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Oberon Books, 2016-09-27. Paperback. Very Good. 0.7283 8.4291 5.8504.
Hindle Wakes by Harold Brighouse, Stanley Houghton - 1927
by Harold Brighouse, Stanley Houghton
Hindle Wakes
by Harold Brighouse, Stanley Houghton
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Hindle Wakes by Harold Brighouse (London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd, 1st edition [1927]), based on the play by Stanley Houghton.
The Readers Library published affordable editions of popular fiction in the period 1924-35, cheaply produced but very attractive with their wrap-round dustwrapper artwork.
A novelisation written for The Readers Library by Harold Brighouse (Hobson's Choice) and based on the Stanley Houghton play (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1912) of two lovers in the fictional Lancashire town of Hindle.
Hardback in dustwrapper. 252pp. Size: 6.75 x 4.25 inches approx. (169mm x 106mm).
Light wear and rubbing to dustwrapper with minor loss to corner tips; a few short edge tears and creasing to bottom edge of rear panel; nibble to bottom edge of front panel; light moisture marking to verso from boards. Boards a little marked and faded to lower corners from moisture; gilt to spine a little dulled. Pages age-toned throughout but generally very clean.
Overall, showing some light wear but otherwise a particularly nice, clean copy – very attractive.
*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*
The Readers Library published affordable editions of popular fiction in the period 1924-35, cheaply produced but very attractive with their wrap-round dustwrapper artwork.
A novelisation written for The Readers Library by Harold Brighouse (Hobson's Choice) and based on the Stanley Houghton play (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1912) of two lovers in the fictional Lancashire town of Hindle.
Hardback in dustwrapper. 252pp. Size: 6.75 x 4.25 inches approx. (169mm x 106mm).
Light wear and rubbing to dustwrapper with minor loss to corner tips; a few short edge tears and creasing to bottom edge of rear panel; nibble to bottom edge of front panel; light moisture marking to verso from boards. Boards a little marked and faded to lower corners from moisture; gilt to spine a little dulled. Pages age-toned throughout but generally very clean.
Overall, showing some light wear but otherwise a particularly nice, clean copy – very attractive.
*International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*
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- Edition 1st edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Readers Library
- Date Published 1927
- Keywords Fiction, Romance Fiction, Readers Library
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Horniman's Choice: Four One-Act Plays from the Manchester School of Playwrights (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Monkhouse, Allan,Houghton, Stanley,Brighouse, Harold
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781783192915 / 1783192917
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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The works of Stanley Houghton / edited with an introduction by Harold Brighouse. Complete in 3 volumes
by Houghton, Stanley (1881-1913). Brighouse, Harold (1882-1958)
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- 1st edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Galway, Ireland
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$144.00
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London : Constable and Co, 1914. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 v. : fronts. (ports.) ; 23 cm. Notes; ""This edition consists of one thousand and forty copies, of which one thousand are for sale."" Contents; V. 1: Independent means. Marriages in the making. The younger generation. -- v. 2: Partners. Hindle wakes. The perfect cure. -- v. 3: One act plays. Dramatic criticism. Essays and sketches. Short stories. A novel (unfinished) Casts of the plays. Subjects; Houghton, Stanley 1881-1913. Brighouse, Harold 1882-1958. 1900-1999. English literature 20th century. English drama. Short stories. English fiction. English drama.
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$144.00