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Problems of the Playwright
by HAMILTON, Clayton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1917 [first UK edition]. Octavo, xvi, 339, [2] (blank), [3] (publisher's catalogue) pages. Cloth lettered in gilt; extremities slightly bumped and rubbed; spine lightly sunned and very slightly marked; small stain on top edge; leading edges slightly chafed; a very good copy. Provenance: Alex Melrose, Australian playwright and poet, with his pencilled ownership signature on the half-title, and his bookplate on the front pastedown (designed, and signed in pencil, by Adrian Feint).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58579
- Title
- Problems of the Playwright
- Author
- HAMILTON, Clayton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Octavo
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