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Four Quartets
by Eliot, T.S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Third Printing with [c-6-43] on the copyright page. Very Good in an about Good jacket with nine titles on the back, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned, partially split down the spine, chips at the edges. Black buckram, bumped at the edges and corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the top edge, former owner's name inside the front board, clean otherwise. A collection of Eliot's long poems Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages, and Little Gidding.
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
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5672
- Title
- Four Quartets
- Author
- Eliot, T.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Poetry, American Poetry, Modern Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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