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Sixteen Famous American Plays (Modern Library Giant #G21.2)
by CERF, Bennett; CARTMELL, Van H. (editors)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. [c.1963]. Hardcover. A collection of 16 works for the stage in one Modern Library Giant hardcover volume in jacket, deemed by the editors to be by ". . .the Greatest Playwrights in America Today". Clifford Odets, Thornton Wilder, Eugene O'Neill, Lillian Hellman and many others are represented. Edited by Bennett A. Cerf and Van H. Cartmell, with an introduction by Brooks Atkinson. Volume bears 1941 date, but likely published c.1963. --- MODERN LIBRARY PARTICULARS: SPINE-Toledano G-6, CLOTH- Green, SPINE & COVER TITLING/ACCENT COLOR- Gilt/Blue, ENDPAPERS-blank, JACKET-Style Ge/Verso lists unspecified number of titles, ML# G-21.2. --- A loosened front hinge has been carefully reinforced prior to this listing, mild bumps to cover corners, else a clean, firm, unmarked copy. Dust jacket with plenty of tape-repaired chafing at spine ends, and with rubbing and chafing to edges, unclipped flap price and in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (19), 1049 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79782
- Title
- Sixteen Famous American Plays (Modern Library Giant #G21.2)
- Author
- CERF, Bennett; CARTMELL, Van H. (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1963]
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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