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The Poets on Poets: Dante
T. S. Eliot
1929
Faber and Faber : London
8" by 5.5"
69pp.
SUMMARY
A smart first edition of this essay on Dante by T. S. Eliot, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper.
First Edition,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 19.99
EU Postage: £ 15.99
European Postage: £ 16.99
Asia Postage: £ 21.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99
DESCRIPTION
First edition.
Written as part of Faber's The Poets on the Poets series - number two.
A personal account of the author's understanding and appreciation of the works of Dante, an Italian poet, writer and philosopher.
Written by T. S. Eliot, an English poet, essayist, playwright, critic, and editor.
With dust wrapper artwork by Rex Whistler, a British artist known for his murals and society portraits.
CONDITION
In the original pictorial paper covered card. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original price clipped dust wrapper is sound with shelf wear and light chipping to the extremities resulting in minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Sunning to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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