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Click here to subscribe*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Hornung (E. W.) Mr Justice Raffles, first edition, slight shelf-lean, 1909; Raffles, endpapers toned, marking on upper cover, New York, 1908 § Hume (Fergus) Hagar of the Pawn Shop, first edition, spotting, cloth a little evenly discoloured, 1898, original cloth, extremities a little rubbed, 4to (3)
Cheever (John) The Stories of John Cheever, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Tom Rosenthal "to Tom Rosenthal and his charming wife Anne with affectionate regards John Cheever | June 4 1979" on front free endpaper, with unwritten photographic postcard of Cheever loosely inerted, jacket spine faded, 1979; Falconer, ownership stamp on endpapers, jacket upper cellophane peeling away in places, spine faded, lightly bumped at extremities, New York, 1977, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others from the library of Tom Rosenthal, 8vo (4) *** Tom Rosenthal (1935-2014) was a notable publisher who headed up Secker & Warburg from 1971 to 1984.
Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, second edition with typo corrected on p.208 and 8pp. catalogue of publisher's advertisements at end, first gathering inserted from first edition including title and preface, gift inscription on half-title, front free endpaper and half-title detached, original boards with butterfly designs by Charles Ricketts, rebacked with parchment, spotted and chipped, rubbed, [Mason 230], 8vo, [1895].
Tey (Josephine) The Daughter of Time, first edition, endpapers lightly damp-stained, original cloth, lightly marked, dust-jacket, damp-staining, mainly to margins and flaps, closed 1" tear to upper panel and 1/2" tear to spine joint head, other nicks and chips to extremities, still overall a crisp copy, 8vo, 1951.
Burroughs (William S.) Nova Express, first edition, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, little rubbed with a tear to top edge of upper panel, 1964; The Place of Dead Roads, original boards, dust-jacket, nicks to extremities, otherwise excellent, 1984 § Ghost of Chance, first trade edition, original boards, London & New York, 1995 § Zukofsky (Louis) Prepositions, first edition, one of 150 copies signed by the author, endpaper toned, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1967 § Richter (Conrad) The Trees, proof copy, original wrappers, New York, 1940; and c.125 others, modern American fiction, v.s. (c.130)
Rhys (Jean) Good Morning Midnight, first edition, original cloth, spine ends bumped, first issue binding with endpapers, dust-jacket, few nicks and short tears to edges, spine toned, spine head a little frayed, 8vo, 1939. *** The fourth and final interwar work by Rhys, set in Paris. Though critically well-received, the sales of this experimental modernist novel were poor, and Rhys spent a decade after the novel's publication living in obscurity.
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, first issue with "as" to last line of p.88, original cloth, light toning to spine, some edge-spotting, second state dust-jacket without the "Daily Beast" logo, dust-jacket, bookplate to front flap, very light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to foot of lower panel, a few closed tears and head and foot with creasing, including tear to head of upper panel running into title, still a very good copy overall, 8vo, 1938.*** A difficult jacket to find in good condition and unrestored.
Herriot (James) If Only They Could Talk, first edition, ink ownership name on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light toning and creasing to edges, faint damp-staining to lower edge, 8vo, 1970. *** The now rather scarce first title in the vet series by James Herriot and the inspiration for the BBC series featuring Christopher Timothy and Robert Hardy.
Coward (Noël).- Ambler (Eric) The Schirmer Inheritance, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Coward "Noël, with love, Eric" on title, original cloth, spine ends bumped, otherwise fine, 8vo, 1953. *** A very good association copy, with a dedication from the thriller writer to Noël Coward. During The Second World War, Ambler served in the British Army which put a hiatus on his writing career, helping to make educational films for Army use. Soon after the war ended, Coward urged him to resume his novel writing. “The admonitory Coward index finger wagged under my nose,” Ambler recalled in Here Lies. “Forget all this film nonsense,” he said. “Write more books. You think that you will always be able to go back to the well. But if you stay away too long, there will come a day when you will go back and find the well drr-y.”Ambler duly took heed, and in 1951 published Judgment on Deltchev, and thereafter wrote ten more novels over the next thirty years.
White (Patrick) Happy Valley, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the publisher "for Jimmy Stern with warmest greetings for Christmas and best wishes for the New Year Hernan Rappaport, 1958" on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, New York, 1940; Voss, first edition, review copy with publisher's review slip loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to extremities, spine toned, 1957, 8vo (2) *** James "Jimmie" Stern was a close friend of Patrick White.
