THE ROCK by T.S. Eliot - 1934

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1934 Hardback without dustwrapper. 8vo. pp86. Oig. cloth, red title label to spine. Internally VG with a few letters inked in on pp7, 9 & 13 where they must have been absent as a printing flaw. Externally G+ with some soiling to front board & partial loss and abrasion to title label on darkened spine. Former-owner's bookplate to front pastedown.

0: Faber 2nd impression. Fair. Hardcover. 1934. pp 86 very faint foxing plain grey paper on boards blue title on spine .

Faber and Faber, 1934-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. Hardback rebound by library.

Faber & Faber, London., 1934. First edition. Wrappers issue. Small octavo. 86 pages.Endpapers faintly spotted. Tail of spine a bit bumped. Very good.

London: Faber & Faber, 1934. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Third impression, September 1934 (first published May 1934). Grey paper-covered boards with title in blue on spine. Condition: Good, covers are generally lightly shelfworn. A couple of pages have light foxing. Front endpaper has some light browning to inner edge of the front endpaper. Inscribed on front endpaper "Barbara from Joan 7.X.36". Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Good with general light shelfwear and light sunning to rear of jacket. Half-inch repaired vertical tear to centre of lower front cover of jacket. Front inner flap of jacket has a fold to the outer edge. Not price-clipped. 86pp. Eliot's writing for the theatre began with the satirical 'Sweeney Agonistes' fragments. Eliot wrote this play, "The Rock" ,the London churches' pageant play' in 1934, and the choruses are preserved in Collected Poems. Putting it into chronological context, the… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, 1934. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition, wrapped issue. 12mo. 86pp. Gray printed wrappers. Owners bookplate on front pastedown, lightly browned spine, else a near fine copy. *Gallup* A26a, also issued in grey boards; 1000 copies issued in wrappers.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 1,500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); boards bound in beige linen, with red printed paper label at upper spine; dustjacket; [ii],[7],8-86,[8]pp. Tiny vintage booksellers label to lower front endpaper, with three tiny ink check marks at margins on pp.7,14, and 30; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unpriced, lightly edgeworn, with some gentle sunning to extremities, and two closed tears along the upper edge; Very Good+. GALLUP A26b.

London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1934. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, "Written for Performance at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28 May - 9 June 1934 on Behalf of the Forty-Five Churches Fund of the Diocese of London." Gray paper-covered boards with titling in blue on the spine. Clean text; 86 pages. Very bright and clear. Spine and margins slightly darkened. The dustwrapper is Very Good (Plus), complete and unclipped. Tiny chips to head and foot of the spine; closed tear on the front panel. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Faber & Faber, London., 1934. First trade edition. Small octavo. 86 pages. One of 500 copies issued in boards. A further 500 were issued in wrappers.Faint hint of darkening to edges of covers. Fine in very good indeed, slightly chipped dustwrapper..

London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1934. [Drama] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.86 [2]. Publisher's grey paper over boards with blue titles to spine. With the grey typographic dust-jacket, priced at 2/6. Also issued in soft covers, the hardback being the first of the two bindings. 1000 hardback copies only. A crisp, clean copy, showing just a touch of spotting to edges and endpapers, and some toning to spine. Jacket toned to spine and back panel, with some light wear and chipping to edges. Very good. Written in aid of a church-building fund, The Rock made the building of a London church its central action, relating that contemporary event to the long history of the Church's struggle in England and to current events that threatened it (especially the challenge of the rival but godless creeds of fascism, communism, and capitalism), emphasising that such building is essentially a spiritual enterprise that encounters constant testing of the faith. "The Rock" itself, first Christ and… Read More