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Plays of Near and Far: Available Copies

Contents: Coompromise of the King of the Golden Isles, Flight of the Queen, Cheezo, A Good Bargain, If Shakespeare Lived To-day, and Fame and the Poet. 245 pages. Text block Near Fine. Ex library with pocket at rear. Spine label removal left scuff, edges also scuffed and worn.; 5 1/2 x 8"

12mo. 245pp. P O name, etc, down end paper, but worst of it is some kid spent a. couple of minutes scribbling w/ pencil in book, on DJ. We've erased the scribbling as best we can, which was mostly on the. front end papers and DJ, but it's still noticable. There were also 4-5 pp. in fronmt text that had 1+" scribbled lines, also erased. Scarce book in. non-scribbled-on DJs!

2nd printing. Soiling to yellow cloth. No jacket.

General shelf wear, tanned spine, rubbed cover, spine has small tear, edges worn, and slightly cocked binding. DATE PUBLISHED: 1923 EDITION: 245

New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover, pink paper over boards and spine, light abrasions to extremities, a bit more so to head of spine, very clean and tightly bound. Former owner's name/address/date on front fly leaf, otherwise the book is clean, unmarked with bright paper. Dust jacket with tears and chipping to spine, spine sunned, price-clipped and presentable in a clear archival sleeve. vii, 245 pages. Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome. Very Good or better in Good or better dust jacket

Very good condition. College library name written on front endpaper. No library markings. Spine tips are rubbed. Cover corners are worn. Front fly leaf is browned. 245 pages.

First American edition. Good condition.

First trade edition. Impression from a removed book-plate on front paste-down, else very good in light brown cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket.

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons. G/No Dustjacket. 1923. . Cloth/Boards. Sm 8vo., 245 pp., cover rubbed, corners frayed & chipped, page toning, .

very good without dust jacket , 1923

Octavo hardcover (VG-) no d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days

Generic January 1923 Binding: Hardcover

2nd printing. Light edge wear to jacket.

116 pages. 10.00x7.50x0.27 inches. This item is printed on demand.

First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 245 pages. Includes "The Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles," "The Flight of the Queen," "Cheezo" "A Good Bargain," "If Shakespeare Lived To-day," "Fame and the Poet." A very good plus copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and with a paper spine lable and with some wear to the corners. No dust jacket. Internally a clean copy.

12mo, 19cm, first edition, limited edition of 500 copies, (5),150p., tan brown cloth, gilt titles on the spine and upper cover, marbled endpapers, on laid paper, bookplate, slightly dust worn else very good to fine copy (Ids). - Six plays: The Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles; The Flight of the Queen; Cheezo; A Good Bargain; If Shakespeare Lived To-Day; Fame and the Poet.

This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days

Type: Book Upper board marked. Two edges untrimmed. Prior owner name to FEP.

hardback, 8vo, (x),274pp, college library label and numbering on endpaper, edges browned and scattered foxing, inner hinges slightly cracked, blue cloth gilt, spine and corners bumped and scuffed; Good condition / no dustwrapper

New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000

first edition thus 274pp VG (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,chipping to extrems.w.losses to head/foot of spine,3x6cm loss to foot edge of rear cover)

First edition, Limited to 500 copies. A bit of foxing here and there, not much. Page edges have some darkening. Nice copy, gilt title and gilt on spine bright.

VG+/NONE. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SPINE PANEL IS SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH GILT SPINE TITLES BRIGHT. A VERY NICE COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

116 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.27 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Limited edition of 500 in gold colored cloth stamped in gilt on spine and cover, fore edge and bottom edge uncut, mottled end papers. Collection of six plays. G. P. Putnam's Sons; London, 1922, 150 pps. Fine copy with minor shelf wear, foxing to fore edge, now in protective mylar cover.

Seven plays. First combined printing of these plays that raised Dunsany to cult status at the time in the United States. "If" originally published 1921 and "Plays of Near and Far" originally published 1922 comprising of "The compromise of the King of the Golden Isles"; "The flight of the queen"; "Cheezo"; "A good bargain"; "If Shakespeare lived today"; "Fame and the poet". CONDITION Blue cloth with bright Gilt titles (light edge wear) pp [v] 274 with untrimmed pages, copy is bright and clean with slight partial gutter split to paper at front ep (appear to be binding fault rather than handling damage, mull tight). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

1st. ed. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.