Three Plays. de Barker, Granville

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, n.d. (?1909). 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, no d/j, pink cloth boards (scuffed and bumped), blindpressed ruling, gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight, foxing on endpapers. Owner's inscriptions on pastedown & ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Harley Granville Barker (1877-1946) was the most brilliant British director of the first quarter of the twentieth century. His best known plays, including Waste (banned by the Lord Chamberlain), were written as contributions to his Company's repertoire of provocative modern drama for a national theatre. In The Voysey Inheritance, a young man deals with the discovery that the inheritence due to him has been mismanaged by his own parents; Waste tells the story of a young man's whose life has been thrown away; The Marrying of Ann Leete, is a thinly veiled costume drama, using an 18th-century tale to reflect on 19th-century reality. It follows the story of Ann, a 'new woman' who is surrounded by a society… Leer más

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1909. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. 8vo. 351pp. Very minimal wear, tiny stain to rear endpapers, very good or better. Laid in, a wonderful piece by Barker from the April 11, 1914 issue of Harper's Weekly.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

Sidgwick & Jackson London 1909 HB 2nd impression. Contains The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste. Covers a little worn, marked and sunned, pin-hole to spine, inscription to ffep, o/w clean, tight and sound, good. 347pp 0

Paperback / softback. New.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New.