Sixteen Famous British Plays
by Cerf, Bennett A. (ed.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library, 1942 1000 pp. The best of British theatre from the 1920's to early 1940's with an introduction by John Mason Brown. Contains the full texts of "The Importance of Being Ernest" by Oscar Wilde, "What Every Woman Knows" by J.M. Barrie, "Mr. Pim Passes By" by A.A. Milne, "The Circle" by W. Somerset Maugham, "Cavalcade" by Noel Coward, "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" by Rudolf Beisier, plus others. Text is clean and unmarked, front hinge is cracked but tight. Grey boards are clean, bumped at corners, somewhat yellowed at spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000735
- Title
- Sixteen Famous British Plays
- Author
- Cerf, Bennett A. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- BRITISH THEATRE
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Literature and History; Plays and Screenplays; The Twenties and Thirties;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...