Plays and Controversies
by Yeats, W. B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust-jacket foxed, with chips to spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, 461, [2] pages + frontispiece + 7 plates. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Blind-stamped design on front board. Page dimensions: 192 x 127mm. Illustrations on free endpapers. Contents: The Irish Dramatic Movement; 'The Countess Cathleen'; Note on 'The Countess Cathleen'; Preface to 'The Land of Heart's Desire'; Note on 'The Land of Heart's Desire'; Four Plays for Dancers - 'At the Hawk's Well' - 'The Only Jealousy of Emer' - 'The Dreaming of the Bones' - 'Calvary' - Notes on the First Performance of 'At the Hawk's Well'; Music for 'At the Hawk's Well'; Note on 'The Only Jealousy of Emer'; Music for 'The Dreaming of the Bones'; Note on 'The Dreaming of the Bones'; Note on 'Calvary'. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20137
- Title
- Plays and Controversies
- Author
- Yeats, W. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Spine
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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