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ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). The Waste Land. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. 8vo. Original gilt-lettered flexible black cloth, partially unopened (spine sunned, extreme ends and corners a bit worn, hinges starting). Provenance: “Arthur” (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, LIMITED ISSUE, number 858 of 1,000 copies. Mixed issue with the misprint “mount in” in line 12 on p. 41, the number on the colophon measuring 5mm, and bound in flexible boards. “Of The Waste Land I will say nothing but that we should read it every April. It is the breviary of post-war disillusion” (Connolly, The Modern Movement 43). Gallup A6a.