FOUR QUARTETS: EAST COKER; BURNT NORTON; THE DRY SALVAGES; LITTLE GIDDING.

First editions, first impressions [first Faber edition of East Coker]. Four volumes. A very good set in the publisher's original card covers. All are stapled as issued with the exception of Little Gidding which is stitched (and therefore in the first state). All are firmly bound. Each volume is lightly rubbed and creased at the extremities. All but Little Gidding are toned at the edges with a few light marks. 'Little Gidding' is faded to the spine. 'Little Gidding' has a contemporary ownership inscription on the front free endpaper, 'The Dry Salvages' has a small pencil annotation next to the first stanza and 'Burnt Norton' is toned to the margins, the contents are otherwise clean throughout. Housed in a bespoke quarter black morocco solander case, with titles in gilt to the spine.

An attractive set of Eliot's wartime masterpiece, considered one of the greatest philosophical poems in the English language. (Gallup A36c, A37, A39, A42).