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ELIOT (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "To Miss Everal Knight from T.S. Eliot, June 15-22, 1935" on the front free endpaper, Faber & Faber, [1935] image 1
ELIOT (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "To Miss Everal Knight from T.S. Eliot, June 15-22, 1935" on the front free endpaper, Faber & Faber, [1935] image 2
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ELIOT (T.S.)
Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, [1935]

15 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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ELIOT (T.S.)

Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "To Miss Everal Knight from T.S. Eliot, June 15-22, 1935" on the front free endpaper, 2 sheets uncut at one margin, annotations in margin of 3 pages ("cut first time at Canterbury", and "cut both times"), and the opening chorus to Part II ("Does the bird sing the South?...") added in manuscript on the blank verso of Parts title and verso of final leaf of text, publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered on spine, dust-jacket (spine uniformly toned, upper cover with short tear at top edge and v-shaped tear at foot), 8vo, Faber & Faber, [1935]

Footnotes

Presentation copy of the first edition of Murder in the Cathedral inscribed by Eliot to a member of the Chorus for the first production of the play, performed at Canterbury Cathedral from 15-22 June, 1935. The production used a combination of professional actors for the major roles and local talent for the supporting. Marked in this copy are three passages omitted from this opening performance and/or that of the first London production at the Mercury Theatre to where it transferred in 1935. Also transcribed in full is the opening chorus ("Does the bird sing the South!...") omitted from this first edition of the text.

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