T. S. Eliot
150 copies for sale · $20–$35,000 · 68 first editions · 17 signed
Notable copies for sale
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$24,000
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
Poems: 1909-1925 (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$15,000
A Song for Simeon (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,200
Selected Poems (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$7,500
Prufrock and Other Observations (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$25,000
Poems 1909-1925 (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
The sacred wood (first edition) — Rootenberg Rare Books$2,500
What is a Classic? Proof copy (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,000
Religious Drama: Mediaeval and Modern Limited Edition, Signed (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$750
Works on the market
THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK10 copies · £20–£2,500
THE COMPLETE POEMS AND PLAYS 1909-19509 copies · $48–$83
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL8 copies · $20–$1,250
OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS5 copies · £20–£15,000
FOUR QUARTETS4 copies · $500–$6,500
Signed Personal Christmas Card4 copies · £500
THE COCKTAIL PARTY4 copies · $20–$258
COLLECTED POEMS 1909-19624 copies · $51–$88
SELECTED POEMS3 copies · $38–$7,500
THE ELDER STATESMAN3 copies · £20–£4,750
POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH3 copies · $183–$275
The Confidential Clerk3 copies · $125–$250
Poems 1909-19252 copies · $3,850–$15,000
Poems 1909-19252 copies · £3,750–£15,000
The Waste Land2 copies · $10,000–$12,500
Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley2 copies · £45–£125
NOTES TOWARDS THE DEFINITION OF CULTURE2 copies · £45–£123
COLLECTED POEMS OF T.S. ELIOT 1909-19352 copies · $63–$113
THE COMPLETE POEMS AND PLAYS2 copies · $88–$103
COLLECTED POEMS 1909-19352 copies · $83–$98
Market context
115 copies of T. S. Eliot's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $86 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Elder Statesman, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1959. (forum, 2026-09-03)£440
Ødemarken og andre Digte [The Waste Land and other Poems], first Danish edition, on (forum, 2026-09-03)£160
[Four Quartets], 4 vol., first or first Faber editions, 1940-42. (forum, 2026-09-03)£320
Poems 1909-1925, reprint, signed by the author, 1934. (forum, 2026-09-03)£160
The Rock, first edition, 1934 § Lawrence (Frieda) Not I, But The Wind..., proof copy, (forum, 2026-09-03)£150
] BAUDELAIRE (CHARLES) The Intimate Journals, ltd to 50 copies signed by Eliot, 1930; and (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£4,800
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