Ben Jonson's Volpone: A Loveless Comedy in 3 Acts, Freely Adapted by Stefan Zweig
by JONSON, Ben; Stefan Zweig, trans. into German; Ruth Langner, trans. back into English; Aubrey Beardsley, illus
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1928. First Thus. 12mo (17.75cm.); publisher's cloth in light tan decorative dust jacket printed in brown and orange; [6],187pp.; frontispiece and decorations throughout. Jacket extremities gently rubbed, small chip at spine crown, spine a bit toned, else Near Fine in Very Good or better jacket. "A New York Theatre Guild Production" - upper jacket panel. A modern adaptation of Jonson's 17th-c. comedy; this version was later adapted for George Antheil's 1953 opera.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34426
- Title
- Ben Jonson's Volpone: A Loveless Comedy in 3 Acts, Freely Adapted by Stefan Zweig
- Author
- JONSON, Ben; Stefan Zweig, trans. into German; Ruth Langner, trans. back into English; Aubrey Beardsley, illus
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrators; Modern Drama; Germany;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....