ELIOT, T. S - Four Quartets

New York, Harcourt Brace and Company, (1943). First Edition. Hardcover. One of only 788 copies of the first impression with the words "first American edition" on the copyright page. The scarce true first edition of a seminal collection as most of the printing run was destroyed due to poor quality. Gallup A43a; Connolly, One Hundred Modern Books 92. Some soiling, little wear to corners, spine dull; lengthy inscription in an unknown hand on the front free endpaper with scattered pencil checks in the text. In what is now acknowledged to be the first issue dustwrapper with a $2.00 price and nine titles listed at rear. Very Good in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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