Presentation from Eliot to Allen Tate
The Cocktail Party. A Comedy.
London: Faber and Faber, 1950.
Price: $6,000.00
About the item
First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation from Eliot to Allen Tate. Original green cloth, gilt, fine in worn and tattered dust jacket; in red morocco-backed drop box. Gallup A55.
Item #220688
With the error at page 29, line 1 “here” for “her.”
A remarkable association copy, with the following pre-publication presentation inscription from Eliot to his American friend and admirer, poet and critic Allen Tate: "To Allen Tate from T.S. Eliot 6 iii 50."
Publication day was March 9, 1950 for English edition and March 10, 1950 for the American.
