The devil to pay; being the famous history of John Faustus, the conjurer of Wittenberg in Germany; how he sold his immortal soul to the enemy of mankind, and was served XXIV years by Mephistopheles, and obtained Helen of Troy to his paramour, with many other marvels; and how God dealt with him at the last. A stage-play
by Sayers, Dorothy L
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- Hardcover
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- Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to boards, faint soiling-mark (less than
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1939. First American edition. Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to boards, faint soiling-mark (less than quarter-inch) from front pastedown to page 18, ink ownership signature and date to front free endpaper, faint soiling to two fore-edges, bright pages, tight binding, else Very Good.. Black octavo, 147 pages, b&w diagram, 23 cm. Lacking DJ. || Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama.
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- Title
- The devil to pay; being the famous history of John Faustus, the conjurer of Wittenberg in Germany; how he sold his immortal soul to the enemy of mankind, and was served XXIV years by Mephistopheles, and obtained Helen of Troy to his paramour, with many other marvels; and how God dealt with him at the last. A stage-play
- Author
- Sayers, Dorothy L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to boards, faint soiling-mark (less than
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Bookseller catalogs
- Theater;
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