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The York Cycle of Mystery Plays
by J S Purvis
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$14.54A$11.63
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About This Item
London: SPCK, 1957 Ex-Library. Fair. Turquoise Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Revised version of the Mystery Plays which includes the complete cycle of 48 plays. 384pp. gilt lettering to spine. Library stamps to title page and endpapers, top edges dusty, forward lean to spine and some bumping to spine and corners, otherwise fair/good reading copy. Unclipped DJ has some edgewear and fraying with slight loss and slight marking both internally and extrenally, otherwise fair..
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Details
- Seller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 013409
- Title
- The York Cycle of Mystery Plays
- Author
- J S Purvis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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- Cloth
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- Reading Copy
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Fair
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