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ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1945). The Family Reunion. London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1939.
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ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1945). The Family Reunion. London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1939.


8vo. Original cloth; publisher's dust jacket (toning). Provenance: Charles Smyth (1903-1987), ecclesiastical historian and Anglican preacher (presentation inscription).

FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY ELIOT and dated, "16.III.39." Eliot's two-act play, The Family Reunion, was first staged at the Westminster Theater, London, on 21 March, and was met with mixed reviews. Gallup A33a.