Item #019402 TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). T. S. ELIOT.

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

London: 20 December 1951. Letter. One-page single-spaced letter on Faber & Faber stationery SIGNED by the poet. Addressed to Charles Ede of The Folio Society Limited thanking him for suggesting a special edition of some of Eliot's poems. "But the copyright in my work is controlled by Messrs. Faber & Faber Limited, and my Board see no reason why they should licence any other editions than those which they are prepared to undertake themselves." Eliot joined the publishing firm of Faber and Faber in 1925 and remained there for the rest of his life, becoming a director. The Folio Society published an edition of THE FOUR QUARTETS in 1968, three years after Eliot's death. Two holes punched in left margin, ink stamp in upper right. About Fine. Item #019402

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