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THIRST AND OTHER ONE ACT PLAYS
by O'NEILL, Eugene
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper and clamshell box
- Seller
-
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Gorham Press, (1914). First Edition. hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper and clamshell box. First book by this multiple Pulitzer Prize winner, perhaps the greatest playwright of the American theater. Atkinson AI-1-I: 1000 copies printed. This copy in the very scarce original white printed dustwrapper which has only minor soiling, a one-inch jagged closed tear to the top of the front panel and two rather small repaired chips to the spine tips not affecting any lettering. The book itself is Very Good, the only defect being some adhesive remnant on the front pastedown from the removal of a bookplate. Housed in a recently repaired 1/2 morocco clamshell box.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003590
- Title
- THIRST AND OTHER ONE ACT PLAYS
- Author
- O'NEILL, Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper and clamshell box
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gorham Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- (1914)
- Keywords
- Eugene O'Neill, Early Dustwrappers, Theater, Theatre, Drama, Plays, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, First Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Book; Early Dustwrappers;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
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