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ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES: Translated into English Verse

by Robinson, Clara Weaver (Translator)

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Used - Very Good
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No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$37.00

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Schenectady, NY: Ernest L. Robinson (1959) 72 pp. Original dark red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Titles darkened; light wear to extremities. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY UNCLE ERNEST ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER. Contents very nice.. Inscribed & Signed by Publisher. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item
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$37.00
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FAUST: A Tragedy, In a Modern Translation

by Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang/Raphael, Alice (Translator)/Schreiber, Carl F. (Introduction)

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Used - Near Fine
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No Dust Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.00

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New York: The Heritage Press (1959) 184 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on front cover. Binding very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to spine ends. Comes in original gray slipcase, which is lightly sunned at edges. Illust. w/ eighteen lithographs. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket.… Read more about this item
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$17.00
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Documentary Life

by Schoenbaum, S.

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good-
Edition
First Edition
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780198120469
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$53.00

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New York: Oxford University Press/In Association with The Scolar Press, 1975. 278 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ has light edge wear w/ approx. 1/2" closed tear from bottom edge of rear panel. Illust. w/ b/w reproductions, and… Read more about this item
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SMART SET: A History and Anthology

by Dolmetsch, Carl R./Behrman, S. N. (Introductory Reminiscence)

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Used - Very Good-
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Good+
Edition
First Printing
Published
1966
Binding
Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.00

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New York, NY: The Dial Press, 1966. 262 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration on front cover. Light foxing to spine; ends a bit bumped. Light wear to cloth at top edges. DJ lightly foxed w/ wear and several short tears to edges; approx. 1 1/2" closed tear at… Read more about this item
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PICTURES AND CONVERSATIONS: Chapters of an Autobiography with Other Collected Writings
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PICTURES AND CONVERSATIONS: Chapters of an Autobiography with Other Collected Writings

by Bowen, Elizabeth/Brown, Spencer Curtis (Foreword)

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394478968
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.00

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 196 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on brown cloth spine. Spine ends and corners of rear cover bumped. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ light edge wear. Tiny chip to top corner of front panel. Price clipped. Contents very… Read more about this item
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$22.00
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TYLTYL: Being the Story of Maurice Maeterlinck's Play, "The Betrothal," Told for Children

by De Mattos, Alexander Teixeira/Maeterlinck, Maurice

Condition
Used - Fair
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No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1920
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$131.00

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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1920. 160 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Circular pictorial paste-down on front cover. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Previous owner's name on front endpaper and half-title page. Light scattered foxing. Several leaves poorly opened. Illust. w/ 8… Read more about this item
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$131.00
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ECHOES OF THE WAR: The Old Lady Shows Her Medals; The New Word; Barbara's Wedding; A Well-Remembered Voice

by Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew]

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Used - Very Good
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No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1918
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.00

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. 188 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly rubbed. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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$17.00
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RIVALS: A Comedy/The Temple Dramatists

by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley/Aitken, G. A. (Edited With Introduction and Notes)

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Used - Very Good-
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1897
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$17.00

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London: J. M. Dent and Company, 1897. 170 pp. Original blue flexible cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Mild rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to endpapers. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece.. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
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$17.00
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MERRY MERRY CUCKOO AND OTHER WELSH PLAYS

by Marks, Jeannette

Condition
Used - Good+
Jacket Condition
Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1927
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.00

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New York/London: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. 226+pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on front cover. Yellow discoloration to binding. Bottom of spine bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ moderately soiled w/ light edge wear. Spine a bit darkened and rubbed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. 12mo… Read more about this item
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$22.00
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WORLD DRAMA: From Aeschylus to Anouilh

by Nicoll, Allardyce

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Used - Very Good-
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No Dust Jacket
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Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.00

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London: George A. Harrap & Company Ltd. (1949) 1,000 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine ends bumped w/ small bump to top edge of front cover. Modest rubbing to corners. Light natural toning to front blank endpaper w/ inscription to previous owner. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice..… Read more about this item
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$22.00
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TWO PASSENGERS FOR CHELSEA AND OTHER PLAYS

by Firkins, Oscar W.

