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The Playboy of the Western World. A Comedy in Three Acts
by Synge, John M
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: Maunsel & Company Ltd., 1911. Probably the great Irish dramatist's most famous work; it provoked riots when first performed. This is a First published in 1907; this is a Near Fine copy of a Later Printing (it was published in the same year in the USA). Olive green paper-covered boards with gilt titling on the front cover. The spine is vellum with gilt titling. Clean text; 132 pages; top-edge gilt. Contemporary (1912) signature on the FFEP. Spine slightly darkened and a tiny bit of lean; else a Fine copy. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005085
- Title
- The Playboy of the Western World. A Comedy in Three Acts
- Author
- Synge, John M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Maunsel & Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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