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Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965) Collected Poems, First American Edition, Signed. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1936]. First American edition, as stated on the copyright page, signed by Eliot on title, where he has crossed out his name as it was printed there, signing above, in a later dust jacket (repaired on verso with tape) works advertised on the back and publications dated as late as 1943 mentioned in the author's biography inside the back flap, bound in publisher's blue cloth, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
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