T.S Eliot — The Confidential Clerk

London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression copy of noted author T.S. Eliot's comic verse play, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.  With the issue point 'Ihad' for 'I had' on page 7. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Including a programme for 'The Playhouse Salisbury', which features a showing of the play commencing Monday, 29th November, 1954.  The work is a popular comic verse play, which was 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". By T.S. Eliot, a leading figure of modernist poetry, considered one of the greatest poets of the English language. In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Light fading to spine, with slight shelf wear to the head and tail. Dust wrapper is smart, with slight sunning to spine, and small closed tears to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.