Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965

Murder in the cathedral by T. S Eliot ( Book )
445 editions published between 1935 and 2009 in 25 languages and held by 4,006 libraries worldwide
The story of the murder of Thomas a Becket as seen through the eyes of the poet. A dramatization in verse of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury.

Old Possum's book of practical cats by T. S Eliot ( Book )
240 editions published between 1913 and 2011 in 16 languages and held by 3,804 libraries worldwide
These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were gathered for publication in 1939. As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T.S. Eliot's work, but it was to his godchildren, particularly Tom Faber and Alison Tandy, in the 1930s, that he first revealed himself as "Old Possum" and for whom he composed his poems.

Collected poems, 1909-1962 by T. S Eliot ( Book )
53 editions published between 1963 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 3,233 libraries worldwide
This volume contains the works Eliot personally selected to be preserved.

The waste land; a facsimile and transcript of the original drafts including the annotations of Ezra Pound by T. S Eliot ( Book )
265 editions published between 1921 and 2010 in 25 languages and held by 3,221 libraries worldwide
Prints the first American edition (Boni & Liveright) of Eliot's most important work, accompanied by the editor's detailed annotations. Eliot's own notoriously inscrutable notes, placed at the end, are also annotated. The abundant explanatory material includes background on the poem's sources, composition, and publication history as well as 25 critical reviews and essays.

The cocktail party, a comedy by T. S Eliot ( Book )
216 editions published between 1949 and 2009 in 15 languages and held by 3,115 libraries worldwide
This drawing-room comedy is a modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. "Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the minimum, and then finally rewards us with most beautiful poetry" (Stephen Spender).

Four quartets by T. S Eliot ( Book )
287 editions published between 1940 and 2009 in 24 languages and held by 2,645 libraries worldwide
The last major verse written by Eliot and what Eliot himself considered his finest work, Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision brought out in The Waste Land. Here, in four linked poems, spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes emerge through symbolic allusions and literary and religious references from both Eastern and Western thought. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement by a man considered the greatest poet of the twentieth century and one of the seminal figures in the evolution of modernism.

The waste land and other poems by T. S Eliot ( Book )
96 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 2,423 libraries worldwide
This Penguin Twentieth-Century Classic edition collects all of the poems in Eliot's first three volumes of verse.

On poetry and poets; [essays by T. S Eliot ( Book )
80 editions published between 1943 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 2,408 libraries worldwide
"This book contains seven essays 'on poetry' and nine essays 'on poets'"--Back cover.

Notes towards the definition of culture by T. S Eliot ( Book )
113 editions published between 1942 and 2003 in 11 languages and held by 2,309 libraries worldwide

Complete poems and plays by T. S Eliot ( Book )
37 editions published between 1952 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 2,245 libraries worldwide
This omnibus collection includes all of the author' s early poetry as well as the Four Quartets, Old Possum' s Book of Practical Cats, and the plays Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion, and The Cocktail Party.