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New York. The Dial Press. November 1922. Printed wrappers. 8vo. The first U.S. appearance of what is considered to be the most significant poem in English of the 20th Century. The poem first appeared a month earlier, (October, 1922.), in The Criterion Magazine. This appearance preceded any publication of the poem in book form. A very rare hallmark of Modern Literature, this item has not appeared at auction since 1977. Covers are chipped with some pieces lacking at extremities, wear to edges, else Very Good. A most important artifact of 20th Century Literature

The Waste Land is a 434-line modernist poem by T.S. Eliot, first published in 1922. It is one of the most important poems of the 20th century.