London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1934. Hardcover. 12mo. Teal green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 195pp. Very good. Faintest of binding wear only, else tight and internally fine. First edition, later state, with first appearance of the last of these eleven essays (John Marston). Delightful large bookplate on rear pastedown depicts red-robed Renaissance scholar at his desk penning a scroll.

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 48693
Title: Elizabethan Essays
Author: ELIOT, T.S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Faber & Faber Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1934
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Literary Criticism;

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