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Of Dramatick Poesie. An Essay, 1668. Preceded by a Dialogue on Poetic Drama by T.S. Eliot
by [ELIOT, T.S.] DRYDEN, John
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
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About This Item
London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1928. Small folio, xxviii (last blank), 84 pages. Quarter buckram and marbled papered boards bumped at the head of the spine (impacting a little on the text-block); all edges uncut (with some protruding leading edges dusty with some tiny tears); endpapers offset; a very good copy with the unclipped dustwrapper a little marked, creased, chipped and torn. Number 499 of 580 copies; one of the Haslewood Books series. Eliot's contribution is quite short (one and a half pages).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124489
- Title
- Of Dramatick Poesie. An Essay, 1668. Preceded by a Dialogue on Poetic Drama by T.S. Eliot
- Author
- [ELIOT, T.S.] DRYDEN, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
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