ELIOT, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965), Geoffrey FABER (1889-1961), John HAYWARD (1905-65), and Frank MORLEY (1889-1980). Noctes Binanianae . London: privately printed by Lund Humphries & Co. for the authors, 1939.
ELIOT, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965), Geoffrey FABER (1889-1961), John HAYWARD (1905-65), and Frank MORLEY (1889-1980). Noctes Binanianae . London: privately printed by Lund Humphries & Co. for the authors, 1939. 8° (235 x 151mm). With corrigenda slip. Authorship ascription to each poem and other allusions in light pencil by Richard Faber. Original stiff brown paper wrappers printed in black (upper corners bumped, small, faint stain at fore-edge). Provenance : Geoffrey Faber (pencil signature); by descent. AN AUTHOR'S COPY OF AN ELIOT 'RARISSIMUM': one of only 25 copies printed for distribution by the authors. This is no. 14, one of four copies given to G.C. Faber, signed by him, and accompanied by an 8-page letter dated 4 Oct. 2005 from his older son, Sir Richard Faber, on the circumstances of the publication and identifying the authorship of each poem. The work commemorates the literary evenings spent by the authors, all directors of Faber & Faber, at Hayward's flat at 22 Bina Gardens, South Kensington. They allude to each other by private nicknames: Whale (Morley), Coot (Faber), Tarantula or Vesperal Spider (Hayward), and Possum or Elephant (Eliot). Written largely in 1937, the poems circulated in manuscript among the authors before being published in 1939. Eight pieces are by Eliot. Edwards, 'T.S. Eliot and Friends: Noctes Binanianae (1939)' The Book Collector , Winter 2009, 503-10; Gallup B34. (2)
ELIOT, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965), Geoffrey FABER (1889-1961), John HAYWARD (1905-65), and Frank MORLEY (1889-1980). Noctes Binanianae . London: privately printed by Lund Humphries & Co. for the authors, 1939.
ELIOT, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965), Geoffrey FABER (1889-1961), John HAYWARD (1905-65), and Frank MORLEY (1889-1980). Noctes Binanianae . London: privately printed by Lund Humphries & Co. for the authors, 1939. 8° (235 x 151mm). With corrigenda slip. Authorship ascription to each poem and other allusions in light pencil by Richard Faber. Original stiff brown paper wrappers printed in black (upper corners bumped, small, faint stain at fore-edge). Provenance : Geoffrey Faber (pencil signature); by descent. AN AUTHOR'S COPY OF AN ELIOT 'RARISSIMUM': one of only 25 copies printed for distribution by the authors. This is no. 14, one of four copies given to G.C. Faber, signed by him, and accompanied by an 8-page letter dated 4 Oct. 2005 from his older son, Sir Richard Faber, on the circumstances of the publication and identifying the authorship of each poem. The work commemorates the literary evenings spent by the authors, all directors of Faber & Faber, at Hayward's flat at 22 Bina Gardens, South Kensington. They allude to each other by private nicknames: Whale (Morley), Coot (Faber), Tarantula or Vesperal Spider (Hayward), and Possum or Elephant (Eliot). Written largely in 1937, the poems circulated in manuscript among the authors before being published in 1939. Eight pieces are by Eliot. Edwards, 'T.S. Eliot and Friends: Noctes Binanianae (1939)' The Book Collector , Winter 2009, 503-10; Gallup B34. (2)
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