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The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism

Eliot, T.S.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920. First Edition, First Printing.

16mo (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 173 x 110 mm), xviii, [2], 155, [1] pages, in publisher's original blue cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine and lacking the rare dust jacket.

T.S. Eliot's essays on a variety of topics, including Christopher Marlowe, Hamlet, poetic drama, Dante, Ben Jonson, and on the nature and practice of criticism. First state, with Methuen, the name of the publisher, 3 mm from the bottom of the spine.

CONDITION: Minor foxing to end papers and page edges; creasing to front board; rubbing to boards and spine. A Very Good copy. Item #1259

Price: $200.00