T.S. Eliot — Four Quartets

London , Faber and Faber, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this set of four poems by influential Modernist poet T.S. Eliot, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original beige cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Written by influential poet, essayist, and playwright T.S Eliot. He was a leading figure in English language Modernist poetry, where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. This volume is a set of four poems written by Eliot that were published over a six year period. The first poem, Burnt Norton, was published with a collection of his early works in 1936.The other three poems, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding, were composed after a few years during World War Two and the air raids on Great Britain. They are four interlinked meditations with the uniting theme of man's relationship with time, the universe, and the divine. In publisher's original binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Light shelf wear to extremities of spine and spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper is excellent. Light age toning to wrap and minor cracking to tail of spine. In PVC protective film. Scarce mark to front of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean and bright with spotting to the front and rear of the work. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.