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Lamp and the Bell A Drama in Five Acts
by Millay, Edna St. Vincent
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frank Shay. Fair. 1921. Stapled softcover. Green wraps. Chipping and sunning on edges. Front wrap is nearly completely loose. Writing in ink from previous owner on half title page and the names of some actors in the play have been crossed out and other names written in. Pages clean and binding for text block is sound. A play written on the occassion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Vassar College Alumnae Association. Scarce First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 71 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008518
- Title
- Lamp and the Bell A Drama in Five Acts
- Author
- Millay, Edna St. Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Stapled softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Frank Shay
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Plays, Vassar College
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Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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