CLIPT WINGS: A Drama in Five Acts. Being an Explanation of the Mystery Concerning the Authorship of the Works Attributed to Shakespeare, the Parentage of Francis Bacon, and the Character of Shaxper
by Leigh, William R
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thornton W. Allen Company, 1930.. 1930.. Good. SIGNED BY WILLIAM R. LEIGH - Octavo, red cloth with printed labels on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. 159 pages. Illustrated with a few black-and-white portrait plates, including a frontispiece. There is offsetting to pages 24 & 25 and to the front pastedown & endpaper where a newspaper cutting has been laid in. There is an owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Signed "W. R. Leigh" on the half-title.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26838
- Title
- CLIPT WINGS: A Drama in Five Acts. Being an Explanation of the Mystery Concerning the Authorship of the Works Attributed to Shakespeare, the Parentage of Francis Bacon, and the Character of Shaxper
- Author
- Leigh, William R
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Thornton W. Allen Company, 1930.
- Date Published
- 1930.
- Keywords
- THEATRE; THEATER; PLAYWRIGHT; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; SHAKESPEARIANA; AUTHORSHIP OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS; FRANCIS BACON; PLAY; CLIPT WINGS: A Drama in Five Acts. Being an Explanation of the Mystery Concerning the Authorship of the Works Attributed to Shak
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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