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Comedies: Volume 1 (The Blunderer, or the Counter-Plots, The Amorous Quarrel, The Miser, The Romantic Ladies, The School for Husbands, The School For Wives, The School for Wives Criticised, The Impromptu of Versailles, The Man-Hater, the Mock-Doctor (Everyman's Library)
by Moliere
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co Inc, London . New York, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. introduction by Professor F. C. Green. Illustrated endpapers, being a floral design, in peach, reproduced multiple times. Green coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed illustration to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Dark pink coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The first volume (of two) of of the French playwright Moliere's comedic plays. Plays include: – The Blunderer, or the Counter-Plots, The Amorous Quarrel, The Miser, The Romantic Ladies, The School for Husbands, The School For Wives, The School for Wives Criticised, The Impromptu of Versailles, The Man-Hater, the Mock-Doctor. Everyman's Library Volume 830. PLEASE NOTE: – Volume 1 is the only volume we have. Softening and fading to the backstrip with bumping of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Original bookseller's rubber stamp to the lower left hand corner of the free front and paper and there is a small pink mark to the lower edge of the front paste-down. Chipping to the dustwrapper are corners and the backstrip edges have lost the first quarter inch. A few small tears, with creasing, to the dustwrapper edges. Sunning to be backstrip with a few foxing marks to the panels. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and browning and foxing to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XIX, [4], V - 427, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; France; 18th century; Inventory No: 0119518. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0119518
- Title
- Comedies: Volume 1 (The Blunderer, or the Counter-Plots, The Amorous Quarrel, The Miser, The Romantic Ladies, The School for Husbands, The School For Wives, The School for Wives Criticised, The Impromptu of Versailles, The Man-Hater, the Mock-Doctor (Everyman's Library)
- Author
- Moliere
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- London . New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Theatre, plays, 18th-century, French, Moliere, The Blunderer, or the Counter-Plots, The Amorous Quarrel, The Miser, The Romantic Ladies, The School for Husbands, The School For Wives, The School for Wives Criticised, The Impromptu of Versailles, Th
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
Glossary
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- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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