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RALEIGH: THE SHEPHERD OF THE OCEAN. A PAGEANT-DRAMA ... Designed to Commemorate the Tercentenary of the Execution of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a Foreword by Edwin Greenlaw
by Koch, Frederick Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1920. 95 pages, plus frontispiece and seven plates. Original stiff paper wraps with printed paper spine label and emblem in gold on front cover. [24.4 cm.] Very good. Light stain to spine, a few small light spots on covers, some creasing and tiny chips to yapp edges. Light foxing scattered on first and last few leaves, and traces to margins and edges elsewhere. FIRST EDITION, the issue in wraps. Also issued in cloth and a bit more common thus. The author was professor of dramatic literature and playwriting at the University of North Carolina, and the founder and first director of the Carolina Playmakers. Thornton 7401.
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- Bookseller
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000415
- Title
- RALEIGH: THE SHEPHERD OF THE OCEAN. A PAGEANT-DRAMA ... Designed to Commemorate the Tercentenary of the Execution of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a Foreword by Edwin Greenlaw
- Author
- Koch, Frederick Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edwards & Broughton Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- literature plays north carolina
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE - U.S. - 20TH CENTURY; HISTORICAL FICTION; DRAMA;
Terms of Sale
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
We offer a full refund, including the purchase price and the original shipping cost, in the event an item is not as described in the listing, provided that we receive the returned item within 30 days after delivery. We will refund the purchase price, but not the shipping, for any other reason, within ten (10) days of delivery, provided we are given prior notification of the return (please email or phone) and all items are returned in the condition in which they were received.
About the Seller
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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