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J. M. SYNGE--a Critical Study. [First American Edn.] by Howe, P. P
- Bookseller: Buday Books / Vintage Reading (TM)
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: 2874
- Book condition: Hardcover; collector bookplate; gilt-stamped cover; spine gilt dull; untrimmed; otherwise good.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Mitchell Kennerley,
- Place: NY:
- Date published: 1912
- Pages: 216pp.
Description
NY:: Mitchell Kennerley,, 1912. Hardcover; collector bookplate; gilt-stamped cover; spine gilt dull; untrimmed; otherwise good.. Frontispiece portrait of Synge by Jack B. Yeats. John Millington Synge (1871-1909), Irish dramatist, poet, playwright, known for memorable telling of Irish peasant life. `The Playboy of the Western World' (1907) is considered his masterpiece in the Irish Renaissance.
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gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
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