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The Wild Duck and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen: Pillars of Society, The Wild Duck, The Lady from the Sea, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman and When We Dead Awaken (Modern Library #307.1)
by IBSEN, Henrik
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1963-67]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering 6 major plays by the noted Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906). Translated and with an introduction by Eva Le Gallienne. --- In Toledano spine 11 / red cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1963-67 (though 1961 date appears in book). ML #307.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Price-clipped dust jacket with minor chafing to edges & a little rubbing, otherwise bright, undamaged and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xliii, 499 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87748
- Title
- The Wild Duck and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen: Pillars of Society, The Wild Duck, The Lady from the Sea, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman and When We Dead Awaken (Modern Library #307.1)
- Author
- IBSEN, Henrik
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1963-67]
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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