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The Folio Society, London. 1968. First edition thus. Square 8vo in brown slipcase. Dark cream cloth boards with spotting to spine. Otherwise a lovely clean and fresh copy. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of ELIOT, T. S : Four Quartets. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Eliot, T. S : Four QuartetsFaber & Faber Ltd, 1960
the jacket has tears on the edges and small chip at the top of the spine. sunned. creased. price clipped. tanning. previous owner's inscription. internally clean and tightly bound. Reprint. [P.K.]. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Eliot, T. S : Four Quartets. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Eliot, T. S : Four QuartetsFaber and Faber, 1958
The general condition of this copy the "Four Quartets" is in general good condition. The dustjacket has cracked into two pieces. The jacket is included. The cloth cover has some general foxing and wear to the head and foot of the spine. The front and end papers have discolouration and foxing. The pages are complete, clean, clear and firm to the binding. fk. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Dust Jacket Included Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Eliot, T. S : Four Quartets. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. ELIOT**, T[homas] S[tearns]: : FOUR QUARTETSLONDON.FABER & FABER,1944. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.['Burnt Norton',the first poem,was originally published in 'Collected Poems 1909-1935' by FABER (1936),the other 3 poems originally published in pamphlet form,again by Faber - 'East Coker' (1940),'The
Dry Salvages' (1941),and 'Little Gidding' (1942).Eliot,had always intended that all the poems would be published as one single volume and to be judged as a single work.The US edition preceded the UK edition.] NFINE/VG++.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.This ORIGINAL First issue dustjacket also has the 6s.net publisher's price present on the front flap.Bright,original,antique chain-laid and watermarked pale grey paper dw/dj with black & red lettering to upper wrap+spine/backstrip; black lettering (publisher's advert for author's other published works) to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to bottom edges.Although spine/backstrip is moderately tanned,the titling lettering is still discernible,and has a small closed nick/tear (no loss) to head of spine/backstrip affecting letter 'F' of titlEing; a further tiny closed tear/nick (again no loss) approx 1/2" along from spine/backstrip's edge,on top edge of dw/dj.Top edge aged/toned as usual/normal,fore-edge brighter; contents bright,tight and clean.Clean, crisp,fine paper pages with watermarks "A MILLBOURN & Co" etc.,usual wrinkled text stock, top+fore-edges trimmed; bottom edges - mixture of trimmed and untrimmed.Bright,clean,pale sand-coloured fine-weave linen cloth on thin boards,with the common slight bowing of the boards,and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,with light,sporadic foxing/
spotting to both front+rear free endpapers.Head of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing also very lightly affecting upper board's left-hand edge/corner towards spine/backstrip's edge.Cloth wrinkle (production
fault?) to aforementioned similar area,to the rear board.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-44pp [paginated],4 self-contained poems; the first three each ending in a blank page,recalling their printing/publishing history,all as separate publications.This volume now has continuous,sewn signatures,pagination,etc.A nice,scarce and uncommon with quality paper (wartime paper-rationing) dw/dj,UK 1st edn.
Eliot's last major poetic achievement and
widely regarded as the mastepiece of this Order of Merit and Nobel (Literature) Prize-winning poet,both awarded to him in the same year,1948.
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