Naipaul (V. S.) A House for Mr Biswas, first edition, original boards, spine ends and corners bumped, dust-jacket, small portion of loss to spine tail, chipping and fraying to edges, 1961; The Middle Passage, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, spine lightly browned, 1962; The Mimic Men, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light nicks to spine head, otherwise excellent, 1967; and another first edition by Naipaul, 8vo (4)
Galopin (Arnould) Le Docteur Oméga, first edition, illustrations, page margins toned, light marking to title, Librairie Mondiale, 1906 § Le Faure (G.) & H. De Graffigny. Aventures Extraordinaires d'un Savant Russe, illustrations, 1889, first editions, original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, spine lightly faded, Paris; and 4 others, foreign language early science-fiction works, v.s. (6)
Styron (William) Lie Down in Darkness [2 copies], first edition, original cloth, spine a little faded, dust-jacket, spine faded and a little toned, light creasing and chips to extremities, Indianapolis, 1951; This Quiet Dust, one of 250 copies signed by the author, original cloth, slip-case, 1982; This Quiet Dust [2 copies], advance proofs, original wrappers, 1982 § Heinlein (Robert A.) Job: Comedy of Justice, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1984; To Sail Beyond the Sunset, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1987; and c.130 others, modern American literature, v.s. (c.135)
Hecht (Ben) To Quito and Back, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, 1937 § Hesse (Herman) The Glass Bead Game, first American edition, 1969 § Burnett (W.R.) Iron Man, New York, 1930 § Heyward (Dorothy and Du Bose) Mamba's Daughters, 1939 § Riding (Laura) A Trojan Ending, jacket spine faded, 1937, first or first American editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light chipping, creasing, or nicks to extremities, New York; and c.35 others, early and mid 20th century literature, mostly American, 8vo (c.40)
Williams (Charles) A Myth of Shakespeare, first edition, signed by the author "With all good wishes | Charles Williams | 21st Nov 1929" on front free endpapers, very light scattered spotting, original boards, splitting down upper joint and torn across spine, fading and discolouring, rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1928.
Huxley (Aldous) The Doors of Perception, first edition, front free endpaper toned with previous ownership inscription, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light creasing to extremities, otherwise a sharp and excellent copy, 1954; Music at Night and Other Essays, first edition, limited edition signed by the author, original boards, slip-case, fine, New York, 1931; and 3 others, including 2 other limited editions signed by Huxley, 8vo (5)
Hardy (Florence Emily) The Later Years of Thomas Hardy 1892-1928, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Elizabeth Belloc Lowndes with every good wish from Florence Hardy May 1930" on front free endpaper, faint spotting, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket, light creasing and chipping to extremities, light marking and staining on upper panel and spine, 8vo, 1930.
Weston (George) His First Million Women, light toning strip on endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light chips to extremities, otherwise excellent, New York, 1934 § Gratacap (L.P.) A Woman of the Ice Age, original boards, splitting along joint, lightly rubbed at extremities, New York, 1906 § Newton (Bertha) My Life in Time, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, light spotting to first few pages, original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, short tear to upper panel, nicks to edges, spine head a little frayed, 1938 § Harris (Clare Winger) Away from the Here and Now, signed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, chipped and frayed at edges, Philadelphia, 1947 first editions; and 14 others, science-fiction written by or featuring women, v.s. (18)
Russell Taylor (John) & John Kobal. Portraits of the British Cinema, first edition, signed by Audrey Hepburn, Alec Guinness, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Rupert Everett, Jeremy Irons, Peter Ustinov, and c.50 others related to British cinema, on their relevant portrait pages, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly creased at edges, otherwise excellent, tall 8vo, 1985. *** Includes autographs of Maureen O'Hara, Wendy Hiller, Jean Kent, Stewart Granger, Petula Clark, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Moira Shearer, Peter Ustinov, Audrey Hepburn, Richard Todd, Julie Andrews, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Richard Attenborough, Joan Collins, Rex Harrison, Peter O'Toole, Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson, Maggie Smith, Roger Moore, Helen Mirren, Sting, Jeremy Irons, and many others.
