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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
by Theodore Dreiser
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
John Lane, New York, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. DREISER, THEODORE. Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural, New York and London: John Lane, 1916. Octavo, first edition, first issue, pp. 228, green paper-covered boards quarter-bound in beige linen, paper label on spine, black lettering on upper board, lacking the later issue's four-page essay after Page 228. Inscription on front pastedown says "With love For Beets From Pickles." See First Printings of American Authors, Vol. 4, Page 157. Condition of this book: Boards lightly worn and rubbed at edges. Leaves clean and tight, with remnant of bookseller ticket on half-title page. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; United States; 1900-1920; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51654. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51654
- Title
- Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
- Author
- Theodore Dreiser
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Theatre & Plays; United States; 1900-1920; Literature & Literary. Theodore Dreiser Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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