Plays in Prose and Verse: Written for an Irish Theater
by Yeats, W. B
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good Minus
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1922. First edition limited to 1500 copies, with Rare, repaired Dusr Jacket. Title page blind-stamped: "Presentation Copy". Bound in the classic pale green with stamped decorations and with gilt letters on spine, in Very Good condition, but for one tiny drop (water damage?) on spine. Inside front and back covers decorated with unicorn, crystal, bird, starry sky, crescent moon. Pre-title page has former owner's name in ink (R. Bertenshaw?). Else clean and tight copy, with mostly uncut pages. Repaired paper cover is in brown with black printed title on cover and spine, with some visible chips around top of spine and extremities. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30784
- Title
- Plays in Prose and Verse: Written for an Irish Theater
- Author
- Yeats, W. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Drama; Literature; Modernism
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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