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Eighteenth Century Plays (Modern Library #224.1)
by QUINTANA, Ricardo (introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1966]. Hardcover. A Modern Library collection of eight plays dating from the 1700s. Includes: "Cato" by Addison, "The Tragedy of Jane Shore" by Rowe, "The Conscious Lovers" by Steele, "The Beggars Opera" by Gay, "The Tragedy of Tragedies (Tom Thumb the Great)" by Fielding, "The London Merchant" by Lillo, "She Stoops to Conquer" by Goldsmith, and "The Rivals" by Sheridan. Includes an introduction by Ricardo Quintana. Volume wrapped in jacket variant featuring two silhouetted jocular figures to front panel. --- In Toledano spine 11 / green cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style n, verso blank. Likely published c.1966 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #224.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy, though with small tear to front gutter area and penciled price to front free endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket with slight sunning to spine, otherwise bright, undamaged and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxiv, 484, [2, ads] pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88079
- Title
- Eighteenth Century Plays (Modern Library #224.1)
- Author
- QUINTANA, Ricardo (introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1966]
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Littleton, Colorado
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