Five Great Modern Irish Plays: The Playboy of the Western World by John M. Synge, Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey, Riders to the Sea by John M. Synge, Spreading the News by Lady Gregory, Shadow and Substance by Paul Vincent Carroll
by NATHAN, George Jean (foreword)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library, n.y.. Hardcover. 12mo. Grey cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 332pp, (5pp ads). Decorative endpapers. Good plus/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and age toned, with small edge chips; inner rear hinge a tad delicate but expertly, archivally strengthened. First of this Modern Library edition, #30, which includes John M. Synge's "The Playboy of the Western World" and "Riders to the Sea," Sean O'Casey's "Jano and the Paycock," Lady Gregory's "Spreading the News" and Paul Vincent Carroll's "Shadow and Substance.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30801
- Title
- Five Great Modern Irish Plays: The Playboy of the Western World by John M. Synge, Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey, Riders to the Sea by John M. Synge, Spreading the News by Lady Gregory, Shadow and Substance by Paul Vincent Carroll
- Author
- NATHAN, George Jean (foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.y.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; British Literature; Drama;
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...