New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. A beautiful, fresh, crisp copy. Appears unread. Very Fine condition in bright, colorful, Very Near Fine dust jacket. Not price clipped ($3.00). No chips. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Dust Jacket art and interior illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. "First Published 1937" is so stated, with Scribner "A" on copyright page. This is a collection of 19 plays that make up a "delicately wrought picture of the Victorian age." Twelve of the plays are about Queen Victoria and her immediate circle; one is about Oscar Wilde. Original dark blue cloth, gilt decorated. . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/Very Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Shepard, Ernest H. (Dust Jacket and interior art). 8vo. 439pp.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 013229
Title: The Golden Sovereign
Author: Housman, Laurence; (art by Ernest H. Shepard)
Illustrator: Shepard, Ernest H. (Dust Jacket and interior art)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Fine condition
Jacket Condition: Very Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Printing of the First US Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1937
Bookseller catalogs: Drama / Theater;
Size: 8vo. 439pp

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