Triumphal March by Eliot, T.S - 1931

London: Faber & Faber, [1931]. First edition. 12mo. Sewn illustrated wrappers; [4 pp]; illus. Single poem, issued as Ariel Poems No. 35; one of 2000 copies so issued. Not issued separately in the US. Drawing by E. McKnight Kauffer. Printed at the Curwen Press. A clean, unworn copy, minimally toned on text; Near Fine. Gallup A19.

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1931. London, Faber & Faber Limited, [1931]. Octavo, [4] pages with a four-colour illustration from a drawing by E. McKnight Kauffer. Saddle-sewn grey wrapper lettered and illustrated in black (the design is based on the colour illustration); the wrapper has narrow leading edge flaps folded over a blank leaf at each end; tiny (small sticker) mark to the front cover; a near-fine copy. Number 35 of The Ariel Poems series.

London: Faber and Faber, 1931. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, limited issue. Gray paper gilt over boards. A little soiling on the boards, else about fine. Copy number 35 of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author.

London: Faber and Faber,, 1931. Stone, bronze, stone, steel, stone, oakleaves, horses' heels, over the paving First edition, signed limited issue, number 23 of 300 large paper copies signed by the author. This was the fifth of Eliot's contributions to the Ariel series. The poem was conceived as part of a longer work, the unfinished Coriolan, which takes its name from Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus. Kauffer had also illustrated Eliot's fourth contribution to the Ariel series, Marina (1929). Octavo. Original grey paper-covered boards, front cover lettered in gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. With black and white illustrated title page, colour plate by E. McKnight Kauffer. Spine and extremities lightly rubbed, spine ends bumped, boards a little soiled. A very good copy indeed, firm and internally fresh. Gallup A19b. Christopher Ricks & Jim McCue, eds., The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I, 2015.