Plays (The First Distiller, The Power of Darkness, The Fruits of Enlightenment, The Live Corpse, The Cause of It All & The Light Shines in Darkness)
by Tolstoy, Leo (Maude, Louise and Aylmer  Translators)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, London, 1944. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. preface by Aylmer Maude. Navy blue coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed publisher's logo to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Blue coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Plain text dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Six plays by Tolstoy:  The First Distiller, The Power of Darkness, The Fruits of Enlightenment, The Live Corpse, The Cause of It All & The Light Shines in Darkness. The World's Classics  Series  243. Rubbing of the book corners and backstrip corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with a few, and faint, foxing spots to the end paper. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Small closed tears and creasing to the edges. Heavy rubbing to the dustwrapper  please see photograph, with fading of the backstrip. Faux silk place marker has fraying of the edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XIII, [2], 2-499, [1]pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; The World's Classics  Series; Russia; 19th century; Inventory No: 0119616. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0119616
- Title
- Plays (The First Distiller, The Power of Darkness, The Fruits of Enlightenment, The Live Corpse, The Cause of It All & The Light Shines in Darkness)
- Author
- Tolstoy, Leo (Maude, Louise and Aylmer – Translators)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Leo Tolstoy, plays, The First Distiller, The Power of Darkness, The Fruits of Enlightenment, The Live Corpse, The Cause of It All & The Light Shines in Darkness, The World's Classics  Series  243 Theatre & Play
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....