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Aristophanes
The Frogs of Aristophanes
George Allen & Unwin 1925 "Translated into English rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray. 19th thousand." Owner's name on the front cover otherwise a clean tidy copy. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Allen & Unwin paperback
Bookseller reference : 024155
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Jerome K Jerome
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Samuel French A French's Acting Edition of the "Idle fancy in a prologue a play and an episode" according to front cover - "an epilogue" according to the title page. The cast of the original production in 1908 is given at the start but this undated copy is probably twenties. Near very good bar a slight curve to the top of the book. A bright unmarked interior. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Samuel French paperback
Bookseller reference : 024169
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Irwin William; Conard Mark T.; Skoble Aeon J
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer
Chicago Il: Open Court Publishing Co U.S. 2001 I suspect the most scholarly book written on the Simpsons. Light cover crease slight cover curl. . 19th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall 303 Pages. Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. paperback
Bookseller reference : 012058 ISBN : 0812694333 9780812694338
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Six Plays By Corneille and Racine
The Modern Library Consists of The Cid and Cinna by Corneille and Andromache Britannicus Phaedra and Athallah by Racine. Tight unmarked copy in a slightly grubby jacket with one tear to the top of the spine. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024078
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William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale
T C & E C Jack The Era Shakespeare edition edited with notes by Henry Hudson. Undated but owner's inscription gives 1917. Browned endpapers otherwise a tight bright copy in red cloth. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. T C & E C Jack hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024020
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John Drinkwater
Oliver Cromwell
Sidgwick & Jackson 1922 Covers are faded and stained. Interior good. Third impression.with a sunned spine.Good plus copy with a bright interior. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024029
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Alfred De Vigny
Chatterton
Methuen 1925 De Vigny's hugely successful 1835 play in the original French about the tragic English poet edited with notes in English by A Watson Bain. Tidy clean copy. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Methuen paperback
Bookseller reference : 024004
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William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Oxford at the Clarendon Press Undated copy of the Complete Works under The Oxford Shakespeare banner edited with a glossary by W J Craig. Elegant gift inscription gives 1895. In blue cloth marked to the front cover and edgeworn. Interior is solid and largely clean bar the odd fox mark. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023982
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William Shakespeare
Shakspere's Works XI : Othello Antony and Cleopatra Cymbeline
Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1886 Good clean copy but the front cover is sunned at the top and the spine. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" Tall. Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023809
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Christopher Fry
Curtmantle
Oxford University Press 1961 Historical play covering almost the entire period of the long reign of Henry the Second including his relationships with Eleanor of Aquitaine and Thomas A Becket. Small dye stain on inside front cover otherwise a very good interior. Jacket has small chip on the front panel and marking on the rear. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" Tall. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023804
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Lynette Feasey
On the Boards of Old Drury
George G Harrap 1951 The text of three late eighteenth century plays - Lady Jane Grey by Nicholas Rowe She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith and The Critic by Sheridan - with notes on the original staging and an introduction on the playhouses of the period. Tight clean copy in slightly grubby green cloth covers. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George G Harrap hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023738
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Hermann Sudermann
Roses : Four One Act Plays
Duckworth 1912 The plays being Streaks of Light; The Last Visit; Margot: and The Far-Away Princess all translated from the German by Grace Frank. Some fading to the spine; internally a clean solid copy. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Duckworth hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023614
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McCann Jesse Leon
Shrek 2: The Movie Novel
NY NY: Scholastic Paperbacks 2004. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Small closed tear at spine. Cover & all pages clean unmarked firmly attached. Tight binding except a bit loosened at page 4. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Center section of color filmography illustrations. 110 pp. Scholastic Paperbacks paperback
Bookseller reference : 3810 ISBN : 0439538475 9780439538473
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Collins Terry
Jimmy Neutron
New York New York U.S.A: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover Glossy Pictorial. Good /No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Cover color illustration w/ a hologram 4.75" x 7.5"- Jimmy in moving rocket robot dog Goddard. Very Good except scratches on transparent plastic over hologram invisible except in reflective light. All else unmarked clean firmly attached. Unpaginated. Full-color illus.Nickelodeon TV Series. Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3926 ISBN : 0689845529 9780689845529
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Herman Gail
Shiny Spooky Knights Scooby-Doo! Reader Ser. No. 5
New York NY U.S.A: Scholastic Incorporated 2000. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good . Top corner fold frt cover & 1st page. Level 2 Kindergarten-Grade 2 Ages 5-7. Cartoon character dog Scooby-Doo in a "haunted" castle. Color illus 32 pp Scholastic, Incorporated paperback
Bookseller reference : 2782 ISBN : 0439202272 9780439202275
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Cleese John and Booth Connie
The Complete Fawlty Towers
NY: Pantheon Books 1988. PB; VG; Scripts to the cult classic British TV show; 8 pages of b & w photos from the show; 333 pp. NY: Pantheon Books, 1988 paperback
Bookseller reference : 1109 ISBN : 0679721274 9780679721277
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Vose Ken
Inside Monster Garage
Des Moines Iowa U.S.A.: Meredith Books 2003 Light cover indestations. Small barely visible damp stain on one corner. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" Tall 175 Pages. Meredith Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 011815 ISBN : 0696218909 9780696218903
