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First printing of the first edition, first issue, with the First American Edition statement listed on the copyright page, 1 of 788 copies, black cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; in first state dust jacket with heavy block letters to 9 titles listed on rear panel through listing of "Old Possum's Book" and the publisher's original price of $2.00 listed in the upper corner of front flap [Gallup A43a]. Light edge wear and small bookseller sticker to back paste-down, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with mild paper loss (primarily at spine ends and corners), a closed tear at crown of spine, a short closed tear to middle of upper front cover and to lower front spine-fold, age-toning to spine and covers, and a crease/closed tear to bottom front panel, else fine.

Four Quartets is a set of four poems written by T.S. Eliot that were published individually over six years - Burnt Norton (1936), East Coker (1940), The Dry Salvages (1941), and Little Gidding (1942). These poems are meditative reflections on the themes of time, perspective, humanity, and the divine.