The Confidential Clerk
by Eliot, T. S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1954. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Faber & Faber, London, 1954. First edition. Book condition: very good and virtually free of shelf wear. Small number of spots of light discolouration to lwer corner of front board. Previous owner's name to ffep. Dust jacket condition: very good and unclipped. Light shelf wear around edges only, spine a little faded. This play was produced with successful results at the Edinburgh festival 1953 and subsequently in London. It is written in the same kind of verse as The Cocktail Party. The text of this first edition was slightly more extended than that used on stage. This is the first impression with 'Ihad' on p7 instead of 'I had'.
Synopsis
A modern verse play that touches on the sources of longing and the need to be loved. "Never has Eliot's apparently effortless prosody been more precise.... He has achieved complete mastery of words" (Kirkus Reviews). "It is a wise, witty, elegant play whose characters speak finely and shrewdly" (Chicago Sunday Tribune).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1303340
- Title
- The Confidential Clerk
- Author
- Eliot, T. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Plays & Theatre,T S Eliot
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plays & Theatre;
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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- Edges
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- Shelf Wear
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