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The Letters of Sean O'Casey Volume II 1942-1954
by Sean John Casey (1880-1964) edited by David Krause
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0025666703
- ISBN 13
- 9780025666702
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
xxx+1200 pages with frontispiece and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original publisher's jacket. The second volume of Sean O'Casey's letters presents the outrageous, eloquent and provocative dramatist at his formidable best. Spanning the most productive decade of his long and active life, this collection creates a self-portrait of both the private man, with his scars and memories, victories and defeats, and the public passion, a relentless gadfly vehemently engaged in the most controversial religious, political and artistic disputes of our times. Condition: Old book seller's sticker to front paste-down. Jacket with edge wear, chips, tears, light soiled else a very good copy in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L0804
- Title
- The Letters of Sean O'Casey Volume II 1942-1954
- Author
- Sean John Casey (1880-1964) edited by David Krause
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0025666703
- ISBN 13
- 9780025666702
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- Royal octavo
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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...
- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
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