Plays and Controversies
by Yeats, W. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1927). Hardcover. Spine faded. Joints rubbed. Previous owner's name in ink on front board and several other pages. ; 1927 reprint of a title first published in 1923. viii, 461, [1 (blank)] pages + [2] pages advertisements + frontispiece + 7 plates. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Blind-stamped design on front board. Page dimensions: 194 x 126mm. Illustrations on pastedown endpapers. Contents: The Irish Dramatic Movement; 'The Countess Cathleen'; Note on 'The Countess Cathleen'; Preface to 'The Land of Heart's Desire'; Note on 'The Land of Heart's Desire'; Four Plays for Dancers - 'At the Hawk's Well' - 'The Only Jealousy of Emer' - 'The Dreaming of the Bones' - 'Calvary' - Notes on the First Performance of 'At the Hawk's Well'; Music for 'At the Hawk's Well'; Note on 'The Only Jealousy of Emer'; Music for 'The Dreaming of the Bones'; Note on 'The Dreaming of the Bones'; Note on 'Calvary'. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22187
- Title
- Plays and Controversies
- Author
- Yeats, W. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1927)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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