A Phoenix Too Frequent - a Comedy

Oxford, 1960. 43pp, complete dustjacket by Michael Gough, in plastic covers which have been attached to the boards with sellotape which has browned unattractively. Ex library - stamp on title page, otherwise the text of the play is clean - a good 'reading copy'.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

Very Good copy of Christopher Fry's A Phoenix Too Frequent - a play based on Petronius' story of the Ephesian widow who determined to die uon her husband's tomb, taking with her a devoted maid. In a good price- clipped dust jacket. Slight creasing, age-toning and chipping to dj. Interior clean; 8vo 7-3/4" - 5" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. EB White's heavily annotated copy of Christopher Fry's "A Phoenix Too Frequent". White's initials (in bold ink) at the top of the dustjacket's front panel and also his full name written at the top of the front pastedown. The book is heavily underlined, with margin notes thruout (in ink… Read more about this item

London: Hollis and Carter, 1946. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None . An excellent signed first edition of this popular comedy by Christopher Fry, in its unclipped dust wrapper. Christopher Fry's popular comedy play, A Phoenix Too Frequent. The first edition of 1946, signed by the author on the title page. A one-act stage comedy… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. fourth printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 5 x 8 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; like near new but text edges are foxed. Unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean, spine a bit toned. Dram. Stax.

London: Oxford University Press, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Ronald Searle. Originally published in 1946, but this is the first edition with the Searle illustrations and rather more interesting for that than anything written by Fry. Lightly toned but otherwise in clean, crisp and bright internal order. Smart black cloth with bright silver decoration to… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1952. Fifth Impression. 43 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. 43pp. Foxing and offsetting on endpapers, spine slightly cocked, very good in a very good dustwrapper with faint dampstain on spine onto rear panel, short tears on edges.

London: Hollis & Carter. G+: in Good condition plus with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 70pp. .

London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Reprint, 12mo, 43pp, a previous owner's ornate pictorial bookplate is pasted to ffep o/w VG/VG+ Copy in VG/VG+ DJ. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition, Third Printing. A very nice copy in similar jacket with owner's bookplate..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951. fourth printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 5 x 7 in. Blue cloth bords. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild edge wear, covers very clean. Rear inner hinge is starting. Text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; price-clipped, very clean, some chips, scratched area at rear with a small open tear. Drama. Stax.

Hollis & Carter, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1946. First Published. 70 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards… Read more about this item

OXFORD, 1953-01-01. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Good. 7th Printing, 1955. A good copy with a tight and square binding. Green cloth covered boards are very good. Previous owner's name is written on first front end paper. Dust jacket has a chip on bottom edge of spine and is mildly yellowed. Price has been clipped from bottom corner of front… Read more about this item

Hollis & Carter, 1946. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. 70pp, a spine faded copy, neat paencil annotations internally. A good copy. Early play by Fry which tells the story of Petronius' Ephesian widow, determined to die on the tomb of her husband.

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Small octavo. 43pp. Corners lightly bumped, near fine lacking the dustwrapper.

London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Reprint. 43pp. Fine in very good dustwrapper.

London: Oxford University Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. Second Edition. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine.. Former owner's name on ffep, spine mildly sunned, foxing on top edge only, else near fine. The price-clipped dust jacket is mildly chipped. GOOD/VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" -… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press. Fourth impression stated. No faults for the book, o inscriptions. The dust jacket is unclipped and has minor wear only. Weysprings Books is a professional member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). . Fine. Hardcover. 1951.

London: Oxford University Press, 1955. - - - - . Cloth. Fair/Fair.