THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK
by Eliot T. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. First edition. 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth inthe printed dustjacket. 159, (Listing of the Cast) pp. A fine copy, the dustjacket a bit faded on the backstrip and edge of the upper cover. FIRST EDITION, AMERICAN ISSUE. Eliot's fourth verse drama.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20114
- Title
- THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK
- Author
- Eliot T. S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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