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Seven Modern Comedies: Available Copies

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1

First edition copy. . Former Library book. (comedy, plays, theatre)

Blue cloth covered boards with old titles; edges and covers worn and rubbed; 1/4" missing from crown; spine is darkened/discolored; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; no jacket. Bookplate on front pastedown; gift inscription on free front endpaper; gutter cracked at half title page; a few other gutter gaps; pages toned with some foxing; 126 pages.

New York, 1929; cloth covered boards; edge and corner wear; cover edges faded; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on free front end paper; Interior is clean and unmarked; 204 pages

2nd Editionoctavo; 126pp; Very Good gilt-stamped blue cloth; book shows sunning & rubbing with lightly softened corners and spine ends show shallow fraying and rubbing; else clean tight copyHardcover

1st American edition. The seven plays are: -The Raffle -Atalanta in Wimbledon -The Hopeless Passion of Mr. Bunyon -His Sainted Grandmother -In Holy Russia -The Journey of the Soul -The Jest of Hahalaba Small octavo. Condition: DJ nicked, chipped & toned; slight wear to volume; else very good in fair DJ. Pages: v, 204.

Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 136 Language: English Pages: 136

First U.S. edition. Hardcover. A collection that includes: "Atalanta in Wimbledon," "The Raffle," "The Journey of the Soul," "In Holy Russia," His Sainted Grandmother," "The Hopeless Passion of Mr. Bunyon" and "The Jest of Hahalaba." A very good plus copy with some minor wear to the edges a little chipping to paper at the the base of the spine and a little soiling to the boards. Still, a very presentable copy.

Tiny chip to label on spine not affecting text, else a near fine copy. P/o name on endpaper and no other markings. In an archival Mylar jacket.

1929. Repaired Binding. Hardcover. 8vo. Good clean copy. First edition. some edges roughly cut. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

1929. Repaired Binding. Hardcover. 8vo. Good clean copy. First edition. some edges roughly cut. . . . .

First Edition, First Printing: Limited to 250 numbered copies of which this is No. 239. 5.25 x 7.75in. 126pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. The engraved bookplate of Scott Cunningham on the front paste-down. FINE. Flawless. As pictured.

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good plus condition-DJ tattered, pieces missing/Dust Jacket. 1929. First American Edition. 8vo., 204 pp. . Good plus condition-DJ tattered, pieces missing/Dust Jacket

Limited edition of 250 copies. Very good with owner's names on FFEP and front pastedown. Bookstore sticker rear pastedown. Some foxing to page block edge, else clean and tight.

No dustjacket. Part of dustjacket spine has been glued to spine of cover. Marks/fading/scratches to cover & bumps/scuffs to edges. Inscription & picture stuck inside front cover. Tanning/some marks to pages. Content good.

Dj is torn at spine & edges, chipped/creased edges, rubbed, tanned and soiiled. Light shelf wear, and lightly tanned edges. DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION: 126

This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First American Edition (stated); there was a limited edition issued in England in the prior year. Light pink paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine; titling on the front cover in black. The spine features a full-length paper label with black titling. Clean text; v, 204 pages. The plays included are "Atalanta in Wimbleton," "The Raffle," "The Journey of the Soul," "In Holy Russia," "His Sainted Grandmother," "The Hopeless Passion of Mr. Bunyon," and "The Jest of Hahalaba." Mildly rubbed around the margins; the spine label has a bit of minor edgewear and a small stain. No dustjacket. A solid copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Octavo, 126 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is orange-tan with gilt lettering. Boards have mild general wear, fraying along spine tail, and mild shelving wear to fore corners. Text block has age toning and light foxing throughout, head edge has moderate dust burning. Shelved in Drama. 1387157. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 155. Small octavo (19.5cm.); original tan cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; 126pp. Light shelf wear, faint gluestains to front pastedown from previously removed bookplate, some internal foxing, else Very Good and sound, partially unopened. JOSHI & SCHWEITZER A46a.1.

First American trade edition. Octavo. 204pp. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket with spine sunned, touch of wear at the crown and long streak on the front panel.

First published September 1928. 250 copies only of the edition have been printed, each copy numbered. This is No. 222. Tan cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Mylar cover. Near fine condition with light wear to ends of spine and toning to pages. Binding is tight and text is clean. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing