The Confidential Clerk - A Play
by Eliot, T. S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, Eng.: Faber & Faber, 1954. - signed by Tony Award winner Paul Rogers on the Characters page next to his character " Sir Claude Mulhammer " - he played him in the original production of the play - blue cloth, gilt, a bit spoty but still vg.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13276
- Title
- The Confidential Clerk - A Play
- Author
- Eliot, T. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London, Eng.
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Tony Award Winning Actor Paul Rogers British Author
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Port Colborne, Ontario
About Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- VG
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