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The Executive Committee of Shakespeare's Birth-Place and Mr. Halliwell-Phillips: A Correspondence
by Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Brighton: Printed By John George Bishop, 1887 First edition, first printing. A good copy, with the original front cover in the publisher's paper cloth, with some smudging along the edges, slight chipping on the hinge, lacking the rear cover panel, with a loss to the bottom corners of the first pages of text, pages starting to break from the binding, although the signature is still intact, otherwise clean and uncut pages. A nineteenth century pamphlet containing reproduced letters between James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips, a noted 19th century British Shakespearean scholar and founder of the Percy Society, and members of the executive committee of Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon, specifically the librarian Richard Savage.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JHP001
- Title
- The Executive Committee of Shakespeare's Birth-Place and Mr. Halliwell-Phillips: A Correspondence
- Author
- Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Brighton: Printed By John George Bishop
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Shakespeare
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Literature;
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