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Murder in the Cathedral
by T. S. Eliot
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. VG/VG. U.S. Second Edition published 1936, original copyright 1935. This edition includes the new author's note from the second English and American editions (1936) in which Eliot explains how he substituted a speech by the Chorus for a dialogue for the three Priests so that the text conformed with the Mercury Theatre production of the play. The book is tight and square with solid hinges. Corners lightly bumped and wear to spine head, else boards are clean and unmarred. Textblock is clean with no writing or bookplate and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Pages tanned. Dust jacket is unclipped ($1.25) with chipping to spine ends and top front panel, mild soiling and tanning and sunning to spine. Protected in a new Brodart mylar cover. 88 pages. A verse drama by T.S. Eliot, first performed in 1935, that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral during the reign of Henry II in 1170.
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
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2562
- Title
- Murder in the Cathedral
- Author
- T. S. Eliot
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
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Carrollton, Texas
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