[Bayntun-Riviere] The Cocktail Party: A Comedy – T. S. Eliot

The Cocktail Party: A Comedy. T. S. Eliot. London: Faber & Faber, 1950. First Edition. Rebound by Bayntun-Riviere Bath. Red calf, gilt lettering and lozenges at spine, inner fleuron cornerpces. All edges gilt. Original dust jacket bound in. First edition, first printing of Eliot’s comedy in verse, after having been performed in 1949 at Edinburgh Festival. The play starts out light, but takes a darker turn. First state error at p. 29, ln. 1, “here” for “her” (previously marked as erratum). 8vo, 168 pp., appendix [3]. A gorgeous item. Fine.