ELIOT (T.S.) The Waste Land, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, NUMBER 170 OF 1,000 COPIES, FIRST ISSUE...

ELIOT (T.S.) The Waste Land, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, NUMBER 170 OF 1,000 COPIES, FIRST ISSUE, with the number on the colophon measuring 5mm. high and bound in flexible cloth boards, second state of text with the 'a' missing in 'mountain' on p.41, line 339, publisher's black cloth flexible boards, original glassine inner dust-jacket (slightly chipped at edges), and first state salmon printed jacket with the full stop at the end of the boxed announcement on the front flap (unrestored, spine a little rubbed, with small hole in blank area and slight chips at ends, a couple of light ink smudges to lower cover) [Connolly, The Modern Movement 43; Gallup A6a], 8vo, New York, Boni and Liveright, 1922 Footnotes: FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POEM OF THE MODERNIST MOVEMENT, COMPLETE WITH BOTH THE GLASSINE AND FIRST STATE PRINTED JACKET UNRESTORED. 'Of The Waste Land I will say nothing but that we should read it every April. It is the breviary of post-war disillusion' (Connolly). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing