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    By T. S. Eliot
    London   Faber & Faber LTD
    9” by 5.5” 134, [2pp]
    The first edition, first issue, of this comedy play by T. S. Eliot.
    By T. S. Eliot

    1954 The Confidential Clerk

    London   Faber & Faber LTD
    9” by 5.5” 134, [2pp]
    The first edition, first issue, of this comedy play by T. S. Eliot.
    £90.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 950P70
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    Description

    First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    The first edition, first issue of this work, with the issue point 'Ihad' for 'I had' on page 7.

    In the unclipped first issue dust wrapper, with price 10s 6d, and “Gallop” for “Gallup” to the rear wrap.

    ‘The Confidential Clerk’ is a popular comic verse play by T. S. Eliot, first performed at the 1953 Edinburgh Festival before being published the following year.

    This amusing yet touching play surrounds a wealthy entrepreneur who attempts to smuggle his illegitimate son into his household under the pretence of acting as his "confidential clerk".

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with light marks to the boards. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper. Spine is sunned. Light spots and handling marks to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

    Near Fine

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