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A Matter of Gravity
by Bagnold, Enid [Cooper, Lady Diana]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London:: Heinemann,. Hardback. Inscribed by Enid Bagnold to Lady Diana Cooper, "For Diana/ With love/ from/ Enid/ 1978". From the library of historian John Julius Norwich, son of Lady Diana Cooper. First edition of this play on its own. It had been published as Call me Jacky with three other plays in 1970. In 1976 under the title A Matter of Gravity it was performed on Broadway starring Katharine Hepburn and with Christopher Reeve making his debut, have previously premiered also as Call Me Jacky at The Oxford Playhouse in 1967, starring Sybil Thorndike. Bagnold is best known for her novel National Velvet. Black boards with gilt titles to spine are very clean and neat with just a hint of rubbing to tips of corners and slight softeneing to spine ends. Faint scattering of foxing to closed page edges. Good+, sound copy . Hardback. 1978.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23968
- Title
- A Matter of Gravity
- Author
- Bagnold, Enid [Cooper, Lady Diana]
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Enid Bagnold,Lady Diana Cooper,Twentieth century drama,Women writers,, Signed books,First edition plays,First editions,Signed plays,
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
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Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
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- Gilt
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Inscribed
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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