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Lois George
Sellebrity: My Angling and Tangling With Famous People
Boston Massachusetts U.S.A.: Phaidon Inc Ltd 2003 Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. Fine in Fine dustjacket protected in a new Mylar cover. No remainder mark. Collectible. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. Phaidon Inc Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 03821 ISBN : 0714842842 9780714842844
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Alfred De Musset
Theatre 1
Garnier-Flammarion 1964 "Les deux tomes de cette edition contiennent a tres peu pres la totalite de l'oeuvre dramatique d'Alfred de Musset." Volume 1 only with 9 plays and "Chronologie preface et notices par Maurice Rat. Tight fresh copy clean bar one owner's inscription on the inside front cover. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Garnier-Flammarion paperback
Bookseller reference : 023518
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J B Pocquelin Moliere
Les Fourberies De Scapin
J M Dent 1901 Moliere's play in the original French with notes and a glossary in English by Frederick Spencer. Tidy copy bar a faded patch at the bottom of the back cover. Cloth. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023445
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Eric Linklater
Crisis in Heaven
MacMillan 1944 Text of a play first performed in Edinburgh in February 1944. Set in heaven with characters including Florence Nightingale Abraham Lincoln Pushkin Voltaire Helen of Troy and Frederick the Great. Jacket is worn at the bottom edge and has a stain to the back panel. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023439
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Bassnett Susan
Magdalena: International Women's Experimental Theatre
Oxford United Kingdom: Berg Pub Ltd 1989. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Berg Pub Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 323279 ISBN : 0854960163 9780854960163
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William Congreve
The Way of the World
J M Dent & Sons 1933 Congreve's most famous play "Edited with an introduction and explanatory notes by W P Barrett." A very tidy copy with bright gilt title to the spine.However there are pencilled staging notes and edits on a number of pages. First Thus. Cloth. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. J M Dent & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023374
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American Chopper: At Full Throttle
Des Moines Iowa U.S.A.: Meredith Books 2004 light edge wear rubs and indentations. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Wide 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall 175 Pages. Meredith Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 011735 ISBN : 0696221659 9780696221651
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Aeschylus
The Suppliant Maidens The Persians The Seven Against Thebes The Prometheus Unbound
MacMillan 1908 Translated into English verse by E D A Morshead. A very tidy clean copy bar one bumped corner to the blue cloth covers and some browning to the flyleaf. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023149
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George Bernard Shaw
Back to Methuselah
Oxford University Press 1945 "When Mr Shaw was asked to provide from among his works the 500th volume in the World's Classics series he replied that Back To Methuselah is his world classic a contention enlarged upon and justified in the Postscript he has written exclusively for this edition. The original text of the five plays and the preface has also been revised." Jacket is unclipped but edgeworn; interior is fresh unmarked and tight. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023137
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M Cooper
Our Girls Book of Plays
Wells Gardner Darton & Co Second series of five playlets to be performed at home aimed at girls. Undated probably late Victorian. 91pp. Solid copy. Some spotting throughout. Cloth. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. Wells Gardner Darton & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023035
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Tom Shales; James Andrew Miller
LIVE FROM NEW YORK An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
Little Brown 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. With unprecedented access Tom Shales and James Miller with authorization from Lorne Michaels have interviewed the stars writers crews and guests who have made Saturday Night Live the greatest long-running comedy of all time. Out of these backstage stories they have woven an oral history that will be the definitive account of the shows 25-year history. The story is bursting with creative frenzies clashing egos actors who went on to mega stardom in film and those who disappeared; the origins of famous routines censorship battles and humour so toxic it never got on the air; the love affairs feudsall the unique insanity involved in producing the show that changed North America forever. Includes great backstage stories from Bill Murray decking Chevy Chase to Norm MacDonalds campaign to infuriate NBC brass. Everyone from Cameron Diaz to Ralph Nader to Robert Downey Jr. To George Bush has appeared on the show and they all share their fondest wildest memories with us. Tom Shales is the Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic of The Washington Post and a movie reviewer for NPRs Morning Edition. His books include On the Air and Legends and he has written for many major magazines. Little, Brown hardcover
Bookseller reference : 662 ISBN : 0316781460 9780316781466
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Andrews Scott
Uncharted Territory: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to "Farscape"
London United Kingdom: Virgin Books 2002. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Virgin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 043860 ISBN : 0753507048 9780753507049
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
J M Dent & Sons 1911 The Everyman edition containing six plays including The Rivals School For Scandal and The Critic. Owner's name otherwise a clean good plus condition copy. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. J M Dent & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022835
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William Shakespeare
The Works of Shakespeare Volumes 2 and 3
George Routledge and Sons 1867 Edited by Howard Stanton. The illustrations by John Gilbert engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Volumes 2 and 3 only of a three volume set with brown leather spine five raised band and gilt titles and corners and marbled boards. Some rubbing to both leather and boards. Internally very solid and clean bar some early page spotting. Volume 2 was published in 1867 Volume 3 in 1869 which includes the poems. Half-Leather. Good. Illus. by John Gilbert. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022815
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William Shakespeare
Histories and Poems
