The Confidential Clerk
by Eliot, T.S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, (1954.) 1st edition, 1st issue with "Ihad" on p. 7. A comic drama about a wealthy entrepreneur who deceives his eccentric wife by bringing his illegitimate son into the household as a confidential clerk. 134 pages. Blue clothbound hardcover. 8.75 x 5.75. Near Fine in dust wrapper. Clean and securely bound. Protected by a new clear archival cover. Neat owner signature on the front endpaper. Also laid in is a slip noting that he read this book in 1954, along with a few loose pages of his notes about the play.
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
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047207
- Title
- The Confidential Clerk
- Author
- Eliot, T.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
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