The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Synge, J.M
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Luce, 1911. First Edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Luce, 1911. First American Edition. Gilt stamped paper covered boards. Fair - paper spine missing, else VG - very bright, clean and unrubbed, internally very good plus.. 1st. Hard. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo.
Synopsis
In writing THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, as in my other plays, I have used one or two words only that I have not heard among the country people of Ireland, or spoken in my own nursery before I could read the newspapers. A certain number of the phrases I employ I have heard also from herds and fishermen along the coast from Kerry to Mayo, or from beggar-women and balladsingers nearer Dublin; and I am glad to acknowledge how much I owe to the folk imagination of these fine people.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000278
- Title
- The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts
- Author
- Synge, J.M
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Luce
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- SYNGE J.M. PLAYBOY WESTERN WORLD FIRST EDITION PLAY COMEDY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions; Performing Arts;
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