J M Dent & Sons 1947 The Everyman edition containing King John all the Henry's and both the Richards as well as all the sonnets Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. Very tidy unmarked copy. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. J M Dent & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022801
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Stempel Tom
Storytellers to the Nation: A History of American Television Writing
Continuum Intl Pub Group 1992. Bookstore stamp on front free endpaper. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Continuum Intl Pub Group hardcover
Bookseller reference : 322935 ISBN : 0826405622 9780826405623
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Reginald Beckwith
Boys in Brown
Percival Marshall 1948 "A provocative and disturbing picture of Borstal with its urgent plea for a new deal for the young offender which deeply shocked an unsuspecting public." The play was first produced the previous year to publication. Tight clean copy in a complete jacket which is rather faded and marked. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Percival Marshall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021893
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Christopher Fry
The Firstborn
Oxford University Press 1952 Second edition of the play dealing with Moses and the Pharoah Rameses. Some fading to the blue cloth covers otherwise a very good copy unmarked and bright. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012900
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George Bernard Shaw
Saint Joan
Penguin 1946 Shaw's play with a 67 page preface on the character and circumstances of Joan. One of 10 Shaw plays issued by Penguin in hardback to mark the author's 90th birthday. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020792
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Oliver Goldsmith
The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith
J M Dent 1917 The Everyman edition with introduction and notes by Arthur Dobson. Includes naturally The Deserted Village and She Stoops to Conquer. Solid copy. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012809
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Horace Annesley Vachell
Quinneys
Samuel French Grubby copy of the comedy in four acts first performed in 1915. Loss to spine. Soft Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Samuel French paperback
Bookseller reference : 005069
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Louis Arundel
The Light of the East
Cecil Palmer 1924 Three act play set in China during "the coming age of republics". This is a poor copy badly affected by damp discoloured and dirty throughout in warped and faded boards. On the plus side the binding is sound and the text is perfectly readable. Listed because of its scarcity the author being better known for a series of childrens books The Motor Boat Boys written earlier in the century. Hard Cover. Poor. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Cecil Palmer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012881
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Eric Linklater
The Great Ship and Rabelais Replies
MacMillan 1944 Two radio plays or "conversations" the first set in the North African desert during the 1942 campaign and the second involving Rabelais Dean Swift and a sergeant in the same desert army. Good solid copy in like jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008188
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Luigi Pirandello
Three Plays
Penguin 1969 The three plays being The Rules of the Game Right You Are! and Henry IV. Small crease to the front cover otherwise a very good tight and unmarked copy. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 019524
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A V Lunacharski
Three Plays
George Routledge and Sons No date given. The three plays are Vasilisa the Wise Faust and the City and The Magi. No jacket but an excellent copy otherwise. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008014
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Nicholas Davenport
And So to Wed
Jonathan Cape 1946 "A play and a postscript" about population policy - whether marriage is an outdated institution and so on. Jacket is grimy but complete. Interior is very good. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Jonathan Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011221
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The Passion Play at Oberammergau 1930
Ernest Benn Ltd 1930 "The complete English text of the play by special arrangement by the community of Oberammergau copiously illustrated with a complete series of photographs of the players of 1930 tableaux scenes etc." Written by W T Stead in 1910 just before he died on the Titanic. Clean tight copy with faded deep pink cloth covers. First Thus. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Ernest Benn Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015184
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Alfred De Musset
Comedies et Proverbes Tome Second
Ernest Flammarion 8 plays in French by de Musset. Soft cover with library paper wraps on which a previous owner has written the title and author. Good solidly bound copy with rough cut pages. Undated. Soft Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Ernest Flammarion paperback
Bookseller reference : 012267
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William Shakespeare
King Lear
George Gill and Sons Ltd 1927 "The Oxford and Cambridge edition with introduction and notes for students and preparation for the examinations by A J Spilsbury and F Marshall." Missing pre-title pages and some fading to covers but generally a good copy of the ninth edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Gill and Sons Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009099
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Lionel Gough Ed
Tragical Comical Historical Pastoral
Edward Arnold 1959 An anthology of 11 extended excerpts from Shakespeare's plays including Macbeth The Tempest Henry V and Julius Caesar. Fresh tight and clean bar one biro'd number on the inside front cover. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Edward Arnold hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017098
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Laurence Housman
Followers of St Francis
Sidgwick & Jackson 1925 "Four plays of the early Franciscan legend." Gift inscription and label on spine is partially worn away otherwise a clean tight copy. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021955
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William Dodd
The Beauties of Shakspeare
George Routledge and Sons Undated but mid to late Victorian copy of the selections from Shakespeare. In green cloth with black and gilt decoration and all page edges gilt. Internally a clean solid copy. Decorative Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020867
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William Shakespeare
Richard II
J M Dent 1949 Very tidy and unmarked copy of the play with an acting appendix and a lot of other complementary material. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. J M Dent hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010737
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