A history of the American drama, from the beginning to the civil war
by QUINN, Arthur Hobson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pitman , 1937. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NO CHIPPING & NO SPLITTING to CLEAN boards beautifully protected by presence of original dustwrapper. Internally CLEAN. TIGHT textblock. NO LOOSE & NO MISSING leaves. The dustwrapper is COMPLETE with NO LOSS. Normal wear to wrapper extremities. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. This title is from a large part of the inhouse Private Library of the National Operatic and Dramatic Association of Great Britain (NODA) which we recently purchased from the institution; there is a small neat NODA stamp on dustwrapper & one in text; small white shelf label to foot of wrapper spine. A nice copy with great provenance of this overview of US drama from the civil war to the present day. .
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- Bookseller
- Julian Roberts Fine Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018504
- Title
- A history of the American drama, from the beginning to the civil war
- Author
- QUINN, Arthur Hobson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Pitman
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Julian Roberts Fine Books
Biblio member since 2006
Sleaford, Lincolnshire
About Julian Roberts Fine Books
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