Oxford University Press, London, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Dark blue coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed publisher's logo and decoration to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the book panels and browning of the text block edges and internal text. The remains of original bookseller's sticker can be seen to the lower left-hand corner of the free front endpaper. Illustrated dustwrapper with cream coloured background and black coloured titles to the front panel and to the backstrip. Blue coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Some chipping to the head of the backstrip and to the top book corners. A selection of theatre critiques by the author from January 1895 to May 1898. Part of the Oxford World's Classics series -- 535. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 16mo - up to 6 Â¾" tall - Sextodecimo. (4), V- XV, (1), 350 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; Essays; Britain/UK; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Inventory No: 0114181. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0114181
Title: Plays & Players: Essays on the Theatre
Author: Shaw, Bernard
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1952
Keywords: BZDB2 Theatre, 19th-century, critiques, George Bernard Shaw, The World's Classics Â– series Â– 535 Theatre & Plays; Essays; Britain/UK; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Unbranded Shaw, Bernard Plays & Players: Essays on the
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