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CURTMANTLE A PLAY
by CHRISTOPHER FRY
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1961 Black Cloth Boards with Gilt titles to spine, 185 x 130 mm approx. x + 100 pp. First Edition 1st printing of Fry's first historical play which was first performed at the opening of the Stadsschouwburg Centre, Tilberg. Near Fine/Near Fine. (Book- light shelf wear to bottom edge of boards- colour loss only. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- negligible shelf soiling. Hint of fading to spine. Non price clipped. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No notable defects to book or jacket). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123712
- Title
- CURTMANTLE A PLAY
- Author
- CHRISTOPHER FRY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Plays, Christopher Fry, Modern First Editions, Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Thomas Becket, Books on line Brighton,
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- Shelf Wear
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