East Coker [The Four Quartets]
by T S Eliot - Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Used
- fair
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1940. 220 x 143 mm. Fair. East Coker [6] pp 7-15 A first edition, second impression from October 1940 of Eliot's wartime masterpiece, subsequently published together with the other three titles as the Four Quartets. In fair condition, the mustard coloured card wrappers are browned, chipped and split along the spine, the binding is secure, foxing throughout the text and occasional pencil marks in the margins but no ownership inscription. The first published of the four poems in this Faber edition, East Coker has become an increasingly hard title to locate in recent years: 'In my beginning is my end...' Please contact Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this book. Fair 1940
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christian White Rare Books Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4479
- Title
- East Coker [The Four Quartets]
- Author
- T S Eliot - Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Format/Binding
- 220 x 143 mm
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....