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MATCHBOX THEATRE PRESENTS THIRTY SHORT ENTERTAINMENTS.

MATCHBOX THEATRE PRESENTS THIRTY SHORT ENTERTAINMENTS.

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MATCHBOX THEATRE PRESENTS THIRTY SHORT ENTERTAINMENTS.

by FRAYN** ,MICHAEL:

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ISBN 10
0571313930
ISBN 13
9780571313938
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UK,landscape 32mo HB+cardboard sleeve,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.Card sleeve designed like a matchbox cover over the book.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn. Bright,crisp,clean,4 colour block (yellow,black,red and green) illustrated design; bright,crisp and clean paper-covered bds with yellow+red matchsticks illustration to upper bd,with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean - pristine - no toning, marks or discolouration; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread - apart from my own collation.UK,32mo HB+cardboard sleeve,1st edn,3-291pp [paginated] includes 31 (includes the Interval) short sketches/snatches of people talking,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a welcome,individual sketch separator pages,author's note (about some of the sketches),a note about the author - both at the rear of the book. Two of these sketches,'A Pleasure Shared' and 'Outside Story', have appeared in earlier collections,but have never been staged. Another two,'Finishing Touches' and 'Pig in the Middle', have been staged,in a touring production of Alarms and Excursions,but have never been published. 'Tea for Who?' is derived,with the kind permission of the owner of the rights in the original,from 'Tea for Two',words by Irving Caesar,music by Vincent Yeomans copyright 1924 (renewed) Irving Caesar Music Corp.(ASCAO) and WB Music Corp.(ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Thirty snatches of people talking.To each other,to the world at large,to themselves,to no-one.Heard,unheard.Overheard,half-heard.On telephones,into microphones.In a crypt,an airport,an orchestra pit.In cars and doctor's surgeries . . . Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
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Title
MATCHBOX THEATRE PRESENTS THIRTY SHORT ENTERTAINMENTS.
Author
FRAYN** ,MICHAEL:
Format/Binding
UK,landscape 32mo HB+cardboard sleeve,1st edn.
Book Condition
Used - FINE+.
Jacket Condition
No dw/dj - as issued - cardboard sleeve.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,32mo HB+cardboard sleeve,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0571313930
ISBN 13
9780571313938
Publisher
LONDON.FABER & FABER LTD.,2014.
This edition first published
2014
Keywords
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