Shakespeare : The Pattern in His Carpet
by Fergusson, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ condition/Very Good Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0440078172
- ISBN 13
- 9780440078173
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 1970. Very Good+ condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. NOT a library discard. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped ($6.95). No owner's name or bookplate. "First printing" is so stated on the copyright page. Bibliographical notes. Index. Bound in the original black cloth, with a lavender cloth spine stamped in black and gold. From the Dust Jacket: "SHAKESPEARE: THE PATTERN IN HIS CARPET presents all aspects of Shakespeare's life and art... Dr. Francis Fergusson seeks the poetic intention of each of the [37] plays in order to bring out the recurrent themes that indicate the basic elements of the Bard's vision of human life... In this book all the plays are grouped chronologically, according to the main parts of Shakespeare's career and, within each part according to the recurring themes that indicate his constant but deepening vision.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/Very Good Dust Jacket. Illus. by Paul Bacon Studio (jacket design). 8vo. ix, 331pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003808
- Title
- Shakespeare : The Pattern in His Carpet
- Author
- Fergusson, Francis
- Illustrator
- Paul Bacon Studio (jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0440078172
- ISBN 13
- 9780440078173
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Literary Biography / Criticism;
- Size
- 8vo. ix, 331pp
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