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Christopher Marlowe: A Biography
by A. L. Rowse
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
MacMillan, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A. L. Rowse, the noted author, historian & Shakespearean scholar, has here written an erudite & scholarly biography of the Elizabethan poet and dramatist and contemporary of Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 220 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. previous owner's signature inside front cover & to fep. plus the words: "OWN COPY C" neatly written in ink on rear endpaper. Gilt titles spine. red cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.. Includes notes & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Elizabethan Literature; Elizabethan Playwrights; Theatre & Plays; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3719. .
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- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3719
- Title
- Christopher Marlowe: A Biography
- Author
- A. L. Rowse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Biography/Literary Biography/Literature/Elizabethan Literature/Literary/Elizabethan Playwrights/Christopher Marlowe/Elizabethan Tragedians/Theatre/Plays Biography & Autobiography; Elizabethan Literature; Elizabethan Playwrights; Theatre &
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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