Quality Street
by J. M. Barrie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton , c1913. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". Hugh Thomson. An early edition of this play written by J. M. Barrie, lavishly illustrated by Hugh Thomson. This work is a comedy complete in four acts, and predates his most famous work 'Peter Pan', and it tells the tale of two sisters who open a school. The first Broadway production opened in 1901, and it was revived countless times before the outbreak of the Second World War.Most widely known for his play 'Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up', J. M Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright.Illustrated by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), an Irish illustrator known for illustrating authors such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens as well as Barrie. With a profuse number of tipped in colour plates by Thomson.With a decorative binding, with gilt detail to the spine and cover. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, some chipping and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean bar the odd spot. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 758R33
- Title
- Quality Street
- Author
- J. M. Barrie
- Illustrator
- Hugh Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1913
- Size
- 8.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- j m barrie quality street comedy play quality street
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.