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NY: HARCOURT BRACE & CO.. A small spot to the front pastedown. The DJ has chips and edgewear. . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1952.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows wear. Former owner's name on front page. Pages shows minor tanning.

NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1952).. (1952).. Good. - Square octavo, cloth backed decorative paper covered boards, in dw. Bumped; paper chipped along edges of boards; spine spotted; the dw is rubbed & chipped with pieces out. 110 pp. plus 40 & [8] pp. of B&W stills from the film. Also illustrated with 3 color plates & B&W textual illustrations from drawings & sketches made for the film. Stain to the fore-edge. Good. <p>First American edition.

London: Faber & Faber; (1952). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Uk edition, second issue with blue cloth. Near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Gift inscription on half title page; cloth slightly faded at very bottom of spine. The jacket has creases and small tears at spine ends, and fairly minor rubbing and edgewear generally. Includes a few color and many black & white photographs from the film.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1952. 1st Am. Ed.. hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 110 pp. plus plates. 7 1/8 x 9 1/2. Blue and purple patterned boards with qtr green cloth, stamped in black on spine. No dj. Boards bumped at corners.

1952. hardcover. Illus. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1952.<br/><br/>

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition. Small quarto. 126pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Chipping along top edge of boards, shallow loss at the crown, very good in a good only dust jacket with the toned spine torn vertically in half, and small chips and tears.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952. First American edition. Small nick to rear lower edge and small d.j. chips to same area, else about fine. First American edition. xv, 110p. + plates. Illustrated, including photos from the movie. Green cloth with boards in bright paper of blue, green, and purple. Gallup A29j.

NEW YORK: HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, 1952 TERRIFIC BOOK, SLIGHT WEAR CORNERS, TIGHT, GREEN BLUE BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND BLACK PRINT SPINE. GREAT PICTURES, DETAIL, PLATES BACK, PICTURES OF PLAY AND CAST. A play set in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170; first performed in Canterbury, England, in June 1935. Archbishop Thomas Becket returns from exile abroad to face martyrdom-he must resist the temptations of King Henry ll's agents and come to terms with his impending death. Eliot, T[homas] S[tearns] (1888¿1965), playwright and poet. The expatriate American, who spent most of his creative career in England as a British subject, is remembered by American playgoers largely for three plays: Murder in the Cathedral (1936), The Cocktail Party (1950), and The Confidential Clerk (1954). WONDERFUL BOOK AND PIECE OF HISTORY. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

London: Faber & Faber. 1952. Small Quarto Size. VERY GOOD condition. No dustjacket. Light wear to edges and corners. Some tanning to endpapers. Includes lovely colour plates and black and white drawings by Peter Pendry in text and 48 pages of black and white stills from the film at the rear. Previous owner's name/details to front free end paper. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. 126 pages + 48 pages of plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. Very good (see scan for slight disturbance at the top of the covers; otherwise fine/pristine) in fine dust jacket (although price-clipped, it is bright and crisp). A beautifully illustrated book: eight colored prints enlarged from actual film; 40 full-page black and white closeups of the actors, followed by 8 pages of shots from the actual film arranged to be viewed from top to bottom of each column as if holding a roll of film. See scan for a glimpse of the atmospheric Peter Pendrey sketches made for the film and included within the text. The text, of course, is of Eliot's verse play itself. Eliot also wrote the preface which begins with his self-effacing comment: "Murder in the Cathedral is, I believe, the first contemporary verse play to be adapted to the screen. that is in itself a justification for publishing this film script, apart from the value and interest of the illustrative matter." 126 pages plus the 48 pages of black and white photos at the end.. 1st… Read More

Eliot, T.S., and George Hoellering. THE FILM OF MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL. New York, Harcourt, Brace, [1952]. 1st American edition. Dust jacket. Unopened. [110] pp., plates. Dust jacket. Clean and tight, minor chipping at dust jacket extremities. Very good.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First American Film edition. Octavo. xv, 110pp. Illustrated with 6 plates in color and 48 pages of monochrome illustrations from photographs and 69 illustrations in line. Edges lightly rubbed, else a near fine copy in a good to very good age-toned dust jacket with a few nicks and short tears and internal tape-repair, small hole in mid-spine near the tail.

Hardback. 1952. 126pp 6 coloured plates & 48 monochrome, Faber & Faber, London 1952 VG in VG DW. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1952).. (1952).. Very good. - Square octavo, green cloth backed decorative paper covered boards titled in black on spine, in dw. The boards are bumped & lightly rubbed & the spine is slightly faded; the dw is chipped & lightly rubbed with the spine somewhat faded. xv & 110 pp. & 48 pp. of B&W illustrations. Also illustrated with color plates & B&W textual illustrations. Very good in a good dw. <p>First American edition, second issue.<p>The complete scenario for the film, including the original text of the play with a few minor cuts and alterations and with new scenes which Eliot wrote especially for the film. The book has a preface by Eliot and another by George Hoellering, who produced and directed the film.

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition in second state binding blue boards with spine stamped in red and silver. Boards foxed, thus very good in price-clipped very good dustwrapper that is foxed and has some short tears.

Faber & Faber Ltd. Very Good. . with some wear to dustjacket, 1952 1st ed col plates, clean bright copy . 1952. Hardcover.

Harcourt Brace & Co., 1952. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Photographs. 1/2"x1" chip near top corner of jacket, not affecting title; else a very good, unclipped and unmarked copy. Attractive in the Mylar dj cover.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American Film edition. Octavo. xv, 110pp. Illustrated with 6 plates in color and 48 pages of monochrome illustrations from photographs and 69 illustrations in line. Faint foxing starting on glossy illustrated color pages, edges lightly rubbed, else a near fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a few nicks and short tears, small chip in mid-spine.

London: Faber and Faber, 1952.. First edition. Square 4to. Illustrated with 6 color plates, and 48 pages of monochrome illustrations. Fine in a fine jacket.