DAVID A PLAY
by LAWRENCE, D. H
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good.
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Martin Secker, 1926. First edition. Very good.. Large octavo. Olive brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Small private bookplate in upper corner of the front pastedown, light foxing early and late, otherwise very good and bright. First edition, limited to five hundred copies. A little-known dramatic work (first produced in London at the Regent Theatre, May 22, 1927), DAVID "is a play of ideas using a Biblical framework" (Univ. of North Carolina). ROBERTS A34.
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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300
- Title
- DAVID A PLAY
- Author
- LAWRENCE, D. H
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Martin Secker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...