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Four Quartets
by Eliot, T. S
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943 First edition, second issue, without the edition note on the copyright page and without code designations in brackets used in subsequent printings; in the first state dust jacket with the $2.00 price listed in the upper corner of the inside flap and the nine titles listed in bold print on the back panel, ending with Old Possum's. Light toning to end-pages and page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with mild chipping to top edge and corners, toning, rubbing to folds, and a closed tear to upper back fold, else fine.
Synopsis
The last major verse written by Nobel laureate T. S. Eliot, considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision introduced in “The Waste Land.” Here, in four linked poems (“Burnt Norton,” “East Coker,” “The Dry Salvages,” and “Little Gidding”), spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes emerge through symbolic allusions and literary and religious references from both Eastern and Western thought. It is the culminating achievement by a man considered the greatest poet of the twentieth century and one of the seminal figures in the evolution of modernism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022988
- Title
- Four Quartets
- Author
- Eliot, T. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY, LITERATURE.
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About the Seller
Idler Fine Books
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About Idler Fine Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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