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Wolfe, Humbert & Burra, Edward. ABC of the Theatre. Cresset Press, 1932.
Price: US$128.27 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Silver wrapper fused to the boards, edge wear, see images, some light scattered foxing, one plate (A) has some light blue possibly ink spots
Seller: HAUNTED BOOKSHOP P.B.F.A., CAMBRIDGE, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Wolfe, Humbert and Burra, Edward. ABC Of The Theatre. The Cresset Press, London, 1932.
Price: US$164.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hard covers in tidy condition with the rubbed and worn silver dust jacket having ( as usual ) adhered itself to the printed boards, some offsetting from the inner flaps to the outer endpapers, text and illustrations bright with just light occasional spotting, 52pp, uncommon Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, United Kingdom
Price: US$224.47 + shipping
Description: First edition. Quarto. 51 pages. Rhyming couplets and Introduction by Humbert Wolfe. The brilliant drawings by Edward Burra include caricatures of such figures as J.M. Barrie, George du Maurier, John Galsworthy, Hannen Swaffer, Bernard Shaw, Lovat Fraser, Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward, Eugene O'Neill, Gordon Craig, Tallulah Bankhead, Edgar Wallace, etc. Decorative initials by Kathryn Hamill.As always, the ill-conceived silver dustwrapper has adhered to the boards. The front flap is splitting at the fold. Rubbing to edges and spine. Internally very good indeed.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom