ELIOT, T. S. Ash Wednesday, London: Faber & Faber, 1930, 8°, FIRST ORDINARY EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO LADY OTTOLINE MORRELL, inscribed on front free endpaper, "For Ottolina from T. S. Eliot," original brown boards with design by Edward Bawden stamped in gilt on upper cover (lacks dust-jacket). [Gallup A15b: "2000 copies printed"]

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ELIOT, T. S. Ash Wednesday, London: Faber & Faber, 1930, 8°, FIRST ORDINARY EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO LADY OTTOLINE MORRELL, inscribed on front free endpaper, "For Ottolina from T. S. Eliot," original brown boards with design by Edward Bawden stamped in gilt on upper cover (lacks dust-jacket). [Gallup A15b: "2000 copies printed"]

拍品專文

Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938) was the centre and patroness of a bohemian and intellectual circle which included some of the most distinguished artists and writers of the age. (See DNB)