SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication:1958* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers White title to chestnut brown background. Spine slightly faded. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Minor dish to spine but no creases to spine or hinge. VG* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Owners neat inscription to inside front cover. No annotations or underlining. A few minor marks to rear end-papers and to fore-edge. Very lightly used. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 186 pp. text. iv pp. Appendix and blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- This wonderful play is ultimately entertaining while remaining completely unafraid to challenge the audience. Eliot explores the inner motives and masks that people wear while keeping you smiling the whole while. Be careful though; while you may be delighted the whole while, Eliot is busy weaving a tale that truly gets right down into everyone's personal hells. Truly a drama that only he could deliver. A modern verse play & a comedy about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. What will the mistress do?* A NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear. Signature and slight marks reduce it to VG*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3931
Title: The Cocktail Party (Copy 2)
Author: Eliot, T. S
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn. 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 057105188X
ISBN 13: 9780571051885
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Place of Publication: London UK 186
Date Published: 1958-01-01
Size: 12.4 x 1.5 x 19.6 cm

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