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Out of the Picture; A Play in Two Acts by Louis MacNeice - 1937

by Louis MacNeice

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Out of the Picture; A Play in Two Acts by Louis MacNeice - 1937

Out of the Picture; A Play in Two Acts

by Louis MacNeice

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New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937 Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 1937. Hardcover. First American Edition. Retired small college library book. Book is tight, square, and is marked- inked out names on the textblock edges and bottom of dedication page. Book Condition: Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and lower board bottom edges. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($1.50); corners are clipped; light toning to spine and rear panel; light chipping to top edge. Blue cloth boards and spine with white lettering in a blue shadowbox paste-on label on spine. 127 pp 8vo. Hailed more as a poet, the author is becoming more widely known for his mastery of poetic-dramatic form. This book is a verse play that is fantastic and satirical, and will appeal particularly to admirers of the Auden-Isherwood play, "Dog Beneath the Skin". The play is "a vigorous contemporary treatment of the Artist and Prostitute theme." A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
  • Bookseller Walnut Valley Books/Books by White US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good
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  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Harcourt, Brace and Company
  • Place of Publication New York, NY
  • Date Published 1937
  • Size 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
  • Keywords Louis MacNeice, poet, poetry, poetic-dramatic form, verse play, plays, literature, theater, performances,
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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Out of the Picture: A play in two acts

by Louis MacNeice

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Harcourt, Brace, n.d. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover, no dust jacket, tanning to spine and edges of boards, corners rubbed, endpapers foxed, previous owner's name on front end page, no date on copyright page (ca. 1937)
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Out of the Picture

by Louis MacNeice

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Harcourt, Brace and Company, n.d. (ca. 1937). Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good. Copyright page has no date; only reads "Printed in Great Britain". The volume is edge rubbed, with fraying on and near the spine ends, and there is light age toning to the leaves. The dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, is uniformly corner clipped (price of $1.75 is intact), soiled with some light moisture spots on and near the spine, and edge rubbed with very shallow corner and spine chips. Laid in is a 1937 advertisement to join Group Theatre which features this play in its production schedule.
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Out of The Picture

Out of The Picture

by Louis MacNeice

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Faber & Faber, 1937. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1937. Second Impression. 127 pages. Black dust jacket with yellow lettering over cream cloth. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with marking to boards. Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with soiling to DJ.
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Out of the Picture: a play in two acts

Out of the Picture: a play in two acts

by Macneice, Louis

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New York: Harcourt, Brace. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, interior lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Blue linen cloth over boards, sunned a bit along top edge, Bright and shiny printed dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. A fine play by the then young poet, contemporary of and friends with Auden and Day-Lewis. 127 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Out of the Picture : A Play in Two Acts

Out of the Picture : A Play in Two Acts

by Louis MacNeice

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. 127pp. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket. The book itself shows slight edge and corner wear, ever so slight fraying of the topmost of the spine, edges lightly toned, handsome former owner bookplate on the front free endpaper, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and colorful. The dust jacket shows a slightly toned spine, some light edge wear, otherwise is bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
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Out Of The Picture: A Play In Two Acts

Out Of The Picture: A Play In Two Acts

by MACNEICE, Louis

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Faber & Faber, 1937. Hardback. First edition, 1937. Beige cloth with blue lettering to spine. Good minus condition; edgeworn with bumps to corners and spine, boards marked and rubbed, stained to spine and back, pages tanned but clean and tightly bound. No dust jacket. Published: Faber & Faber, 1937
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Out of the Picture: A Play in Two Acts

by MacNeice, Louis

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Faber and Faber 1937, second impression, ,. 1937. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 127pp, slight browning and foxing, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, fawn cloth, Very Good / no dustwrapper .
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Out of the Picture: a play in two acts

by MacNeice, Louis

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(London: Faber and Faber: June 1937) First Edition Cl. pp. iv, 127. Fore and lower edges uncut. First Edition. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket.
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Out of the picture : a play in two acts / by Louis MacNeice

Out of the picture : a play in two acts / by Louis MacNeice

by MacNeice, Louis (1907-1963)

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Galway, Ireland
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London : Faber and Faber Ltd, 1937. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 127 p.; 22 cm. Subjects: English drama. English drama 20th century. Genre: Drama.
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OUT OF THE PICTURE: A PLAY IN TWO ACTS

by MACNEICE, Louis

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Palm Springs, California, United States
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NEW YORK, HARCOURT, 1937, 1937. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED) FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
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