Shiel (M. P.) Here Comes the Lady, first edition, first few pages spotted, 1928 § Stoker (Bram) Dracula's Guest, reprint, [c.1914] § Cabell (James Branch) The Way of Ecben, light toning to first few pages, 1929 § Timbs (John) The Romance of London, light foxing, spine label browned, c.1870, original cloth, light fading to spines, bumping to extremities; and 7 others, weird and mystery fiction, 8vo (10)
[Field (Julian Osgood)], "X.L.". Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil and Other Tales, second edition, bookplate, half-title and endpapers browned, 1895 § Stoker (Bram) "Bones and I" or, The Skeleton at Home, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, 1868 § Jarrett (Cora) Strange Houses, first English edition, light spotting to peripheral pages, 1937, original cloth, light bumping to extremities, light rubbing to spine ends; and 7 others, weird and mystery fiction, 8vo (10)
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) Round the Fire Stories, "presentation copy" embossed stamp on title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, cloth spine very lightly faded, ends very lightly bumped, still overall very sharp and bright covers, 1908; His Last Bow, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, cloth spine faded, 1917; Adventures of Gerard, ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, one or two foxing marks to title, cloth lightly rubbed and marked to covers, spine ends creased, 1903, first editions, original cloth; and 3 others, mostly first editions by Doyle, including a first English edition of The Tragedy of the Korosko, 8vo (6) *** A very good group of Doyle first editions, including a sharp copy with bright gilt of Doyle's Round the Fire Stories, a collection of seventeen short stories, most with a fantasy or horror theme.
Highsmith (Patricia) A Dog's Ransom, first American edition, New York, 1972; Those Who Walk Away, first edition, endpapers browned, 1967 § Hawk (John) The House of Sudden Sleep, first edition, endpapers spotted, light spotting to boards, jacket edges a little nicked, tear to title head, New York, 1930 § Woodward (Edward) The House of Terror, first edition, nicks to jacket spine ends and edges, lower cover a little toned, New York, 1930, first or first American editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets; and 24 others, thrillers and crime fiction, 8vo (29)
Ambler (Eric) The Light of Day, first edition, 1962; Passage of Arms, second impression, light foxing to first few pages, 1959; Cause for Alarm, third impression, small gift inscription on pastedown, jacket price-clipped, 1949, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, light nicks and chips to extremities; and 6 others, spy fiction, 8vo (10)
Read (Herbert) Pursuits and Verdicts, one of 15 separate copies for Graham Greene, original wrappers, light fading to spine, 1983; The Contrary Experience, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed and discoloured, 1963; To Hell With Culture, second impression, original boards, dust-jacket, light fading to spine with nicks to edges, 1963, from the library of Tom Rosenthal, the last two with his bookplate on endpapers; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5) *** Tom Rosenthal (1935-2014) was a notable publisher who headed up Secker & Warburg from 1971 to 1984.
Du Maurier (George) The Martian, first English edition, original pictorial boards, gilt, corners bumped otherwise fine, dust-jacket, few chips to extremities, otherwise excellent and sharp, 1898 § Morton (A.S.) Beyond the Palaeocrystic Sea, first edition, ?later issue with publisher's label tipped onto title, original cloth, spine ends a little frayed, 1895 § Dorrington (Albert) The Radium Terrors, original pictorial cloth, spine lightly faded, otherwise excellent, 1912 § Wright Moxley (F.) Red Snow, first edition, original stiff wrappers, spine browned, extremities rubbed, New York, 1930; and c.35 others, science-fiction, v.s. (c.40)
[Wyndham (John)], "John Beynon". Stowaway to Mars in The Passing Show, vol.5, nos.215, 217-19, 221-22 (6 only, of 8), illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, light fraying to edges, a few leaves loose, some with tears, some light marking, 1936 § Hamilton (Edmond) City at World's End, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, broken in pieces but neatly split down joints, glue staining, 1951; and c.40 others, science fiction, including first edition sets of H.G. Wells' The World of William Clissold, v.s. (c.45) *** Stowaway to Mars was first published in 1936 as Planet Plane by George Newnes, then serialised for the first time here in The Passing Show as Stowaway to Mars, and again in 1937 in Modern Wonder magazine as The Space Machine.
Herlihy (James Leo) Midnight's Cowboy, [4 copies], first edition, original cloth, lightly faded, dust-jacket, New York, 1965 § Grisham (John) The Firm [2 copies], first edition, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1991, excellent copies; and c.130 others, modern American literature, v.s. (c.135)
Taylor (Elizabeth) A View of the Harbour, first edition, small neat ink ownership name on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine lightly sunned, dust-jacket, loss to spine head & tail, chipping and fraying to edges, heavier to upper edge, spine lightly sunned, repaired tear to upper panel, 8vo, 1947. *** Elizabeth Taylor's third novel, scarce in jacket. The resurgence of mid-century female writers is exemplified in the 'other' Elizabeth Taylor in both collecting and reading alike. Geoff Dyer's review of Taylor's works entitled "Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era?" attests to the growing popularity of her post-war fiction. - The New York Times, Dec 22, 2021.
