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ON THE FRONTIER : A Melodrama in Three Acts by Auden, W.H.; Isherwood, Christopher - 1939

by Auden, W.H.; Isherwood, Christopher

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ON THE FRONTIER : A Melodrama in Three Acts

by Auden, W.H.; Isherwood, Christopher

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Faber and Faber, 1939. Red cloth hardback, DJ has tiny chips and tears and wear along edges, Second Impression, owner bookplate on inside front cover, few minor pencil marks, On the Frontier, a melodrama in three acts, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.
  • Bookseller Karen Wickliff - Books US (US)
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  • Publisher Faber and Faber
  • Date Published 1939
  • Keywords Drama theatre Theater Play Stage Acting Literature Melodrama Germany Nazi 1930s

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On the Frontier : a Melodrama in Three Acts

by W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood

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London: Faber & Faber Limited. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ has darkened spine; chips and bits of loss at edges; smudging and darkening on rear. ; 0 pages .
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by W.H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood

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Faber & Faber. HARDCOVER. Fair. 2nd impression, January 1939, London. Dust jacket acceptable. Former owner name on inner cover. Binding solid, pages age toned but crisp and clean. Price-clipped jacket age toned, sunned on spine, missing a rather large piece at top front edge, also a 1 inch chip missing at mid spine and small chip at base edge. Some light rubs and handling soil. Small bumps and rubs to corners and spine ends.
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On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts

by Auden, W. H.; Christopher Isherwood

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London: Faber & Faber, 1938. Hardcover. Good/good. Second impression (stated on the front flap of the dust jacket). Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, good in good dust jacket, clipping pasted onto the front pastedown, bookplate and owner's signature on the front flyleaf, soiling to the outer pages, some soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, wear to the dust jacket including creasing, tearing, and minor loss.
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On the Frontier : A Melodrama in Three Acts

by Auden, W.H.; Isherwood, Christopher

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London: Faber and Faber, 1938. generally sound copy, red cloth, inscription on endpaper To Cecil, from Robin.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts

by W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood

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Ams Pr Inc, 1938-06. Hardcover. Good.
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by Auden, W H ; Christopher Isherwood

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Faber & Faber, London, 1938,. 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 123pp, slight foxing, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, red cloth, Very Good / no dustwrapper .
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by W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood

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Random House, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.
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by Auden, W. H.; Isherwood, Christopher

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London: Faber & Faber, 1939. Second impression. DJ lightly rubbed and chipped with tanned spine. Some light dampspots to boards, small owner name to ffep, else clean and tidy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 8vo.
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On The Frontier: A Melodrama in three acts

On The Frontier: A Melodrama in three acts

by AUDEN, W.H; ISHERWOOD, Christopher

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Faber & Faber, 1938. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine red cloth, pages and endpapers very clean, original owner's name on fep, in a very near fine dustjacket, a closed tear at head of spine, not price-clipped.
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On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts

by W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood

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New York: Random House , 1938. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Good. 9" by 6" . None . W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood's last collaborative play, first US edition in its unclipped dust wrapper. One W. H Auden and Christopher Isherwood's plays written in collaboration. The first US edition, preceded by the true first UK edition of the same year. A melodrama in three acts telling the story of the outbreak of the war between the fictional European countries of Ostnia and Westland.Written in prose and verse, it is considered the successor to The Ascent of F6.  The play was produces in October 1938 at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. With the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper unclipped with shelf wear, chipped to extremities, closed tear along front joint, front wrap may detach with further handling, some age toning as usual. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine
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