T. S. Eliot
179 copies for sale · $20–$35,000 · 69 first editions · 23 signed
Notable copies for sale
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$24,000
Ash Wednesday (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
FOR LANCELOT ANDREWS: Essays on Style and Order (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$2,000
Poems: 1909-1925 (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$15,000
The Confidential Clerk. A Play (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,400
A Song for Simeon (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,200
The Waste Land (first edition) — Biblioctopus$35,000
Prufrock and Other Observations (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$25,000
The sacred wood (first edition) — Rootenberg Rare Books$2,500
Murder in the Cathedral (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$950
The Waste Land (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$12,500
The Waste Land (signed) — John Windle Antiquarian$10,000
Works on the market
THE COMPLETE POEMS AND PLAYS 1909-19509 copies · $48–$83
THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK8 copies · £75–£2,500
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL7 copies · $30–$1,250
FOUR QUARTETS5 copies · $150–$6,500
OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS4 copies · £150–£15,000
Signed Personal Christmas Card4 copies · £500
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
THE ELDER STATESMAN3 copies · £20–£4,750
COLLECTED POEMS 1909-19353 copies · $83–$750
POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH3 copies · $183–$275
The Confidential Clerk3 copies · $125–$250
Poems 1909-19252 copies · £3,750–£15,000
The Cocktail Party. A Comedy2 copies · £45–£6,000
ASH-WEDNESDAY2 copies · $1,000–$4,500
Poemes 1910-1930. Texte anglais présenté et traduit par Pierre Leyris2 copies · $250–$3,000
The Confidential Clerk. A Play2 copies · £35–£2,400
The Confidential Clerk. A Play2 copies · $225–$1,500
Market context
41 copies of T. S. Eliot's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $56 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
] BAUDELAIRE (CHARLES) The Intimate Journals, ltd to 50 copies signed by Eliot, 1930; and (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£4,800
Causley (Charles) 2 Typed Letters signed to Neville Braybrooke, 1957-58, on being invited (forum, 2026-05-07)£180
Geoffrey Faber 1889-1961, one of 100 copies signed by the author, signed presentation insc (forum, 2026-04-23)£460
Four Quartets, first edition, seventh impression, signed presentation inscription from the (forum, 2026-04-23)£750
A Song for Simeon, first large paper edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, Fabe (forum, 2026-04-23)£1,400
The Criterion. A Quarterly Review, 31 issues only (of c.75), one or two duplicates, Januar (forum, 2026-04-23)£260
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