Verne (Jules) The Green Ray, first English edition, translated by Mary de Hauteville, plates, one or two light foxing marks, original pictorial cloth, light bumping to corners and spine ends, light fading, still a sharp and bright copy overall, 4to, Sampson Low etc., 1883. *** Published in September 1883, a month before George Munro's pirated "Seaside Library" edition. The Green Ray was something of a departure for Verne, a love story set in Scotland, wherein a girl refuses to marry the man her uncles have chosen for her unless she sees the mysterious "green ray," which would tell her it is true love. This issue bound without the 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end.
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit, first trade edition, deluxe issue with 'wept big tears' on p.51 and bound in mustard-yellow cloth rather than paper boards, half-title, leaf-pattern endpapers, 31 full-page colour illustrations by Potter, small ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a few abrasion marks, pp.58-9 and 66-7 stuck together, p.80 with short marginal tear, gutter cracked and weak, contents shaken, lower hinge broken and lacking rear free endpaper, original mustard-yellow cloth with mounted colour illustration on upper cover, t.e.g., slightly rubbed and soiled, [Linder p.421, Quinby 2], 16mo, London & New York, Frederick Warne and Co. [1902]. *** Rare deluxe issue of the first trade edition of the first book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. Originally published in two privately printed editions of 250 and 200 copies (December 1901 and February 1902, respectively), this first trade edition was the first in which all of Potter's designs are printed in color. Leslie Linder records that 2000 copies from the first printing of 8000 were issued in "green cloth, light green cloth or olive-green cloth". This mustard-yellow cloth variant is therefore unrecorded by Linder, making it perhaps the rarest of the different deluxe issues of Peter Rabbit.
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, first edition, frontispiece, ink gift inscription and browning on front free endpaper, light spotting to peripheral pages, original cloth with portrait decoration to upper cover, gilt, lettered in white, light rubbing, spine creased and lightly frayed, overall a very good and bright copy, 8vo, 1912.
Hemingway (Ernest) Across the River and Into the Trees, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, lightly nicked and rubbed at extremities, otherwise a bright crisp copy, 1950; The Dangerous Summer, proof copy, original wrappers, biro date on upper wrapper, 1985; and a small quantity of others, Hemingway, including a run of The Hemingway Review, v.s. (sml. qty.)
Gardner (Erle Stanley) The Case of the Fugitive Nurse, first English edition, 1959 § Irish (William) Waltz into Darkness, first edition, small tape stain to upper board, jacket with 2" tear to upper panel, small portion of loss to spine tail, chips and nicks to edges, Philadelphia & New York, 1947 § Wellard (James) A Moment in Time, first edition, small ownership label laid down on front free endpapers, jacket with chips to New York, 1947, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 20 others, crime and detective fiction, 8vo (23)
Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first English edition, frontispiece and 11 plates, embossed W.H. Smith library stamp on lightly toned front free endpapers, original gilt-stamped cloth (Currey's variant B with white endpapers), very light bumping to extremities, spine faded, ends a little creased, [Currey p.518], 8vo, 1901.
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed.***Faulkner (William) The Sound and the Fury, first English edition, second state without 4pp. advertisements at end, light browning to endpapers and neat ink ownership inscription, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light soiling to spine (heavier to foot), minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light finger-soiling to panels, 2 short nicks to head of panels, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1931.*** Among Faulkner's most celebrated works, difficult to find in dust-jacket in good condition.
Greenaway (Kate) Under the Window, first edition, first issue with "end of contents", a few ink soiling marks, original cloth-backed boards, lightly rubbed, 1878 § Dulac (Edmund) Picture Book for the French Red Cross, first edition, original pictorial cloth, corners lightly rubbed, 1910; and 8 others, children's and illustrated, v.s. (10)
Ballard (J. G.) Crash, first edition, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, very slight fading along upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, slight sunning to spine, vertical crease to upper panel with some resultant lifting of laminate, chip to upper corner, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, a little rubbed at head and foot, 8vo, 1973.*** Ballard's superb exploration of car-crash sexual fetishism. Initially controversial, Crash is now regarded as a landmark work of postmodern fiction.
