Palestine Plays by Laurence Housman - 1942

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear and rubbing/soiling. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

UK: Jonathan Cape, 1942. Clean red bds with silver title to spine. bump to spine ends and corners. a few small bump to board edges. Inscription to ffep. foxing to outer edge of text block. pages lightly and evenly browning. Interior very good and clean. Unclipped dustjacket with rubbing and small tears to spine ends and top corners. A few small tears to top jacket edge. tape mark to top spine end. jacket spine darkening. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall.

GB: Cape, 1942. Red cloth is faded at edges.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG- DW.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1942. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 146 pages (complete). Printed according to Wartime economic restrictions. Plays by the prolific author and founder of the legendary Housman's Bookshop in London. The dustjacket is worn, torn and grubby. It is intact and sure. The boards have wear. They are placid. The frontispage is absent. The contents are clear, competent and relaxed. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Scribners, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Browned. Dustwrapper rubbed with a lot of tearing, browned, worn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Jonathan Cape, 1942-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.6299 in x 7.4803 in x 5.0394 in. X-library. Dust jacket in good condition with some chipping and small stain on back.

Jonathan Cape, 1942. Hardback. good/No Dust Jacket. red binding, tanning and light foxing esp edges, owner plate otherwise good

London : Jonathan Cape, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 146p ; 20 cm. Subjects; Abraham (Biblical patriarch) � Drama. Isaac (Biblical patriarch) � Drama. Jacob (Biblical patriarch) � Drama. Bible. Old Testament � History of Biblical events � Drama.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. [Theological Plays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.146; [2], blank. Red publisher's cloth lettered in silver to spine, typographic dustwrapper with printed price of 6s to front flap. Some spotting to endpapers and to inner boards, toning and spotting to edges of textblock, rolling of spine, bumping to edges, scuffing to the to of the front board, soiling to back of dustwrapper, minor toning and scuffing. Very good. A collection of Housman's plays dealing with Abraham's discovery of a God, Jacob's discovery of a Conscience, a King's treatment of a prophet and a Prophet's treatment of a whale. Although Housman discusses the serious themes of ethics and theology within his plays, his work remains moving and humorous.