THE COCKTAIL PARTY A COMEDY BY [...] by ELIOT, T. S - 1950

Faber & Faber, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Fifth Impression. 167 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier staining and tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Faber & Faber, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. Fifth Impression. 167 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over. Moderate tanning to panel edges. Heavy tanning to spine.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1950).. (1950).. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped & rubbed with heavier rubbing along the bottom edge of the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are chipped. The dust jacket is soiled & chipped with short tears & pieces out & with some small stains to the front panel. The jacket spine & extremities are darkened with a small piece out of the spine slightly affecting the titling. 190 & [2] pages. The page edges are slightly darkened. The remnants of a newspaper ad for the Broadway production of the play are laid in at pages 120/121 with some resulting offsetting. Good. <p>Presumed 3rd printing with "C-3-50" on the copyright page.

London, UK: Faber & Faber Ltd. First edition. First printing. Includes spelling error on page 29. 168pp. Green paper boards with gilt title to spine. Some lean to spine and discoloration to top text block but contents remain clean and bright. A lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1929.

Faber & Faber, 1951. ~No ownership marks. Dustwrapper slightly faded on spine, but unclipped & protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. Top edges slightly toned. Fresh, unused copy. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. . 5th impr. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 167pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.

New York : Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy (boards somewhat stained), in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy is not price-clipped. Physical description: 190 p. ; 8�. Notes: In verse. ""One-Eyed Riley"" (words with melody): p. [191] Contains the cast of the first production at the Edinburgh Festival, 1949. Summary: 'The Cocktail Party' focuses on a troubled married couple who, through the intervention of a mysterious stranger, settle their problems and move on with their lives. The play starts out seeming to be a light satire of the traditional British drawing room comedy. As it progresses, however, the work becomes a darker philosophical treatment of human relations. Subject: Cocktail parties - Married people - Drama. DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Genre: Drama.

New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1950. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 189 pages; Description: 189, [3] p. 22 cm. Subjects: Twentieth Century Theatre - Drama - The Cocktail Party.

London : Faber and Faber, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good 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. Physical description: 166, [6]p. : music ; 23cm. Subjects: English drama -- 20th century.

London : Faber and Faber, 1950. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a poor and somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Cloth boards stained. Internally bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 167, [4] pages : music ; 22 cm. Contents: ""One-Eyed Riley"" (words with melody): p. [170]. Subjects; Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965. Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965. The cocktail party. 1900-1999Plays 20th century. English drama. Cocktail parties ; Drama. Married people ; Drama. Literature. English drama 20th century. Drama 20th century. Th��tre (Genre litt�raire) 20e si�cle. Drama. English drama (Comedy). Drama. Suburban life ; Drama. English drama (Comedy)Cocktail parties ; Drama. Cocktail parties.

London: Faber and Faber, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 167, [4] pages: music; 22 cm. Subjects: Plays 20th century. Cocktail parties; Drama. Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965.