The Plays of Anton Tchekov by Tchekov,Anton - 0

New York, New York, U. S. A.: Modern Library, 1953. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No Edition, Printing Or Date Present. The Book Is Bound In Gray Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering With Green Fields On The Front And Spine. The Top Edges Are Dyed Green. Moderate Wear To The Cover. The Top Edges Are Lightly Faded.

HB. good. PLAY

New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Copyright 1950 . Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 300 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dust jacket. Occassional pencil markings on text.

The Modern Library, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Modern Library #171. Red cloth over boards. Name on title page. Page edges are toned. DJ has a little wear on edges. Spine a bit faded. In archival cover.

New York: Carlton House. Edition Not Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Translated by Constance Garnett. No date.

Modern Library. Cloth. Fine/Near Good. Translated by Constance Garnett. Preface by Eva LaGallienne. Inside DJ states "281 Outstanding Books..." Small book, red cloth with Modern Library logo and gilt title on front and spine--very good, 300 pages plus extensive catalog. Includes illustration of Chekhov statue glued to frontispiece, title page browned from it. Also includes news colums by Brooks Atkinson on "Classical Theatre" on Chekhov and Ibsen plays on Broadway, and "Chekhov's Vanya." DJ colorful with illustration on front, spine slightly faded, slight wear to tips, very tiny tears with nicks at spine edges. Near Good DJ/Fine book.

The Modern Library. Hardcover. Near fine. Translated Constance Garnett. Preface Eva Le Gallienne. NY: Moden Library, nd. 300pp, list of publisher's books. Toledano binding 8. sm 8vo. Pale green cloth stamped in gold and dark green, gold titles in a green box on spine, Rockwell Kent endpapers. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown page, lacking some of the gilt on front cover/spine; near fine bright hardcover overall.

New York: The Modern Library, 1939. 2nd Thus. Very Good+. Translated by Constance Garnett and with a preface by Eva Le Gallienne. Second or later edition from The Modern Library with the dust jacket from the 1939 edition. In orignal, unclipped, dust jacket in mylar with some creasing and small chips. Grey cloth over boards with gilded lettering in and frames around green labels on front and spine; light rubbing at edges. Top fore edge stained blue. Interior is clean and clear. Near Fine. Contains: "The Sea Gull," "Uncle Vanya," "The Three Sisters," "The Cherry Orchard," "The Anniversary," "On the High Road," and "The Wedding.

New York: Modern Library, [no date]. Hardcover. Very Good. Translated by Constance Garnett. Preface by Le Gallienne. 12mo. Moderate sunning and wear at the spine ends, about very good lacking the dustwrapper. Directro and writer Garson Kanin's copy with his attractive little letterpress bookplate.