I own copies of these:
THOUGHTS AFTER LAMBETH
THE THREE VOICES OF POETRY
POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH
I would recommend the first to those interested in Eliot's Anglicanism (the essay begins, "The Church of England washes its dirty linen in public.") or want to buy it just for that infamous take on TWL ("when I wrote a poem called The Waste Land some of the more approving critics said that I had expressed the 'disillusionment of a generation', which is nonsense. I may have expressed for them their own illusion of being disillusioned, but that did not form part of my intention.")
The second is a wonderful little lecture Eliot gave to the National Book League, in which he detailed what the three voices of poetry are (1. the poet talking to himself, 2. the poet addressing an audience, and 3. the voice of the poet speaking through a dramatic character) as well as giving a poet's apostrophe to his finished work: "Go away! Find a place for yourself in a book--and don't expect me to take any further interest in you."
The last is a collection of Eliot's earliest poetry (I believe there is even one from when he was in grammar school). I really like some of these, and would be interested in hearing your impressions on them some time. If you like Eliot at all, this is worth getting.
Cheers,
Will
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25. Eliot, T. S. Charles Whibley: A Memoir.
The English
Association 1931. GBP45 VG in slightly
browned printed
wrappers, with very slight creasing
26. Eliot, T.S. Thoughts After Lambeth. Faber
and Faber 1931.
GBP16 No.30 in the Criterion Miscellany
series. Very Good
in slightly worn original card covers,
with a tiny chip
to bottom of spine and splitting to the
spine
27. Eliot, T. S. The Classics And The Man Of
Letters. Oxford
University Press 1942. GBP18 VG in
original card covers,
unevenly faded to both front and rear and
very slightly
chipped to the edges
28. Eliot, T.S. Milton. Geoffrey Cumberlege
for the British
Academy, London 1947. GBP75 An offprint
from the
Proceedings of the British Academy
Vol.XXXIII. 500 copies
were printed. Very Good in original card
covers
29. Eliot, T.S. The Three Voices Of Poetry.
National Book
League, London 1953. GBP15 VG in slightly
browned and
lightly marked original card covers
30. Eliot, T. S. Poems Written In Early Youth.
Faber 1967.
GBP45 Near Fine (tiny ink inscription) in
dustwrapper
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