A song for Simeon / by T. S. Eliot ; drawing by E. McKnight Kauffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Contributor:

Kauffer, E. McKnight (Edward McKnight), 1890-1954

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Erwin K. and Carol Welsch T.S. Eliot Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Ariel poems ; no. 16.

The Ariel poems ; no. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nunc dimittis--Paraphrase.

Nunc dimittis.

Paraphrase.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Welsch, Erwin K. (former owner) (Welsch Eliot Collection)

Harves, Carol Anne (donor) (Welsch Eliot Collection)

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 (autograph) (Welsch Eliot Collection)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Large-paper edition.

Manufacture:

Plaistow : The Curwen Press.

Place of Publication:

London : Faber & Gwyer Ltd., 1928.

Notes:

"This large-paper edition, printed on English hand-made paper, is limited to five hundred copies."--Prelim. leaf.

Off-white paper boards printed in gilt on front cover.

"Published 24 October 1928 at 7s. 6d."--Cf. Gallup.

"This poem was not separately published in the United States, but is included in 'Collected Poems, 1909-1935'."--Cf. Gallup.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy is no. 228 signed by T. S. Eliot.

Welsch Eliot Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Carol Anne Harves.

Welsch Eliot Collection copy is number 246, signed by T. S. Eliot.

Cited in:

Gallup, D.C. Eliot (rev. ed.), A11b

OCLC:

226613454