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The Confidential Clerk: A Play

by ELIOT, T.S

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London: Faber and Faber, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Faber and Faber, London, 1954. First edition ("Ihad" for "I had" on p.7) in first state dustwrapper (priced 10s 6d on the front flap). Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Ghost of a pencil price to fep. very light foxing to prelims, hardly worthy of a mention. Slight fading to cove at top and bottom of spine. Dust Jacket condition: Fair. Not price clipped. Chips to top and bottom of back strip. Nicks at all leading corners.

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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Bookseller
The Secret Bookshop NZ (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #
013868
Title
The Confidential Clerk: A Play
Author
ELIOT, T.S
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Fair
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1954
Keywords
lit

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