Eliot, T S - Tribute to Walter de la Mare on His 75th Birthday

Contributors include : V. Sackville-West, T.S. Eliot, Graham Greene, Siegfried Sassoon, Lord Dunsany, Richard Hughes, David Gascoyne, Henry Williamson, C. Day Lewis, John Middleton Murry, Lord David Cecil, David Garnett. A UK first edition, first impression.

WRAPPER : The wrapper ( artwork by Barnett Freedman ) on this copy is bright and complete. It is unclipped, showing the price 15s on the inside flap. The front and back panels are bright and unfaded, showing a trivial rubbing at the upper edges. The spine is - as ever - lightly faded. Looks sharp in protective plastic.

BOOK : The book is square and very tight. The boards are clean and are unfaded. The pages are clean. No foxing. There is ghosting to the endpapers. The closed page edges show occasional spotting. There are no loose or dog-eared pages. The binding is solid and without cracked hinges. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. A nice copy in a protected wrapper.

Publisher: Faber, 1948

Condition: Very Good ++. Wrapper: Very Good ++