Eliot, T. S.

The Cocktail Party. A Comedy.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket.

First Edition, First Printing. First issue, with the error at page 29, line 1 "here" for "her."

Green cloth boards stamped in gold on the spine. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with fading to top edge. Previous owner's name on front free endpage. The grey dust jacket printed in black and red is price-clipped is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has minor chips with tiny loss at spine tips; some age-toning.

8vo; 22.5 by 14.5 cm; 167, [1] 2 leaves, 3 blank leaves. includes music of One-eyed Riley .... as scored from the Author's dictation by Miss Mary Trevelan.

Ref: Gallup A-55.


Very Good / Very Good. Item #009749

Eliot's most popular play published in his lifetime. The Cocktail Party was written while Eliot was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1948.

It was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949. In 1950 the play had successful runs in London and New York theaters (the Broadway production received the 1950 Tony Award for Best Play.) It focuses on a troubled married couple who, through the intervention of a mysterious stranger, settle their problems and move on with their lives. [wiki]

REF: Gallup: A55a; Allen: 250.

Price: $95.00