Phdre
by Racine (intro. & notes Irving Babbitt)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition, no d/j, olive clothbound boards clean (apart from cup stains); black cover and spine titling clear; text bloc
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Philadelphia: D. C. Heath, 1910. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, no d/j, olive clothbound boards clean (apart from cup stains); black cover and spine titling clear; text block firm, pages unmarked (some sunning on endpapers and edges); neat owner's inscription ffep.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Irving Babbitt was a leading American academic and literary critic, one of the founders of the so-called New Humanism. Initially a classicist he moved around teaching Romance languages, eventually becoming Harvard professor of French Literature.Introduction and notes in English; play text in Racine's orignal French.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC110573
- Title
- Phdre
- Author
- Racine (intro. & notes Irving Babbitt)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition, no d/j, olive clothbound boards clean (apart from cup stains); black cover and spine titling clear; text bloc
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1910
- Pages
- 94
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- drama, French, Racine, 1st USA, pocket
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_\"\" x 4\"\")
Terms of Sale
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