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The Cocktail Party. A Comedy
by Eliot, T. S
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
First Edition, First Printing. First issue, with the error at page 29, line 1 "here" for "her."
Green cloth boards stamped in gold on the spine. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with fading to top edge. Previous owner's name on front free endpage. The grey dust jacket printed in black and red is price-clipped is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has minor chips with tiny loss at spine tips; some age-toning.
8vo; 22.5 by 14.5 cm; 167, [1] 2 leaves, 3 blank leaves. includes music of One-eyed Riley .... as scored from the Author's dictation by Miss Mary Trevelan.
Ref: Gallup A-55.
. Eliot's most popular play published in his lifetime. The Cocktail Party was written while Eliot was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1948.
It was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949. In 1950 the play had successful runs in London and New York theaters (the Broadway production received the 1950 Tony Award for Best Play.) It focuses on a troubled married couple who, through the intervention of a mysterious stranger, settle their problems and move on with their lives. [wiki]
REF: Gallup: A55a; Allen: 250.
First Edition, First Printing. First issue, with the error at page 29, line 1 "here" for "her."
Green cloth boards stamped in gold on the spine. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with fading to top edge. Previous owner's name on front free endpage. The grey dust jacket printed in black and red is price-clipped is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has minor chips with tiny loss at spine tips; some age-toning.
8vo; 22.5 by 14.5 cm; 167, [1] 2 leaves, 3 blank leaves. includes music of One-eyed Riley .... as scored from the Author's dictation by Miss Mary Trevelan.
Ref: Gallup A-55.
. Eliot's most popular play published in his lifetime. The Cocktail Party was written while Eliot was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1948.
It was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949. In 1950 the play had successful runs in London and New York theaters (the Broadway production received the 1950 Tony Award for Best Play.) It focuses on a troubled married couple who, through the intervention of a mysterious stranger, settle their problems and move on with their lives. [wiki]
REF: Gallup: A55a; Allen: 250.
Synopsis
A modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. “An authentic modern masterpiece” (New York Post). “Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the minimum, and then finally rewards us with most beautiful poetry” (Stephen Spender).
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009749
- Title
- The Cocktail Party. A Comedy
- Author
- Eliot, T. S
- Format/Binding
- Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Award Winning Books and Authors; Theater
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