T. S. Eliot
211 copies for sale · $20–$30,000 · 113 first editions · 25 signed
Notable copies for sale
Tradition and Experiment in Present-Day Literature. Addresses delivered at the City Litera (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$8,500
FOR LANCELOT ANDREWS: Essays on Style and Order (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$2,000
After Strange Gods. A Primer of Modern Heresy (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,000
Selected Essays (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,800
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$24,000
Poems: 1909-1925 (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$15,000
Ash Wednesday (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
Poemes 1910-1930. Texte anglais présenté et traduit par Pierre Leyris (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$3,000
The Confidential Clerk. A Play (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,400
Typed Letter, signed “Tom” , to his friend John Lehmann, concerning A Message for the inau (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,250
A Song for Simeon (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,200
Selected Poems (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$7,500
Works on the market
THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK9 copies · £20–£2,500
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL9 copies · $30–$1,250
THE COMPLETE POEMS AND PLAYS 1909-19509 copies · $48–$83
FOUR QUARTETS6 copies · $100–$6,500
OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS5 copies · £20–£15,000
Signed Personal Christmas Card4 copies · £500
The Cocktail Party4 copies · €18–€375
THE COCKTAIL PARTY4 copies · $67–$258
COLLECTED POEMS 1909-19624 copies · $51–$88
The Waste Land3 copies · $5,000–$12,500
SELECTED POEMS3 copies · $38–$7,500
John Dryden The Poet The Dramatist The Critic3 copies · $300–$2,000
The Confidential Clerk a play3 copies · $65–$1,500
COLLECTED POEMS 1909-19353 copies · $83–$750
POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH3 copies · $183–$275
The Confidential Clerk3 copies · $125–$250
Sweeney Agonistes Fragments Of An Aristophanic Melodrama3 copies · $70–$75
Idea of a Christian Society3 copies · $20–$35
Poems 1909-19252 copies · $3,850–$15,000
Poems 1909-19252 copies · £3,750–£15,000
Market context
60 copies of T. S. Eliot's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $47 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Rock, first edition, 1934 § Lawrence (Frieda) Not I, But The Wind..., proof copy, (forum, 2026-09-03)£150
Poems 1909-1925, reprint, signed by the author, 1934. (forum, 2026-09-03)£160
[Four Quartets], 4 vol., first or first Faber editions, 1940-42. (forum, 2026-09-03)£320
Ødemarken og andre Digte [The Waste Land and other Poems], first Danish edition, on (forum, 2026-09-03)£160
The Elder Statesman, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1959. (forum, 2026-09-03)£440
] BAUDELAIRE (CHARLES) The Intimate Journals, ltd to 50 copies signed by Eliot, 1930; and (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£4,800
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