimile signature stamped in gilt on the upper board, spine lettered in gilt, housed in the publisher’s original red cloth slipcase with printed paper title label. xxxii,[4],[2],3-155,[1] pp. Text in black and red. Spine slightly sunned, small horizontal snag on fore-edge of half-title, tiny speckles and bump at lower right corner of slipcase.
First edition, deluxe limited issue. Number 31 of 500 numbered copies. Edited by Valerie Eliot; preface, annotations, and extracts from letters and poems by Ezra Pound. Lost for nearly half a century after Eliot gifted the manuscript to New York patron John Quinn, these original draft pages lay hidden in the Berg Collection until their public release in 1968. Near fine. Item #873
Price: $275.00