The Hostage

Methuen London 1958. First edition. Previous owner's stamp o/w very good. Jacket - a little scuffed, edgeworn.

London, England : Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. Name Inside Front Cover. With Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Vintage 1978 Reprint. An Essential Text In The Development Of Modern British Drama

London: Methuen, 1968. some wear to covers and cover edges, otherwise book clean and tight. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Theatre Workshop 1958. FIRST EDITION small octavo hardcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

FAE. BEHAN, Brendan. THE HOSTAGE. New York: Grove Press, (1958). First American edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket lightly worn at heel, crown and perimeters.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 92pp. Front endpapers lightly foxed, with thin brown strip on front flyleaf, else a very good copy in very good dust jacket; jacket has moderate edge wear on spine and extremities of both panels.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 92pp. A fine copy in price-clipped, very good dust jacket; pictorial jacket is moderately rubbed on spine and extremities, with two short tears at crown of spine.

London: Methuen & Co, (1958). First edition. "It seems to be Ireland's function, every 20 years or so, to provide a playwright who will kick English drama from the past into the present. Mr. Behan may well fill the place vacated by Sean O'Casey."--from the jacket flap. Near fine in about very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing and… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1958. Softcover. Very Good. First Evergreen Original edition. 92pp. Pictorial wrappers. Pages lightly age-toned, wrappers rubbed, very good.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. 92pp. About fine in near fine dust jacket with moderate edge wear on spine and extremities.

Paperback. Good.

New York: Grove Press, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition, trade hardcover issue. About fine in very good dust jacket with a short tear and some modest rubbing. Scarce in this issue.

New York, Grove Press Inc., 1958. . First US edition, limited issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, of which this is copy N; 8vo; newspaper clippings loosely inserted causing offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's quarter brown cloth over grey paper boards, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover; near-fine. … Read more about this item

London: Methuen, [1958] First edition. Boards. Fine in lightly edgeworn d.j. with two small tears at top of back cover.

New York: Grove Press, 1958. Softcover. Near Fine. Fourth printing. Trade paperback. Near fine with rubbing and edgewear.

Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1987. Book. Good. Wraps. 140pp; Fremdsprachentexte; In English with notes in German; Slight sunning to edges else a bright copy; Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

London, UK Methuen & Company, 1958. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Good+ in Good DJ: Book shows just a hint of wear to the extremities; the boards, however, are considerably 'sprung' due to exposure to heat; a bit of foxing at the top and bottom edges and the end papers. Binding remains quite… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Methuen, [1958] First edition. Boards. Fine in lightly edgeworn d.j. with two small tears at top of back cover.

Methuen. 1959 Methuen second edition, first thus paperback; Very Good, unread condition, lightly aged in storage, near as new; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Paperback. 2nd Edition.. 1959.