[Rarebooks] FS: Copy #10 of only 300 SIGNED by T. S. Eliot: Religious Drama, Adrian Goldstone's copy
Charles Agvent
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Tue Dec 15 13:37:03 EST 2009
From our Fall Catalog of 60 New Arrivals now posted on our website:
http://www.charlesagvent.com. It contains a fine miscellany, most of
this caliber, in a variety of fields including Literature, Presidential,
Hand-colored Plates, Autograph Letters, Early Printing, Americana, etc.
ELIOT, T. S. RELIGIOUS DRAMA: MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN. New York: House of
Books, Ltd., 1954. First Edition. Maroon boards. First and only edition
of this essay composed in 1937 after Eliot wrote MURDER IN THE
CATHEDRAL. Copy #10 of only 300 copies SIGNED by the poet. Small,
tasteful bookplate of Adrian Homer Goldstone on the front pastedown.
Laid in is a folded prospectus for the book. Fine in original glassine
with minor wear as well as a tissue overwrap not seen on any other
copies. $1,250.00
Adrian Homer Goldstone, 1897-1977, grew up in the area around Monterey,
California. An avid book collector all of his life, he is particularly
well know for his bibliographies of Arthur Machen and John Steinbeck.
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