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Eliot, (T. S.). The Four Quartets. Faber & Faber, London, 1944.
Price: US$40.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second printing in same year as the first. This copy has had the front free endpaper neatly excised, presumably to remove an inscription. Elsewise in lovely condition in a complete jacket that has tanned a little at the spine and has a one inch closed tear on the rear panel from the top edge. A very presentable copy. Size: Octavo . Category: Literature & Literary;
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Eliot, Thomas Stearns, (1888-1965). Four quartets / T.S. Eliot. London: Faber & Faber, 1944.
Price: US$43.92 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 44 p. Contents; An edition, in one volume, of "Burnt Norton," "East Coker," "The Dry Salvages," and "Little Gidding." Subjects; Poetry. American poets. Classic English literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Eliot, Thomas Stearns, (1888-1965). Four quartets / T.S. Eliot. London: Faber & Faber, 1944.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 44 p. Contents; An edition, in one volume, of "Burnt Norton," "East Coker," "The Dry Salvages," and "Little Gidding." Subjects; Poetry. American poets. Classic English literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
T.S.Eliot. Four Quartets.. Faber & Faber,, London, 1944.
Price: US$63.70 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A strange edition, in that the card covers seem to be a converted dust wrapper pasted onto a textblock. However, the lettering on the spine fits the size of the book, so I assume that it is an alternative edition. The only date.'First published in this edition Mcmxliv' with no other date. 44 clean, unmarked pages. The covers are worn, a little grubby and has some wear to the spine.No insc. 44pp. 44pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Florence books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Eliot, T. S.. Four Quartets. Faber and Faber (1944), London, 1944.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light orange cloth, gilt lettering to the spine. There is waviness to the pages. Much old glue staining to the front endpapers from two bookplates. Light foxing to the rear cover. The dust jacket is darkened at the spine. There is foxing to the verso, spotting to the front flap. Price of 6s to the lower, front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44 pages
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T. S.. Four Quartets.. Faber and Faber, London, 1944.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 44 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First UK trade edition. Bookplate on pastedown; endsheets a little foxed and tanning to the top edge of the text; text block a bit rippled throughout. The dust jacket is tanned at the spine and edges, with one short tear and several very tiny chips.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Eliot, T. S.. Four Quartets. Faber and Faber, London, 1944.
Price: US$186.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardback copy in good dustjacket. No markings. Not priceclipped. Slight foxing on inside covers but not on text. Spine of dustjacket faded. Photos available if required.
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
Eliot, T.S.. Four Quartets. Faber and Faber, London, 1944.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (6s. net), lightly rubbed and toned, some spots of soiling. Tan cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a backward lean, foxed at the endpapers, former owner's stamp on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A collection of four of Eliot's poems written during World War II, "Burnt Notice," "East Coker," "The Dry Salvages," and "Little Gidding."
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T. S.. Four Quartets. Faber and Faber 1944, London, 1944.
Price: US$356.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Combined Edition. 44 pp., Full black morocco binding with gilt lettered spine. Minor warping to the boards and bubbling to the endpapers. Some wear to the front hinge. Minor scattered ink marks, particularly affecting the extremities. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Eliot, T.S.. Four Quartets. Faber and Faber, London, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, toned at the edges, lightly soiled. Tan cloth, foxed, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a backward lean, foxed at the endpapers. A collection of four of Eliot's poems written during World War II, "Burnt Notice," "East Coker," "The Dry Salvages," and "Little Gidding."
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T.S.. Four Quartets. Faber & Faber, London, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English collected edition. Endpapers foxed, a little soiling on the boards, very good in very good price-clipped dust jacket with a modest stain on the front panel and some toning at the spine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
T. S. Eliot. FOUR QUARTETS. London: Faber and Faber, 1944.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK printing of the collected edition. 8vo in cloth with dust jacket, printed on handmade paper by A. Millbourn & Co. 44 pp. VG/VG. Light wear and toning to dust jacket in a clear protective sleeve. Original 6s price is intact on flap. Boards slightly bowed. Light foxing to board edges. Light foxing to front endpapers. Slight rippling to pages, as is common. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.
