The Alchemist.
by Jonson, Ben
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Ballston Lake, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Payson & Clark. Original boards. A reproduction of the first edition in the English Replicas series. A very small spot on two leaves, Very Good. No Dust Jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 1927.
Synopsis
Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pride and Prejudice-Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015799
- Title
- The Alchemist.
- Author
- Jonson, Ben
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Payson & Clark
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- LITERATURE.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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