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The Rescue - A Melodrama for Broadcasting based on Homer's Odyssey.
by MOORE, Henry (illustrates). SACKVILLE-WEST, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Secker and Warburg, London., 1945. First edition. Octavo. 96 pages. One of 850 numbered copies. A play written in collaboration with Benjamin Britten who provided the music for the broadcast. Six plates, four of them in colour, by Henry Moore. Buckram covers. Top edge gilt. Printed on handmade paper. From the library of Charles Monteith of Faber and Faber with his posthumous nameplate on front pastedown.Spine slightly faded. Small bump to head of spine. Very good indeed. No dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOOREHEN014649
- Title
- The Rescue - A Melodrama for Broadcasting based on Homer's Odyssey.
- Author
- MOORE, Henry (illustrates). SACKVILLE-WEST, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker and Warburg, London.
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Ellis bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
LONDON
About Peter Ellis bookseller
A shop in one of the last remaining bookselling enclaves of London, with a carefully selected stock of modern first editions, art and illustrated books, travel literature and other subjects. Known for books in fine condition.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Top Edge Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Buckram
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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