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Used - Good+
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No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1928
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.00

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New York/London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1928. 300 pp. Original blue paper covered boards w/ black cloth spine. Paper title labels on spine and front cover. Spine ends bumped w/ wear to corners. Neat inscription to previous owner on front blank endpaper. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Otherwise, contents nice.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item
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$17.00
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DUTCHMAN AND THE SLAVE: Two Plays

by Jones, LeRoi [Baraka, Imamu Amiri]

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1964
Binding
Paperback
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.00

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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1964 88 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled and rubbed w/ mild edge wear. "Centered squarely on the Negro-White conflict, both plays are literally shocking plays--in ideas, in language, in honest anger." Contents nice.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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$17.00
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AN IMPARTIAL STUDY OF THE SHAKESPEARE TITLE WITH FACSIMILES

by Stotsenburg, John H.

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Used - Very Good-
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1904
Binding
Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$80.00

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Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Company, 1904. 530 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine ends bumped. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Light foxing to front endpapers. The controversy of whether or not Shakespeare really wrote all of… Read more about this item
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$80.00
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FOUR PLAYS: A Limited Edition

by O'Neill, Eugene

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Used - Fine
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1978
Binding
Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$42.00

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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. 546 pp. Original green leather covers w/ gilt decoration on binding. Gilt title and four raised bands on spine. Binding very bright and clean. All edges gilt. Green moire endpapers lightly sunned to edges. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Jerry Cosgrove. 8vo -… Read more about this item
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$42.00
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PORTRAITS OF THE AMERICAN STAGE 1771-1971: An Exhibition in Celebration of the Inaugural Season of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Used - Very Good-
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1971
Binding
Paperback
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.00

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Washington, D. C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. 204 pp. Original pictorial wraps, lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents very nice.. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$17.00
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COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE: Accurately Printed From the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Stevens, ESQ./With a Memoir

by Shakespeare, William/Steevens, George/Chalmers, Alexander (Memoir)

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Used - Good
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1884
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$48.00

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Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884. 816 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends a bit bumped w/ light wear to bottom corner of rear cover. Light scattered foxing. Mild insect damage to bottom corner of front paste-down, and bottom edge… Read more about this item
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$48.00
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BACK TO METHUSELAH: A Metabiological Pentateuch

by Shaw, Bernard

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Used - Good
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No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1921
Binding
Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$37.00

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London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1921. 268 pp. Original pale green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ light fraying to corners and spine ends. Covers cocked. Spine darkened. Pencil notes on front blank endpaper. Natural toning to blank endpapers; light scattered foxing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket.… Read more about this item
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$37.00
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DRAMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY: An Annotated List of Books on the History and Criticism of the Drama and Stage and on the Allied Arts of the Theatre

by Baker, Blanch M. (Compiled)/Smith, Milton (Introduction)

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Used - Very Good+
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$32.00

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New York/London: Benjamin Blom, 1968. 320 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding very bright and clean. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$32.00
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SOLDIERS: An Obituary for Geneva/A Play

by Hochhuth, Rolf/MacDonald, Robert David (Translator)

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Used - Very Good-
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Very Good-
Edition
First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$12.00

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New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc. (1968) 256 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine ends and top corner of front cover bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ lightly soiled w/ mild wear to edges. Approx. 1/4" closed tear from bottom edge of rear panel.… Read more about this item
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$12.00
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GAMES AND PLAYS FOR CHILDREN

by Smith, Laura Rountree

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Used - Good+
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1929
Binding
Paperback
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.00

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Chicago, IL: A Flanagan Company, 1929. 87+7 pp. Original pale blue pictorial wraps, lightly soiled w/ wear to edges. Approx. 1/4" closed tear to bottom edge of front cover. Spine sunned. Leaves lightly age toned.. Soft Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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$17.00