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ELIOT, T.S. (1888–1965), translator. –– PERSE, Saint–John (1887–1975). Anabasis. London: Faber & Faber, 1930. 8vo. Original gilt–lettered green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut; original card slipcase (some edgewear and sunning). LIMITED EDITION, number 84 of 350 copies SIGNED BY ELIOT. Eliot’s translation from the French of this epic poem by Marie René Auguste Alexis Léger (who wrote under the pseudonym “Saint–John Perse”), which Eliot noted as being of the “same importance as the later work of Mr. James Joyce.”