The Caucasian Chalk Circle
by Bertolt Brecht, tr. Eric Bentley
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Grove Press, 1966. Soft cover. Fair. 144 pages. Fourth printing of first Evergreen Black Cat Edition. "Revised English version" by Eric Bentley, who first translated the play in 1947, with his introduction dated 1965. Mass-market paperback, reading crease, spine soiled and split 1" at bottom, creases and tear to back cover, shelf wear, faint foxing to top edge, tan stains to inside front cover and ffep. Name of former owner written on inside front cover, doodles on back cover, underscoring and marginalia throughout. Laid-in clipping from the TLS is a 1983 review by Timothy Garton Ash of Ronald Hayman's biography of Brecht.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AEB-256
- Title
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle
- Author
- Bertolt Brecht, tr. Eric Bentley
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- DRAMA, GERMAN LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
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