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SHAKESPEARE'S BOY ACTORS by Davies, Robertson - 1939

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SHAKESPEARE'S BOY ACTORS by Davies, Robertson - 1939

SHAKESPEARE'S BOY ACTORS

by Davies, Robertson

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
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London: J.M. Dent, 1939. Pp. vii, 207, frontispiece portrait, illustrated with 8 plates, indigo blue cloth, blind-stamp. Two previous owner signatures to front free endpaper, else very good, tight, clean copy. Original, tanned, price-clipped dust jacket, lacking spinestrip, many old and yellowed cello tape repairs, now protected in a plastic book cover with liner to offer protection of the book and avoid sunning. Davies' first book, his Oxford B.Litt thesis. "Just a few hundred copies were sold, but the 'Times Literary Supplement' reviewed it, commending Davies for "the most useful and comprehensive survey of the subject" ... Sadly, the war intervened ... bringing with it a paper shortage, and the unsold copies were pulped." - Judith Skelton Grant, 'Robertson Davies, Man of Myth', p. 203-4. Davies' himself, estimated that there were only about 500 or 600 copies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Octavo.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Poor
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher J.M. Dent
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1939
  • Keywords ELIZABETHAN, THEATRE, Theater, 1ST NOVELS ROBERTSON DAVIES
  • Size Octavo

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Shakespeare's Boy Actors

by Davies, Robertson

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used - Good in Good dust jacket
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 208 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding, with royal blue cloth-covered boards. Blind stamped on upper board, gold titles on spine. Some wear to corners and spine ends. Top edge of spine faded. A few small spots on boards. Various degrees of foxing to the endpapers, most preliminary pages (including title page) , some of the plates, and on the fore-edge. Previous owner's name and date on the front free endpaper. Page paper lightly toned. Some pencil underlining and notes on pages 27 to 43. Dustjacket has heavy edge wear, with chips, creases, and tears. Some overall soiling with a couple of moisture marks. Edges, folds and spine have darkened, the spine heavily. Not price clipped. The first book by Canadian writer Robertson Davies, based on his university thesis, in which he discusses the use of young male actors in the roles of women in Elizabethan Shakespearean productions. Still… Read More
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