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Shakespeare's Wide and Universal Stage
by Palmer, David John (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/F/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0719010756
- ISBN 13
- 9780719010750
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1984* Publisher: Manchester University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Medium blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. FINE* Jacket condition: Mono illustrated dust wrapper showing ?The Globe Theatre? & ?The National Theatre.? Black and white titles to face and invisible titles to severely faded spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £9.50. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. In clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: Ex school library copy with usual stamps and labels. End papers aged. Top edge slightly grubby. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight age to page margins, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 233 pp. text. ii pp., blank pages at rear.* Description: The fascination of Shakespeare for our leading literary critics and scholars continues to grow. Here in one volume are some of the finest short essays on Shakespeare selected to cover almost all of the major dramas. Most books on Shakespeare concentrate on one play or on one specialised theme. This new collection has been prepared with students and sixth formers in mind, and aims to provoke thought and discussion about all the major plays. C.B.Cox and D.J.Palmer are professors of English at the University of Manchester.* A NEAR VG+ ex-library text copy of the 1st/1st with some minor faults in a VG protected dust jacket.* Cox, C.B.
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- Seller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 9450
- Title
- Shakespeare's Wide and Universal Stage
- Author
- Palmer, David John (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/F/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn. Thus 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0719010756
- ISBN 13
- 9780719010750
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Place of Publication
- UK 235
- Date Published
- 1984-01-01
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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- New
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- Edges
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- Spine
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