Murder in the Cathedral
by Eliot. T S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom
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About This Item
US Harcourt Brace 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First US edition. Octavo.Black cloth. Bump to top edge of front board. Owner name to front endpaper. Bookplate of same name to front endpaper. Dustwrapper well worn and some loss at all corners. Presentable in new plastic overwrapper. 0
Synopsis
T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature The Archbishop Thomas Becket speaks fatal words before he is martyred in T. S. Eliot's best-known drama, based on the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Praised for its poetically masterful handling of issues of faith, politics, and the common good, T. S. Eliot's play bolstered his reputation as the most significant poet of his time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ystwyth Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034182
- Title
- Murder in the Cathedral
- Author
- Eliot. T S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- US Harcourt Brace 1935
- Pages
- 86
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Ystwyth Books
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Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
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