Search Results: jean racine a critical biography by geoffrey brereton

London: Cassell & co, 1951. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xi, 362pp. 8 plates. Original purple cloth, dustwrapper. There is some foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good plus condition (some chafing of the edges, some spotting of the rear panel).

Paperback / softback. New. <p>In this critical study of the man and his work, first published in 1951 and revised in 1973, Dr Brereton’s guiding principle has been to make the factual basis as accurate as it can be in the light of modern research. The result is the portrait of a sensitive and attractive figure which is none the worse for being shorn of certain legends.</p>

London : Cassell, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 362 pages illustrations ; 23cm. Subjects: Racine, Jean (1639-1699) -- Criticism and interpretation. French dramatists -- Biography.

Routledge, 2024. Paperback. New. 390 pages. 8.50x5.44 inches.

Hardback. New.

Routledge, 2022. Hardcover. New. 386 pages. 8.50x5.43 inches.