Collected Poems. 1909-1935

N. Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1936). Later printing. Inscribed on the title page by Eliot to the scholar William J. Handy: “Inscribed for Bill Handy by T. S. Eliot, Austin, 23.iv.58.” William J. Handy was associated with the University of Texas at Austin and was the author of Kant and the Southern New Critics. Handy’s primary interest was Eliot’s aesthetic theories. Handy’s ownership signature on the front free endpaper, “Bill Handy”, and pencil annotations in the text. Eliot and his wife Valerie visited the University of Texas in April of 1958 as part of a month-long tour of America. Prelims and title page creased, head and tail of spine rubbed, lacking dust jacket, otherwise a good copy. 8vo, original black cloth. Prelims and title page creased, head and tail of spine rubbed, lacking dust jacket, otherwise a good copy.