A Song for Simeon by Eliot, T.S

Faber & Gwyer, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: E. McKnight Kauffer. on the last page a listing of further poems in Ariel Series. On the first page is an illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer. Blue coloured covers with black titles to the front panel. A single poem by T. S. Eliot under the auspices of 'The Ariel Poems' series of which this is number 16. This is a printing of a single poem and has been sewn to hold it together. There has been browning and foxing to the front cover, the verso of the cover, book covers and to the internal text. The lower edge of the spine has split for the first 1.5 ". Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 4 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: E. McKnight Kauffer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Illustrated; Inventory No: 0108582. .

London: Faber & Faber, 1928. First Edition. Very Good. Edward McKnight Kauffer. 12mo, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 (183 x 120 mm). Cover title, 4 pp, including one color illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer. Stab-stitched blue laid paper wrapper printed in black on pages i and iv (series title and no.), folded over heavy blanks. Wrapper partially but neatly separated at the seam, and seam very lightly discolored, but otherwise clean and crisp No. 16 of the Ariel Poems [Gallup A11a]. This is one of the early "Ariel Poems" series published by Faber & Gwyer (later ones by Faber & Faber) which included each one poem by T. S. Eliot (Thomas Stearns Eliot OM,1888 - 1965) accompanied by a color illustration done by one of several artists who contributed to the series. Each was printed in a run of 3000 to 5000 copies. From the estate of Robert Cecil Bald (1901 - 1965), an Australian scholar of English Literature, who moved to the US to teach at Cornell University in 1937 and was then a professor at the University of… Read More

London: Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1928. Sewn Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Drawing By E. McKnight Kauffer. Undated (but 1928). 2pp text plus series list. Color frontispiece. Minor light wear to the covers with a small redish blotch at left side of the front cover

Faber and Gwyer, London., 1928. First edition. Boards. Number 16 of the Ariel Poems. A two page poem. One full-page colour drawing by E. McKnight Kauffer\b0. Printed at the Curwen Press on hand-made paper.Number 477 of 500 numbered large-paper copies signed by the author and bound in boards.Interesting pictorial bookplate on front pastedown. Covers a bit toned at the edges. Very good.

Farver & Gwyer. Londen, 1928. The large-paper edition printed on English hand made paper and limited to 500 copies. SIGNED BY T.S. ELIOT on the limitation page. Original pale beige cased-boards. Colored illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer. Comprises No. 16 of "The Ariel Poems." Lacks glassine wrapper. Fine..