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Five Great Modern Irish Plays
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
NZ$16.94NZ$15.25
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About This Item
Hardcover edition, published by Modern Library. The dust jacket is intact, though it has been price clipped. Originally published in 1941, this is a later edition. Considering the binding style, Toledano Style 11, this copy is from 1963 - 1967. Beautiful dark red cloth covered boards, with the distinctive Modern Library torch bearer logo with the title and author name on the spine in gold. Torch bearer logo impressed on the front board within a hexagon. Includes; Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey, Riders to the Sea by John Synge, Spreading the News by Lady Gregory, and Shadow and Substance by Paul Vincent Carroll, as well as an introduction by George Jean Nathan. 332 pages. The dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover, just has some rubbing wear marks to the spine, and light edge wear a the head and heel. Former owner's name on the top edge of the title page, in fine point black ink, about two inches long, and a second name on the first blank flyleaf, also about two inches long. No further writing besides that name. Not a library discard. The boards are flat, no edge wear to the boards, the corners are not bumped or creased. Some dots of age foxing to the top edge of the text block. The attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21-202
- Title
- Five Great Modern Irish Plays
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- drama, Ireland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama; Modern Library;
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
Biblio member since 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Price Clipped
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
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