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ELIOT (T.S.)]
Catholic Anthology 1914-1915, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, [Chiswick Press for] Elkin Matthews, 1915

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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[ELIOT (T.S.)]

Catholic Anthology 1914-1915, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, edited by Ezra Pound, half-title, publisher's pictorial boards with "Cubist" design by Dorothy S. Pound, soiled, spine worn with small loss touching lettering, 8vo, [Chiswick Press for] Elkin Matthews, 1915

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Edited by Ezra Pound, who also contributed 10 poems, Catholic Anthology marks the first appearance in book form of any of T.S. Eliot's verse. It contains five poems by Eliot, including the first printing in book form of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".

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