The Burdies : A Comedy in Scots Verse from the Greek of Aristophanes
by Aristophanes (Trans Douglas Young)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Tayport, Fife, Scotland: Douglas Young, 1959 Book. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. 1st.UK Ed.. Unique, comic, Caledonian version of Aristophanes "Birds" as performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1959. The translator was an ardent Scottish nationalist, as well as a classical scholar, and has added a handy glossary and explanatory notes for any visiting Sassenachs ignorant of either the riches of the Scots dialect, or of the ornithology of Scotland.84p.Original paper covers loosening. .
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34419
- Title
- The Burdies : A Comedy in Scots Verse from the Greek of Aristophanes
- Author
- Aristophanes (Trans Douglas Young)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st.UK Ed.
- Publisher
- Douglas Young
- Place of Publication
- Tayport, Fife, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- COMEDY GREEK DRAMA ARISTOPHANES EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 1959 Scots Dialect
- Bookseller catalogs
- Greek Drama - Ancient; Aristophanes; Scotland;
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