JOURNEY OF THE MAGI *GEORGE EVERY COPY, FRIEND OF ELIOT, SOCIETY OF THE SACRED MISSION KELHAM HALL*
Book Description
Bound in original yellow card printed wraps, as issued. Thread sewn.
This is Number 8 of THE ARIEL POEMS.
No date [1927]. First Edition.
Unpaginated, 4pp.
Illustrated with drawings by E. McKnight Kauffe, b&w illustration on cover, coloured illustration inside.
Size small 8vo, 18.5 x 12cm.
In very good condition, slight marking/wear to wraps, faint creasing to top corner, though barely noticeable to the naked eye.
Signed George Every S.S.M Michaelmas 1933 on ffep.
A nice example with an interesting provenance.
Dealer Notes
George Every (1909-2003) British Historian, Theologian, Writer on Christian Mythology and Poet.
A member of the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham, Nottinghamshire from 1929.
Every met T.S. Eliot at Kelham, becoming close friends. He introduced Eliot to the history of Little Gidding, later to become the title for one of Eliot’s Four Quartets.
Every also corresponded with C.S. Lewis and Yves Congar, and wrote on the work of Charles Williams.
A member of the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham, Nottinghamshire from 1929.
Every met T.S. Eliot at Kelham, becoming close friends. He introduced Eliot to the history of Little Gidding, later to become the title for one of Eliot’s Four Quartets.
Every also corresponded with C.S. Lewis and Yves Congar, and wrote on the work of Charles Williams.
Author
Eliot, T.S.
Date
1927
Binding
Yellow Card Wraps
Publisher
Faber & Gwyer
Illustrator
E. McKnight Kauffer
Condition
Very Good
Pages
4pp
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