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Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson. [First U.S. hardcover].
by Byrne, Paula
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine dj. Appears gently read but no names or writings, no spine creasing. Jacket faintly scuffed/scratched o/w cl
- ISBN 10
- 1400061482
- ISBN 13
- 9781400061488
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About This Item
New York. Random House. (c2004 - 2005). HARDCOVER.. Near Fine/Near Fine dj. Appears gently read but no names or writings, no spine creasing. Jacket faintly scuffed/scratched o/w clean/crisp: NO tears. Octavo. (8vo). Illustrated in color & in b&w: 16 pages of glossy plates. xviii. + 446pp. Appendix, Source Notes, Bibliography, Index. Red boards & neon red lettered, black board spine. Deckle edge. First U.S. Edition (thus). 1st Printing per print number line. '3/05' publication date code on jacket. $27.50 list on jacket. NOT a Remainder.
Synopsis
PAULA BYRNE has a Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, where she is a research fellow in English literature. A regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement , she lives in Warwickshire with her two young children and her husband, the critic and biographer Jonathan Bate. Perdita is her first book to be published in the U.S. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Booktopia
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- 9063020
- Title
- Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson. [First U.S. hardcover].
- Author
- Byrne, Paula
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/Near Fine dj. Appears gently read but no names or writings, no spine creasing. Jacket faintly scuffed/scratched o/w cl
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400061482
- ISBN 13
- 9781400061488
- Publisher
- Random House.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- (c2004 - 2005).
- Pages
- xviii. + 446pp.
- Keywords
- Mary Robinson Biography 18th Century British Stage Theater Theatre Actors Actresses Political History Social Life Shakespeare The Winter's Tale Perdita
- Size
- Octavo. (8vo).
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