The Workhouse Donkey : A Vulgar Melo-Drama
by Arden, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London : Methuen & Co., 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 133 pages. The price clipped jacket is foxed, rubbed and chipped at the edges, with a short closed tear at the tail of the spine. It also carries a small stain of indeterminate origin. The faults make it sound worse than it actually is. The body of the book is in excellent condition, clean and solid, unmarked apart from Patrick McCaughey's signature. Includes a photo of John Arden cut out of a theatre programme. "John Arden at Emerald Hill" " One of the most important of the British playwrights to emerge in the mid-20th century. His plays mix poetry and songs with colloquial speech in a boldly theatrical manner and involve strong conflicts purposely left unresolved....The Workhouse Donkey is a crowded, exuberant, and comic drama of municipal politics.... At his death, he was lauded as "one of the most significant British playwrights of the late 1950s and early 60s". (goodreads)
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020836
- Title
- The Workhouse Donkey : A Vulgar Melo-Drama
- Author
- Arden, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Good Reading Second Hand Books
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About the Seller
Good Reading Second Hand Books
Biblio member since 2008
Benalla, Victoria
About Good Reading Second Hand Books
Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Price Clipped
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
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- Jacket
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