$5,500.00
107. ([tag]
Officina Bodoni[/tag])
Four Quartets. By [tag]T.S. Eliot[/tag]. Faber & Faber. London. 1960. 54p. 12" x 8.25". Printed in Dante type on mouldmade Magnani paper by [tag]Giovanni Mardersteig[/tag] on the handpress of the [tag]Officina Bodoni[/tag] in Verona. Quarter bound in vellum and Putois marbled paper boards; title in gilt on spine; t.e.g. Marbled paper covered slipcase. An edition of 290 copies, signed by [tag]T.S. Eliot[/tag]. Fine. Scarce.
"In the ninth impression (July 1952) of the Faber & Faber edition of Four Quartets there was a misplaced break between two sections of 'Burnt Norton'. Although this mistake was corrected by a cancel leaf in half the impression of 10,000 copies, unfortunately Mardersteig was sent one of the incorrect copies to set his type from, and so the final five lines of section iv appear as the first five lines of section v. Eliot, knowing the [tag]Officina Bodoni[/tag]'s high reputation, said he had no need to see proofs." - Barr, The [tag]Officina Bodoni[/tag], 119, p. 63.
See also:
Epitaph for the 20th Century: The Hollow Men.
Related items: Fine Printing & Private Press, Giovanni Mardersteig, Officina Bodoni, T.S. Eliot