Seller: Lost Time Books, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
ELIOT, T.S.. Four Quartets. Faber and Faber, London, 1944.
Price: US$429.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Faber and Faber, 1944 [first English edition]/ 1943 (first collected edition). Octavo, 44 pages, printed on translucent wove paper watermarked 'A. Millbourn & Co | British Handmade'. Original tan cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; top edge cut, leading and bottom deckle edges only lightly cut; covers slightly bowed; endpapers a little foxed, offset and cockled; light cockling to the bottom edge of the text block; contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper ('Mary | Christmas 1944'); a very good copy with the very good unclipped dustwrapper lightly marked and a little sunned on the spine, with minimal signs of silverfish activity (a few tiny patches of surface loss and one tiny hole). The first English edition of this important collection. The four poems were first published together in the American edition, published in May 1943. 'The four poems which make up this volume have all appeared separately: "Burnt Norton" first in 1936, "East Coker" in 1940, "The Dry Salvages" in 1941, and "Little Gidding" in 1942. The author, however, has always intended them to be published as one volume, and to be judged as a single work' (dustwrapper blurb). Gallup A43b, giving a print run of 6000 copies of this edition.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
ELIOT, T.S.. Four Quartets.. Faber and Faber, London., 1944.
Price: US$477.77 + shipping
Description: First U.K. collected edition - preceded by the U.S. edition. Octavo. 44 pages. The four poems (Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding) had previously been issued separately in wrappers between 1939 and 1942.Free endpapers faintly spotted. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper tanned at the spine and at the folds of the flaps. A decent copy.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Eliot, T.S.. The Four Quartets. Faber and Faber, London 1944, 1944.
Price: US$503.25 + shipping
Description: First edition hardback. VG+, edges dusty slight bumping, ink name and booksellers mark to pastedown, minor foxing and offsetting to endpapers, in superb clean and bright dustwrapper. Showing very minor wear indeed, hint of discolouration and toning to spine,which is housed in a protective removable sleeve. There are no further ink marks or writing. A very attractive example. Uncommon in this condition. 15136, Loc cab1
Seller: Holybourne Rare Books ABA ILAB, Alton, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This is the First English Edition. This original dustjacket has minor wear to the spine and edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with slight wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Eliot, T S. Four Quartets. Faber & Faber, 1944.
Price: US$955.53 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1944 Faber and Faber London Hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Near fine clean tight binding, tan cloth boards. In very good unclipped dustjacket. No marks or inscriptions a clean bright copy.
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T.S.. FOUR QUARTETS.. London: Faber and Faber 1944., 1944.
Price: US$1140.27 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo., pp.44, cloth, gilt; foxing to free endpapers, light undulation to lower margins, bowing to front board (with slight spotting to fore-margin of front board), else very good, in very good complete and unclipped dust-jacket.
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T. S.. The Four Quartets.. London: Faber and Faber, 1944, 1944.
Price: US$1751.81 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first impression. The four poems, Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding, were first published as separate volumes between 1940 and 1941. Eliot "always intended them to be published as one volume, and to be judged as a single work". The Faber and Faber edition was published in October 1944 and followed the American edition, which was issued in May 1943. Octavo (212 x 135 mm). Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Eliot, T. S.. Four Quartets. [With Signed Typed Letter]. Faber and Faber, London, 1944.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In grey jacket with red and black titling over tan boards with gilt spine titling, 8vo, 44pp. (shelfwear and toning/darkening to outer jacket extremities, upper edge and spine; hints of foxing to endpapers; name to endpaper) Laid-in is a short typed letter on Faber and Faber letterhead signed by Eliot in blue ink; dated 1945. The letter is addressed to E.J. Rendle with the text: "Thank you for your letter of 2nd, November. I think that it will certainly spur me to read the poems of Sidney Keyes. Yours sincerely, T.S. Eliot". The letter is housed in original envelope tipped into the rear cover and folded three times. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First published in this edition Mcmxliv" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket has the 6s.net publisher's price present on the front flap. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's tan cloth. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this First Edition published in England.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.