Hollinghurst (Alan) The Sparsholt Affair, first limited edition, one of 26 copies signed by the author, original morocco, spine very lightly faded, slip-case, 2017; The Stranger's Child, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original boards, slip-case, 2011; The Line of Beauty, first trade edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2004; and another by Hollinghurst, first edition, 8vo (4)
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, first edition, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, small gift inscription and small browning patches on front free endpapers, faint foxing to half-title, original pictorial cloth, light fading patch to spine head, extremities bumped, still very sharp and bright, 1927; and 7 others by Milne, including reprints (some early) of other Christopher Robin books, some in bright or near-fine cloth, folio & 8vo (8)
Orwell (George) Coming up for Air, first American edition, original cloth, spine and cover edges sunned, dust-jacket, spine lightly sunned, spine ends lightly bumped, 1950 § Waugh (Evelyn) Scott-King's Modern Europe, first edition, ink gift inscription to browned front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine sunned, slight fraying along upper edge, 1947 § Eliot (T.S.) Four Quartets, first English edition, ink inscription to front free endpaper dated "Girton College 1944", a few spots, original boards, dust-jacket, a little soiled, upper edge frayed, spine sunned, repair to spine foot, 1944; and c.45 others, many signed, including Van Vechten's N*** Heaven with a signed note by the author and several signed limited editions by Norman Douglas, 8vo (c.45)
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, first edition, light toning to endpapers, cloth spine faded, 1933; Vile bodies, tenth impression, ownership signature and spotting to endpapers, 1930; Brideshead Revisited, revised edition, pen jotting on title, boards a little soiled, dust-jacket, many tears repaired with tape verso, portion lacking from spine tail and long upper flap joint, extremities chipped and nicked, 1945, original cloth, extremities bumped and chipped, 8vo (3)
Waugh (Evelyn) Remote People, first edition, plates (one becoming loose), folding map, foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing and fraying to head and foot, red stain to upper panel, not affecting lettering, 8vo, 1931.
le Carré (John) The Little Drummer Girl, advanced proof, original wrappers, faded and lightly discoloured, 1983 § Greene (Graham) The Lost Childhood, first edition, light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, extremities frayed and chipped, short tear to upper panel, 1951 § LeSieg Theo) Please Try to Remember the First of Octember, illustrations by A.J. Cummings, small ownership inscription on pastedown, original boards, corners a little rubbed, 1977; and 5 others, modern literature, including signed limited editions of Mario Vargas Llosa's works, v.s. (8) *** The lot includes several volumes of Mario Vargas Llosa, including signed first edition copies of The Scriptwriter and A Fish in the Water.
Grossmith (George and Weedon) The Diary of a Nobody, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, bookplate and embossed stamp on endpapers, lightly toned, publisher's advertisements at end browned, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, light marking to upper cover, 8vo, Bristol and London, 1892.
Fleming (Ian) Casino Royale, first edition, second impression, original black boards with heart motif in red to upper cover, spine lettered in red, fractional bumping to corners, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, small scattered splatter to upper panel corner, nick to upper panel edge, light chipping to corners, spine ends lightly fraying, light toning and stain to lower panel, still overall a remarkably sharp and bright copy, 1953; and 4 others by or relating to Fleming, 8vo (5)
Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, first edition, light rubbing to upper hinge, otherwise internally very clean, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, spine ends lightly bumped, still overall a sharp and fresh copy, 1939; The Red Pony, first illustrated edition, illustrations by Wesley Dennis, original cloth with pictorial onlay on upper cover, spine lightly browned, ends a little bumped, overall near-fine, 1945, New York, 8vo (2) *** Includes an excellent copy of Steinbeck's landmark novel, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. One of the most influential books of the century.
Mastin (John) The Stolen Planet, jacket with spine faded, upper edge lightly trimmed, 1930 § Wallace (Edgar) The Day of Uniting, first American edition, cloth lightly faded, jacket chipped at edges, New York, 1930 § Clouston (J Storer) The Chemical Baby, first edition, jacket with portions of loss to lower edge, other tears and nicks to extremities, rubbed, 1934, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 21 others, science-fiction, 8vo (24)
Yeats (William Butler) The Tower, first edition, bookplate on front free endpaper, very faint scattered spots to first few pages, bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, blind-stamped and gilt by T. Sturge Moore, spine ends slightly frayed but else fine and remarkably brightly gilt, dust-jacket, uncut, half-title unopened, jacket in two pieces split along lower joint, upper joint starting, 3" triangular closed tear on upper panel, light pen mark to upper panel, extremities chipped, 8vo, 1928. *** One of 2000 copies. The Tower was Yeats' first major volume of poetry to appear as Nobel Laureate (he had been awarded the Nobel Prize five years earlier in 1923). It is considered one of the poet's most important volumes, and firmly established his place in the Modernist canon.
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