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First edition, one of only 788 copies released. States "first American edition," as called for and is in the first-state dust jacket with $2.00 price in upper corner of front flap, back flap blank, and nine titles listed in bold on back panel ending with "Old Possum's." Collects BURNT NORTON, EAST COKER, THE DRY SALVAGES, and LITTLE GIDDING, which were first published separately in pamphlet form in London from 1940 to 1942. Cyril Connolly included FOUR QUARTETS in his "Modern Movement: 100 Key Books 1880-1950," saying it was "the most important poem since Yeats' 'The Tower,' and, as many think, of the century." 8vo black cloth boards lettered in gilt at spine; 39 pages. Good or better with spine lettering rubbed but mostly readable; in uniformly tanned, about very good dust jacket with rubbed chipping to spine ends not affecting any lettering and few rubbed tears.

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.