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The Playboy of the Western World : A Comedy in Three Acts
by Synge, John M(illington)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel & Roberts, 1921. Synges best known play was disapproved due to its bleak ending, depiction of Irish peasants, let rise to riots in Dublin during its opening run at Abbey Theatre 1907. CONDITION Brown bds with Japanese Vellum spine, Pp vii [2] 132. Light dust spotting to untrimmed page edges else bright and crisp as new. Original DJ is brittle and split in two panels, spine price clipped as is standard for colonial sales of the era. . Re-Issue. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16548
- Title
- The Playboy of the Western World : A Comedy in Three Acts
- Author
- Synge, John M(illington)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Re-Issue
- Publisher
- Maunsel & Roberts
- Place of Publication
- Dublin, Ireland
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theatre & Plays;
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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