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Sweeney Agonistes. Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama
by [SHAPIRO, Karl and Cecily CROZIER] ELIOT, T.S
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Dust Jacket Included
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Dust Jacket Included. London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1932 (first edition thus). Octavo, 31 pages. Papered boards; slight loss to the paper along the top edges of the covers; a decent copy with the dustwrapper sunned on the spine, with minor loss along the top edge. 'These fragments, originally published as "Fragment of a Prologue" and "Fragment of an Agon" in "The Criterion" are here for the first time reprinted in book form' (dustwrapper blurb). The front flyleaf is inscribed in blue pencil 'To Cecily, not for Xmas but for all-year-round love. K. Dec 15/42'. Cecily is Cecily Crozier (1911-2006); she edited and published the rare avant-garde literary journal 'Comment' in Melbourne between 1940 and 1947. K is the poet Karl Shapiro (1911-2000), an American serviceman based in Australia during the Second World War; he was Cecily Crozier's lover at the time.
Offered together with a copy of 'Dramas from the Sky' by Max Harris (1942); although both the book and dustwrapper are damaged, the front flyleaf is inscribed 'To Karl Shapiro, Kindest regards. Max Harris. Nov 1942'. [2 items].
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127222
- Title
- Sweeney Agonistes. Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama
- Author
- [SHAPIRO, Karl and Cecily CROZIER] ELIOT, T.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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