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FOUR QUARTETS
by ELIOT, T. S
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1960. 4to., 2 blank leaves, 53 pp., [1], [2], 2 blank leaves. Quarter parchment stamped in gilt over green marbled paper boards, t.e.g., edges untrimmed, with green marbled paper covered slipcase; slipcase housed in custom red cloth clamshell case with gilt red leather spine label. Volume and slipcase in very fine condition. The custom clamshell case having protected this copy and slip case; does however have light sunning, slight rubbing to spine label, otherwise it too is fine. Printed in Dante type by Giovanni Mardersteig on the hand-press of the Officina Bodoni in Verona. Paper made by Fratelli Magnani, Pescia. Mardersteig set this edition from the July 1952 ninth Faber and Faber trade edition, which contained an error, and is therefore repeated in this edition: the final 5 lines of Section IV of "Burnt Norton" appear as the first lines of Section V. "An Erratum slip, measuring 8.3 x 12.1 cm., was prepared but not used, in deference to the printer's wishes." Gallup,/ A43 c.
Synopsis
The last major verse written by Nobel laureate T. S. Eliot, considered by Eliot himself to be his finest work Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision introduced in “The Waste Land.” Here, in four linked poems (“Burnt Norton,” “East Coker,” “The Dry Salvages,” and “Little Gidding”), spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes emerge through symbolic allusions and literary and religious references from both Eastern and Western thought. It is the culminating achievement by a man considered the greatest poet of the twentieth century and one of the seminal figures in the evolution of modernism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90260
- Title
- FOUR QUARTETS
- Author
- ELIOT, T. S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Boston Book Company
15 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Boston Book Company
Biblio member since 2006
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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